Without a radical realignment, social democrats in Italy and elsewhere face political extinction as racists and populists exploit this moment.
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EU politics
Reuters: Italy unions refuse to load Saudi ship in protest over Yemen war
Italian unions refused on Monday to load electricity generators onto a Saudi Arabian ship with weapons on board in a protest against the war in Yemen. Read here
Economics
Chris Dillow: OUTSOURCING: A TRANSACTIONS COST APPROACH
Leave the dogma behind, and the numbers tell a different story about privatisation: It is not cheaper, better, or more efficient. Read here
Austerity
Marshall Auerback: If the Euro Cracks—Blame Germany, Not the Italians
The drive for German industrial hegemony is in its overreach stage and risks blowing up the currency union. Read here
Yes, thank you Paul. Can you publish this in the Guardian please, this pillar of the establishment left seems incapable of understanding this