Much of the media has framed the populist right as a backlash against neoliberalism – but they share common roots in the project to defend social hierarchies against the threat of equality.
EU politics
Al Jazeera: Populist billionaire Andrej Babis’s party set to win Czech election
With most votes tallied, Babis’s ANO party is ahead, but it appears set to fall short of a majority in parliament. Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons
EU politics
CommonSpace: Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont tells why the Spanish state must undergo ‘de-Francoisation’
Speaking at the Beyond Borders festival during a surprise visit to Scotland, Puigdemont emphasised that a Francoist culture persists in the Spanish “deep state” Read here
Economics
Center for Global Development: The World Bank’s Uncivil War on Corporate Tax
A broad array of international actors agrees that many developing countries desperately need to collect more tax revenue. Read here
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