The material dimensions of capitalism are staggering. In 2020, the amount of human-made mass exceeded for the first time the dry weight of all life on Earth. Its current increase corresponds to each person on the globe producing more than their body weight every week.
Economics
Dani Rodrik – The Left’s Choice
In the face of resurgent right-wing populism, the left’s relative weakness partly reflects the decline of unions and organized labor groups, which have historically formed the backbone of leftist and socialist movements. But four decades […]
Geopolitics
Oxfam: Israel’s New International NGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say
Oxfam, together with 54 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for international NGOs. Based on vague, broad, politicised, […]
EU politics
Neil Warner: The Idea of “Social Europe” Became an Alibi for the European Union’s Neoliberal Turn
European left parties responded to the crisis of social democracy by proposing more radical reforms to be carried out at a transnational level. But the call for “social Europe” ended up serving as a thin […]
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