Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Is there hope for a post neoliberal world?
We are all realising that our political class – the large parties and their lobbying machines – only want power. Something has to give. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen grab
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory – Deregulation Watch
A useful resource to keep an eye on what the European Commission is up to with it’s deregulation agenda. Read the article HERE.
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Sergio Cesaratto – EU SCENARIO/ Left-wing and neo-liberal delusions leave Brussels with nothing but war
The currrent failure of the EU and Italy Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of European monetary and fiscal policies, International Economics, and Growth and development at the University of Siena Originally posted in Italian in Il […]
EU politics
Vladimir Bortun – The European Left’s Lost Decade
It’s been a decade of failure for the radical left across Europe. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Aurelien – The World At Eleven…Stop shouting at me.
How we got to where we are is an interesting and depressing story, and one where, curiously, the media probably plays at least as important a role as the people and institutions that were its […]
EU politics
Reuters – Greeks protest against low wages ahead of 2026 budget vote
Twenty-four hour public sector strike across Greece today [16 December] against low wages. Read the full article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading U.S. and EU into Industrial Decline: Interview w/ Hans-Josef Fell
The West is falling behind in renewables, and the high cost of fossil fuels is putting producers out of business. Interview by David Goeßmann, a journalist based in Berlin/Germany. He has worked for several media […]
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Georgios Samaras – Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe
‘European authorities promote Greece as a postcrisis success story. Yet Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s right-wing government relies on spyware and the opaque use of EU subsidies — and is now overseeing a brutal cost-of-living crisis.’ In Jacobin. […]
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UNI Europa stands in solidarity with Portugal’s workers on general strike
This is the Portuguese labour movement’s first general strike in 12 years, directed against an unjust labour reform. Read Article HERE
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