In a referendum on Sunday, April 21, the citizens of Ecuador emphatically voted to keep Article 422 of the country’s 2008 constitution, which prevents Ecuador from using international arbitration to settle disputes between Ecuador and foreign investors or private individuals in international treaties or instruments.
EU politics
Vila Web – Heavy clashes with police during fifth night of protests in Catalonia
Demonstrators call for freedom of speech and condemn police violence Read and Watch here
Austerity
The Guardian: Grenfell survivor blames landlord’s ‘cancerous’ decisions for disaster
Housing too has become “a commodity to be exploited”. This is nothing new, as Henry George recognised 150 years ago. This fact includes many danger, and as we saw with Grenfell Tower, not only social […]
Climate Crisis
Cooling Post: Austria to ban gas boilers from 2023
Let the bans begin! Austrian government bans the installation of natural gas boilers for air and water heating in new buildings starting in 2023 In addition, “any broken oil or coal heating systems may only […]
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