Tweet Since 2009 the economy has struggled to recover from the mire of a slump caused by the banking sector. But each time economic activity quickens, it hits a series of buffers. These buffers are well known , but denied by the Chancellor: a vast overhang of private debt now slowly being de-leveraged; a banking [...]
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Union News- BREAKING: Ian Lawrence elected new Napo GSIan Lawrence, the current deputy general secretary of Napo, has been elected the union’s new general secretary. He replaces Jonathan […]
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- Italy’s centre left bounces back, but will it last?Italy’s Grand Coalition is paying dividends for the centre-left Democratic Party. But will it last? Analysis of last weekend’s local elections by Tom Gill in the Morning Star […]
- Why French Women Marched this weekend in ParisFrench women marched en masse in Paris and other French cities this weekend to protest against austerity. Below is a statement from the organisers Women standing against austerity: we refuse to carry the can! Feminists of the Front de Gauche ( Left Front ) are organising, for all women who reject austerity policies, a march … Continue reading » […]
- A Week in Revolting EuropeThis is a weekly round-up of news, comment and analysis from Revolting Europe blog, plus our selection of the stories, photos and videos on the web. Click here A Week in Europe – Archive 2013 Friday May 31 Friday 24 May Friday 17 May Friday May 10 Friday May 3 Friday April 26 Friday April … Continue reading » […]
- Are we Portuguese living beyond our means?By Jose Manuel Pureza If there wasn’t the Troika there wouldn’t be money to pay salaries or pensions – this assertion is repeated ad nauseam by the heralds of foreign intervention in Portugal. And this is immediately followed by the argument that this is because we have long been living beyond our means, squandering money … Continue reading » […]
- Billions for shareholders, crumbs for workersDividend payouts in France increased seven fold over the past two decades, new figures show, underlining widening inequality of wealth in Europe’s second largest economy. Over the same period workers got very little of this wealth that they had created, with wages rising by around a third. An astonishing 550 billion euros was handed out to … Continue reading […]
- The People United Against the TroikaBy Esther Vivas Who is the Troika? A year ago few knew the answer to this question. We knew it by reference, to its stay in Greece, and it wasn’t good. The Troika was synonymous with austerity, adjustment and cuts, hardship, hunger and unemployment. But it was not until the arrival in Spain of the … Continue reading » […]
- Italy’s centre left bounces back, but will it last?
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