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
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte: Catalonia’s fight is driven by a passion for neighbourhood, not nationhood
The authors write: “The international community still fails to recognise that the region has witnessed an unprecedented revolution in participative democracy that started long before the referendum, and will almost certainly outlast any constitutional settlement.” […]
Deregulation
The Guardian: East coast mainline to be temporarily renationalised
Privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost taxpayers and passengers billions of Pounds, thousands of jobs, not to mention the awful service. If this can be done with East Coast Mainline, why not with the other […]
EU politics
euronews: Ireland and Hungary reject EU-wide tax harmonisation moves
Tax cheats have a safe haven in the EU. Once again the European Union fails to stop international corporations gaining billions in illicit profits. This is money urgently needed for investment in EU nations. Read […]
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