National Politics
Labour Briefing: US “Integrated Care” – Not in our Name!
Nicholas Csergo challenges Labour’s support for schemes which financially reward service cuts and closures in the NHS Read here
Privatisation
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – The gas price crisis is the surest indication that Thatcherism has failed
Like the UK, European governments have been protecting the profits of fossil fuel companies instead of investing in renewables. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and we shall have to bail them out […]
Economics
Jean Eddy Saint Paul: Assassinations and invasions – how the US and France shaped Haiti’s long history of political turmoil
A chronique scandaleuse of imperialism in Haiti Police patrol outside the Embassy of Taiwan in Port-au-Prince on July 9, 2021, after 11 suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse broke into its embassy in an […]
Economics
Ivan Wecke – Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset
It’s a corporate takeover of global governance that affects our food, our data and our vaccines Ivan Wecke is a political scientist and writer Cross-posted from Open Democracy Last year’s WEF summit had the theme […]
Economics
Dean Baker – If a Vaccine Resistant Strain Develops in Africa, Will Dr. Fauci Lose His Job?
Politicians and pharmaceutical companies in the wealthy nations (and Bill Gates) have fought free COVID vaccinations for the whole world. New strains keep coming. And when the super-strain is able to develop? Who was responsible […]
Deregulation
Thomas Kilkauer, Meg Young – Academentia: the Organization Insanity of the Modern University
The neo-liberalisation of higher education Thomas Klikauer teaches MBAs at the Sydney Graduate School of Management, Western Sydney University, Australia Meg Young is a Sydney Accountant Cross-posted from Counterpunch When 19th century elite universities were […]
Austerity
Prabhat Patnaik – Why Neoliberalism Needs Neofascists
The neofascist assault on democracy is a last-ditch effort on the part of neoliberal capitalism to rescue itself from crisis. The only solution is a decisive retreat from globalized finance. Read here
Economics
Renegade Inc. – This is how universities die…
One of the biggest Covid-19 casualties on a global level has been education. But what many have missed during the pandemic is that the crisis in higher education is being ruthlessly exploited. Management teams and […]
Economics
BMJ Global Health – Global vaccine equity demands reparative justice — not charity
The G7’s promises of charity are not a solution to vaccine apartheid. We need justice: waive the patents and enable global South countries to ramp up vaccine production. By Sophie Harman, Parsa Erfani, Tinashe Goronga, […]
Austerity
Quinn Slobodian – Hayek’s Bastards: The Populist Right’s Neoliberal Roots
Much of the media has framed the populist right as a backlash against neoliberalism – but they share common roots in the project to defend social hierarchies against the threat of equality. Read here