Paolo Pini: How Matteo Renzi’s Jobs Act Will Sink Italy
Paolo Pini: How Matteo Renzi’s Jobs Act Will Sink Italy. Italy’s new PM Matteo Renzi has pledged to slash the country’s record unemployment with his American-branded ‘Jobs Act’. But his…
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Beyond the European elections, another left-wing force is growing in Europe | Red Pepper
Beyond the European elections, another left-wing force is growing in Europe | Red Pepper. Pascoe Sabido However you interpret them, the European elections have challenged the mainstream’s business-as-usual way of…
Dignity Marches In Spain Surround Parliaments
Dignity Marches In Spain Surround Parliaments. Collective Marches with integrated platforms today under the banner of ‘Dignity’ have surrounded the headquarters of several regional parliaments to protest against cuts in…
Tens of thousands march in London against coalition’s austerity measures | Politics | theguardian.com
Tens of thousands march in London against coalition’s austerity measures | Politics | theguardian.com. Russell Brand told the marchers there will be a ‘peaceful, effortless, joyful revolution’ against austerity in…
It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part II
It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part II. Thomas Fazi In the first part of this article I looked at the mounting evidence against austerity by organisations as…
What German Left (Part II)
Originally posted on thecurrentmoment: This guest post, by Phil Mader, a researcher in sociology at the Universal of Basel, follows on previous posts by him and by Wolfgang Streeck on…
Thomas Fazi: It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part I
Thomas Fazi: It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part I. In my book, The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent – and How We Can…
Leader in Austerity Push Appointed Head of Greek Central Bank – NYTimes.com
Leader in Austerity Push Appointed Head of Greek Central Bank – NYTimes.com. By NIKI KITSANTONISJUNE 11, 2014 The announcement on Wednesday, by the General Council of the Bank of Greece,…
Greece Wars With Courts Over Ways to Slash Budget – NYTimes.com
Greece Wars With Courts Over Ways to Slash Budget – NYTimes.com. ATHENS — The Greek government has made a range of painful cuts to salaries, pensions and jobs for public…
Capital, Labour, and the Eurozone Crisis
Most of the coverage regarding the Eurozone crisis has understandably focused on the politics of austerity. Less attention, however, has been paid to the longer term trends in the industrial…
Portugal indebted to Angola after economic reversal of fortune | World news | Guardian Weekly
Portugal indebted to Angola after economic reversal of fortune | World news | Guardian Weekly. There was no doubt about the firm handshake, but the smile looked a bit forced.…
After The Elections The Real Battle For Europe Begins
After The Elections The Real Battle For Europe Begins. by Thomas Fazi Taking stock of the results of the recent European elections is not an easy task. Many commentators have…
Spain’s indignados erupt as an electoral force
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: Antonio Antón* The three most significant results of the European elections in Spain are: the emergence of a broad indignant and transforming electorate; the failure…
The European Centre Right Hardest Hit in EU Elections
Source: European Parliament A number of commentators on the European elections have pointed out a number of outcomes from the recent EU elections. On a country by country basis, significant…
Irish swing to the hard Left as voters tire of austerity – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10867083/Irish-swing-to-the-hard-Left-as-voters-tire-of-austerity.html?utm_content=bufferfd6d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Filed under: Uncategorized
Policy Network – News
Policy Network – News. State of the Left 30 May 2014 The dust is still settling after the European elections of last weekend with the horse-trading over the Commission presidency…
Financialization and the Collapse of European Social Democracy – Costas Lapavitsas on Reality Asserts Itself 7/8
Financialization and the Collapse of European Social Democracy – Costas Lapavitsas on Reality Asserts Itself 7/8. Filed under: Europe, Social Democracy Tagged: Europe, financialization, social democracy
The real story in the European elections wasn’t the rise of ‘populists and extremists’, but the return of the left-right divide
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: The European Parliament elections saw a number of smaller parties with broadly Eurosceptic or anti-establishment platforms do well across Europe. Jonathan White writes that…
Savage capitalism is back – and it will not tame itself | David Graeber | Comment is free | The Guardian
Savage capitalism is back – and it will not tame itself | David Graeber | Comment is free | The Guardian. Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York’s Times Square.…
Thomas Piketty’s real challenge was to the FT’s Rolex types | Comment is free | The Guardian
Thomas Piketty’s real challenge was to the FT’s Rolex types | Comment is free | The Guardian. If the FT’s attack on the radical economist’s ‘rising inequality’ thesis is right,…