Geopolitics
Politico – Denmark PM bristles at Trump’s ‘need’ for Greenland after US strikes on Venezuela
Europeans look at Trump’s gangsterism and think ‘it will never happen here’, but it can. Read the full article HERE.
Denmark
EU politics
Rune Møller Stahl – In Denmark, Social Democracy Is Failing
‘Around Europe, old labour parties have alienated their base by forming grand coalitions with centre-right forces. In Denmark, Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats have pursued this same strategy with the same dismal results.’ In Jacobin. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Samuel Schlaefli – “A Landscape of Greed”: The Collapse of Denmark’s Fjords
Denmark’s famous Fjords have been ecologically decimated by intensive pig-farming. Samuel Schlaefli is a freelance environmental and science journalist based in Switzerland. Cross-posted from Green European Journal The sky is grey over the fjord off […]
Geopolitics
Gustav Agneman: Trump wants Greenland – but here’s what the people of Greenland want
Most Greenlanders want independence, although not necessarily now, and the vast majority don’t want to be part of the United States. Gustav Agneman is Associate Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and […]
Energy
Julia Conley: Denmark Finds ‘Deliberate Sabotage’ of Nord Stream—But Ends Probe With No Charges
This debacle is symbolic of the extent of European subordination to the US: governments are terrified to find proof of American involvement. Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Cross-posted from Common Dreams […]
EU politics
In Copenhagen, riders are campaigning for international students to have an equal right-to-work
With tuition fees reaching over €10,000 per year in one of the most expensive cities in Europe, riders who are non-EEA international students say they need to work more than the permitted 20 hours a […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Wolt: Trade union activist has account terminated for “taking every opportunity to criticise”
Copenhagen food delivery courier Rasmus Emil Hjorth claims his account was terminated at Wolt for trade union organising A courier and trade union activist in Copenhagen, Denmark has had his account terminated by Wolt for […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Wolt couriers wildcat strike in Denmark
Wolt denies claim that it offered a bike cargo full of soda instead of a wage rise when striking riders came to their office in Copenhagen The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Wolt couriers demand FC København lives up to its “social responsibility” claims
Wolt Workers’ Group courier Rasmus Emil Hjorth speaks to the Gig Economy Project about how their campaign has revealed a larger problem with working conditions in football The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, […]