Austerity
Thomas Piketty: Social-nativism, the Italian nightmare
Piketty brings together two simple phenomena: a neo-liberal EU resulting in a neo-liberal/far-right success – in this case in Italy. Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
German Foreign Policy: EU- State of the Union
The EU must develop the capacity “to shape global affairs” and act as “architect of tomorrow’s world,” declared Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission during his “State of the Union” speech yesterday. The speech […]
Austerity
Gianpasquale Santomassimo – Italy: Fatherland and Constitution
Fatherland and Constitution, Patria e Costituzione, is a and left-wing political association founded in Italy in September 2018 by Stefano Fassina, a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Free and Equal (Liberi e […]
Austerity
Nandini Archer – “This story rarely gets told”: 10 years of women’s resistance to austerity across Europe
From the UK to Greece, women have been hit hardest by austerity policies since the 2008 financial crisis. This month, 50.50 will spotlight our stories of resistance. Nandini Archer is a human rights activist, writer […]
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Sergi Cutillas – Pedro Sánchez’s social democratic government presents a neo-liberal deficit target
Following years of neo-liberal regimen under the right-wing Partido Popular under its leader Mariano Rajoy, the social democrats (PSOE), led by Pedro Sánchez, are now under pressure to reverse these policies, something that they appear to […]
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Yanis Varoufakis: Our new international movement will fight rising fascism and globalists
Maybe there is an international leftist movement gaining traction – although this would just be a beginning. See the piece by Yanis Varoufakis on this topic here Read here
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Yanis Varoufakis: Ten Years After Lehman’s Collapse: What caused the Crash of 2008 is now shaping our post-modern 1930s
“In the autumn of 2008 events unfolded in Wall Street that the crushing majority of people around the world had been led to believe could never occur. It was the financial equivalent of watching the […]
Deregulation
Reuters: Swiss plans for EU treaty in tatters as labor boycotts talks
This artilce is a month old but still current. It demonstrates still again how the EU is traing to foist its neo-liberal policies on independent European nations. Read here FILE PHOTO: A Swiss construction worker […]
EU politics
Chantal Mouffe: Populists are on the rise but this can be a moment for progressives too
Neoliberalism has created genuine grievances, exploited by the radical right. The left must find a new way to articulate them Read here
Austerity
Thiemo Fetzer – Had austerity not happened, Leave support could have been up to 10% lower
The UK’s coalition government, which entered power in 2010, adopted a policy of spending cuts in the aftermath of the financial crisis. As Thiemo Fetzer writes, the resulting ‘austerity shock’ had a clear political impact, […]