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
Economics
Costas Lapavitsas: This Crisis Has Exposed the Absurdities of Neoliberalism. That Doesn’t Mean It’ll Destroy It
The coronavirus shock has shaken the world’s stock markets, imposing the need for massive state bailouts. But the measures to deal with the crisis risk spurring an authoritarian controlled capitalism — one that protects corporate […]
Climate Crisis
Ann Pettifor – US gifts Wall St. the Green New Deal
Last week the Biden team delivered their first press conference on the Democrat’s much-anticipated Climate Plan. Read here
Geopolitics
The Cradle: HTS officials order Palestinian resistance factions to disarm, close bases in Syria
Representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the new ruling extremist organization in Damascus, informed the representatives of the Palestinian factions in Syria they will no longer be allowed to possess any weapons, training camps, or […]
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