The Covid-19 crisis, the most serious global health crisis in a century, forces us to fundamentally rethink the notion of international solidarity. Beyond the right to produce vaccines and medical equipment, it is the whole question of the right of poor countries to develop and to receive part of the tax revenues of the world’s multinationals and billionaires that must be asked. We need to move beyond the neo-colonial notion of international aid, paid at the whim of rich countries and under their control, and finally move towards a logic of rights.
EU politics
Politico: Whistleblowers could lose out in EU tax rule shakeup
The EU is making rapid progress toward corporate fascism (see our article on the topic here) Read Politico article here The EU Council’s legal service wants a separate text for fiscal leaks, which would be […]
Aviation
Mirror: Greenpeace slams ‘twisted economics’ that make flights 30 times cheaper than eco trains
A study of domestic and international flights across Europe by Greenpeace has found that tickets for trains are on average twice as expensive as for flights, despite the former being much greener Read HERE
Solutions
Ben Wray – Population Decline Will Transform Our Social World
Population decline is already a reality for many European countries and is looming for the rest of them. This is a seismic change in the nature of our society and the economy and the left […]
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