Finance
Leigh Day: The Uberisation of Academia
University lecturers have won their fight for worker status at Goldsmiths University of London. Read here
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Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – Still a Big Con
How Big Polluters are using “net zero” to block meaningful action at COP26 Read here
Climate Crisis
BBC: Climate change: UN emissions gap report a ‘thundering wake-up call’
Is anyone in the least surprised? National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what’s needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme. Read here
Climate Crisis
Washington Post: Germany portrays itself as a climate leader. But it’s still razing villages for coal mines
Like the EU – and where did they learn it from? – Germany likes to portray itself as virtuous and good. But these are not dirty little secrets. They are one big lie. Read here
Economics
Paolo Gerbaudo: The great recoil of neoliberal globalization
The implosion of neoliberal globalization is not just a moment of regression, but potentially a phase of re-internalization, which the left should exploit. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: When ‘new’ is really old and doesn’t get us very far – latest BIS paper
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose Read here
Climate Crisis
EEB: Wasteful destruction of unsold goods must be banned, NGOs urge the EU
Belgian, French and German initiatives to end product destruction must be upscaled at the single-market level Read here
Climate Crisis
The Ecologist: Atmospheric greenhouse gases reach record high
‘We need to transform our commitment into action that will have an impact on the gases that drive climate change.’ Read here
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: Stop the revolving door: fossil fuel policy influencers
We are already feeling the impacts of the climate emergency, with record-breaking storms, floods, droughts and fires. Over two-thirds of man-made greenhouse gas emissions come from the fossil fuel industry, and its capture of our […]
EU politics
DW: Romania in desperate struggle against COVID-19
Another EU nation. Another Liberal government under the motto “The market will solve this.” Read here