A lasting, well-rooted leftism requires an understanding of forces such as these – of why capitalism does not work as we would wish it to. Moralizing is nowhere near enough. The problem is that there are pitifully few institutions that enhance understanding and several powerful ones that actively militate against it.
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read: Mourn and organise: On the power of truth in a world awash with lies
Upon learning that he was about to die, the Swedish-American labour activist and songwriter Joe Hill wrote a telegram to Bill Haywood, the founder of the Industrial Workers of the World. It read: “Goodbye, Bill. […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Eurozone 2020. Don’t mention the War!
Nothing since the GFC has convinced me that the EMU can be reformed in any meaningful way to resolve the inherent flaws in its architecture, which reflect the neoliberal bias which set the system up […]
Climate Crisis
Euractiv: Investors worth €50 trillion call on EU to exclude gas from green finance taxonomy
Yes, but German corporations have heavily invested in gas and will continue to invest heavily. The German government will protect these interests. And Germany is the EU hegemon. Read here
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