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Dominique Pierre – Fortress Europe: more migrants dying in the Mediterranean

April 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest for migrants crossing the Mediterranean since 2017. Published on International Viewpoint. Read the article HERE.

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‘The alligators’: How Croatia legitimised the role of sub-contractors in the platform economy – Interview w/ Sunčica Brnardić

April 21, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What role do sub-contractors play in the platform economy? Can they really be considered employers? The Gig Economy Project spoke to trade unionist and labour law expert Sunčica Brnardić to explore the Croatian case, where […]

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Nathan Akehurst: The European Union is stepping up its war on refugees

March 29, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Frontex, Europe’s border army, sits at the heart of a remilitarising continent Cross-posted from Other News A special EU summit in Brussels last month committed to increasing funds for border surveillance and the deportation of […]

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ETUC- EU: ‘Cosmetic’ energy reforms won’t help workers

March 15, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The European Trade Union Confederation’s press release on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU’s internal electricity market design. Read the article HERE.

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Gubad Ibadoghlu: What impact have EU sanctions had on the Russian economy?

March 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

EU sanctions failed to debilitate the Russian economy in 2022, but that might be changing. Gubad Ibadoghlu is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Cross-posted from LSE EUROPP’s […]

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Politico: Brussels banned TikTok. Europe has questions.

March 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU has banned members of staff from using the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and advised MEPs to get rid of the app. But it has failed to offer any real explanation as to why […]

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Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate

March 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.

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Tech Won’t Save Us: What new EU rules might mean for gig workers

March 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, is joined by Ben Wray, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator, to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s […]

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Gig Economy Project – “We managed to reverse the balance of power”: Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP

February 4, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, EU policy expert and activist at the Maison des Livreurs (House of Couriers) in Brussels, speaks to Leïla Chaibi MEP after the vote of the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive [2 […]

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Branko Milanović: Can Serbia survive EU’s economic ultimatum?

January 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU is seeking to bully Serbia in to accepting an ultimatum. History suggests Brussels will get its way sooner or later. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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