Before the law, all people should be equal. Thanks to EU austerity and neo-liberalism, laws too have become a commodity, which one can buy, as in the case of Golden Visas. This allows rich foreigners to buy residency in an EU member state, giving them all the advantages of citizenship. In Portugal, the Social Democrats (who else!) with the right wings parties, are giving this a new spin by creating the Green Visa (500,000 Euros per person).
Finance
The Nation: Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market
This is the story of how a monopoly destroys the free market, affecting all of us. Read here
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read: The inconvenient truth about telling the truth about climate breakdown
Telling the truth — and allowing oneself to hear it — can take real courage. Truth-telling is often inconvenient for speaker, hearers, all. But it is too late now to do anything less. Read Here […]
EU politics
Reuters: EU court shields ECB from disclosing key document in Greek crisis
Who needs democracy and transparency when we have the EU? Read here
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