The US is not at the conference, but it’s private equity healthcare model – denounced even by Trump Republicans – is deeply embedded in the Seville Compromiso
Climate Crisis
Saker El Nour – Towards a just agricultural transition in North Africa
At the heart of any serious just transition programme for North Africa should be the goal of achieving autonomy, ending dependency, reducing poverty, and mitigating the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. Read here
Economics
Prime – Ann Pettifor: Rentier capitalism is profoundly risk-averse
21st century capitalism bears little resemblance to the capitalism that fired the Industrial Revolution, or indeed to the more recent Thatcher/Reagan model of capitalism. Key sectors of today’s new hyper-capitalism are profoundly risk averse. Read […]
EU politics
Colm Tóibín: ‘Catalonia is a region in the process of reimagining itself’
From The Guardian The Germans made it clear after the election of Syriza in Greece: In the EU democracy is secondary. Primary are contracts and laws. Thus two former fascist nations can now “legally” stymie […]
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