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.
EU politics
The Journal.ie: ‘Give families a chance to stay in their homes’: Hundreds attend anti-eviction protest in Roscommon
This is apparently the only argument the neo-liberalism understands. Thus we shall see more and more of it. Read here
Corruption
Client Earth: Client Earth launches legal action to avert another Dieselgate
Once again the European Union demonstrates that commerce and the money that the car industry is raining upon political parties is more important than the health of its citizens. Once again it is the citizens […]
Austerity
Emma Dent Coad: Kensington and Chelsea is a microcosm of the evils of austerity
This article provides a good description of what daily austerity looks like in Britain and where its ideological support comes from and functions. Read here
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