The May ’68 Movement was the start of a historical period of considerable reduction in social inequalities in France which ran out of steam later for quite different reasons.
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Thomas Piketty: May 1968 and inequality
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The IMF is all at sea, stuck in its ways, and sending conflicting signals
This has been going on for a couple of years now and seems to be increasing: the IMF presents enlightened policy papers and its leaders make progressive sounds – but all remains the same. Read […]
EU politics
Spain in English: Violations of ‘presumption of innocence’ in Catalan Trial
The interesting aspect of this farce of a trial is that if found guilty, it will probably end up at the European Court of Justice and will expose the EU´s failure to deal with this […]
EU politics
Spain in English: European Court of Human Rights dismisses rapper’s case against Spain
The authoritarian social democratic government of Spain has once again found itself in a cosy relationship with the anti-democratic EU. But hey, this is what social democrats and the EU political class do for a […]
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