Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, living in self-imposed exile in Belgium, will run in the May 26 European Parliament elections as the leading candidate of Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), his political party said on Sunday. An interesting development.
Economics
Ann Pettifor: On the bursting of bubbles
In the US, mortgage applications are now down 50% and at the lowest levels since 1994. Credit card defaults rates are higher than in 2008. Is the debt bubble about to burst? Read the article […]
Climate Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis: The West’s Wasted Crisis
A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame. Read here
Economics
Hilary Wainwright: Beneath the Pavements, the Beach?
This is a long read, thus we postponed posting it until the weekend. In this piece Hilary Wainwright assesses the legacy of the political movement of 1968, coming to the conclusion that despite all attempts […]
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