The downward slide of the German economy continues. Production and incoming orders in German industry are still on course for recession in the first month of the third quarter. The latest sentiment indicators, such as the ifo index and the PMI markit, which were surveyed in August, point clearly downwards. So it can no longer be ruled out that the recession will continue even at a pace much faster than now.
Finance
Bama Athreya: Gig Workers are in the Driver’s Seat in Europe. Is There Hope for the US?
It’s been quite a year for gig workers around the world. A year ago, platforms like Uber and Doordash were celebrating a costly success undermining workers’ rights in California. Thanks to continued organizing around the […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau – What happens at EU’s eastern borders?
The next step to shooting people on EU borders is closer than anyone dares to think. As usual, EU liberal-democracy is nothing more than moral posturing behind which stands a brutal neo-liberalism. Not mentioned in […]
National Politics
Aneira J. Edmunds: France’s ban on the abaya – the perfect distraction?
While the ban has been presented as a protection of women’s rights, it says far more about the insecurities of the French government. Read HERE Photo: hilmar h. werner/Wikimedia Commons
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