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Paul Rogers – Labour’s plan: climate, not Brexit

January 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The hysteria around Brexit has distracted from a more important  change taking place in Britain with significant repercussions for the whole of Europe: a major political party, Labour, has developed the most ambitious political policy […]

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Economics

Nat Dyer – The global financial crime wave is no accident

November 22, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Financial crime is a feature of our global financial system not a bug, pioneering economist Susan Strange recognised. Her message is more urgent than ever. Nat Dyer is a freelance writer based in London. He […]

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Energy

Charlotte Threipland – The UK just sent three men to prison for 15 months for peaceful civil opposition

October 8, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is not only an example of a repressive, bankrupt government, similar to that of Spain, but also doubly bankrupt considering today´s r IPCC report for the UN. A closer look at the case that […]

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Economics

Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]

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Guy Standing – Why a Job Guarantee is a bad joke for the precariat – and for freedom

September 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Rather than jobs per se, the primary challenge is to build a new income distribution system, recognising that the old one has broken down irretrievably. The rentiers are running away with all the revenue thrown […]

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Éric Fassin – The neo-fascist moment of neoliberalism

August 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 1

How can we understand the simultaneous rise of the far right and the authoritarian evolution of neoliberalism? We need an antifascism that can highlight the latter’s role in this “neo-fascist moment.” Also read “How the […]

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Austerity

John Weeks – Free markets and the decline of democracy

July 26, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]

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Carys Roberts – Jeff Bezos’s fortune has come at the expense of workers and society not receiving their fair share

July 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The richest man in the world did not get there alone; his wealth is created by the exploitation of Amazon’s millions of workers, suppliers and consumers. By Carys Roberts, Senior Economist at IPPR and an […]

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EU politics

Omer Tekdemir – Turkey’s three-dimensional populism, three leaders and three blocs

June 22, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the third cross-posting from out partner website The New Pretender, concerning today’s elections in Turkey. In this article, Omer Tekdemir analyses the strategies of the main forces involved in the campaign to conclude […]

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Austerity

Open Democracy – Greece: in need of a debt relief that actually works

June 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

It’s not too late to steer the Greek economy and the EU towards a sustainable development course for the twenty-first century. There are tools to deliver this. Policy-makers should use them. By Olivier Vardakoulias is […]

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The European Illusion – Why We Need New Strategies Towards the EU and Beyond by Attac Austria

January 7, 2019 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose It takes courage these days to write a book critical of the EU, especially from a leftist perspective: to do so in Austria even more so. Austria, like Germany, […]

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A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past by Pavlos Roufos

December 2, 2018 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose Together with the European Union refugee policy, the EU’s handling of the Greek crisis is the other great disgrace that has scarred its history – our history – in […]

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