Cory Doctorow: Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers

Every once in a while, an idea surfaces that catches the imagination of the public: academics, policy wonks, economists, entrepreneurs and even some governments. Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of those ideas. Read here […]

From The Guardian If Europe’s social democrats wish to save themselves from extinction then they will have to become, well, er…, social democratic. Read here

The European Parliament elections start today. But the body itself is an insult against democracy that exists only to rubber-stamp neo-liberal rule. Read here