Revolting Europe
Archive for August 2013
European radical left say No to War on Syria
French Communists …Bombing with chemical weapons, whose responsibility is attributed to the regime of Bashar Al Assad, is a specific and particularly horrendous criminal step. Light still needs to be shed on these bombings … But the United States, which has already trained nearly three hundred commandos for the Free Syrian Army during the last few … Continue reading
Why French pensions don’t need reforming
Hollande is provoking the ire of workers with planned cuts to pensions but French bosses and the EU don’t think he’s going nearly far enough. It looks like it could be a hot autumn for Francois Hollande. Unions are planning strikes and protests are scheduled on September 10 over plans by the Socialist President to … Continue reading
The salariat is the revolutionary class in the making
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / L’HUMANITE Hike pay roll taxes and and a wage for life for all. Radical ideas to take French society beyond capitalism. Interview with Bernard Frio, communist sociologist and labour market expert With over 10% unemployment in France, a labour market in crisis, you are advocating a ‘salaried wage revolution’, even … Continue reading
Beating the rip off supermarkets – French style
Supermarkets squeeze small farmers while ripping off consumers to fill the pockets of shareholders and pay huge salaries to executives. It is a familiar story. In France last week, unions and the Communist Party, were out in town squares and public places as part of a campaign to fight back. In Paris and in 25 … Continue reading
The recovery will come, but it will not redress the social imbalance
By Fondazione Condividere For a few weeks now I have seen many senior figures in Italy’s Letta government, but also European institutions, waving their arms to indicate the arrival of an imminent recovery in the horizon, with the same anxiety of Tom Hanks in “Cast Away” when waiting for the ship that will save him … Continue reading
Is Europe’s economy recovering?
By Juan Torres López The media tell us that the latest data from Eurostat indicate that Europe is out of recession and that the economy is finally recovering, because the statistics recorded positive GDP growth of 0.3% in the euro area during the second quarter. Obviously the fact that the figures show that there has … Continue reading
Italy in the Summer: A Bel Paese for tourists, not so beautiful for the workers
By Roberta Manieri Employers blame the crisis and the need to cut costs. From Italy’s South to the North, workers are being blackmailed into accepting increasingly exploitative working conditions, say unions representing workers in a sector employing around a million people Quality, dignity and professionalism should go hand in hand with the job. Even more … Continue reading
Questioning the future of the euro is no longer un-PC
IN THE RADICAL PRESS / MEMOIRE DES LUTTES By Frédéric Lebaron A debate is raging among economists and French leftist intellectuals on the future of the eurozone and the relevance of a national strategy to exit from the single currency. The conversion of leading French economists to this strategy (of which Frédéric Lordon is the … Continue reading
The German elections will not change a thing in the Eurozone
Interview with Italian economist Emiliano Brancaccio ‘As far as austerity is concerned, even after the September elections Germany will not turn the page. The Germans have benefited from the crisis, and even if the Bundesbank itself has reservations about the general direction of European economic policy, Berlin has no interest in changing course.’ So says … Continue reading
European debt mutualisation – good or bad?
Spreading the debt burden and borrowing costs away from the eurozone’s worst-hit economies towards the stronger ones – sounds like a good and fair idea. Think again. Corporate Europe Observatory on why debt mutualisation is not progressive solution for the European debt crisis
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WAGES SLIDE
Wealth Inequality in Europe
RADICAL VOICES
Italy’s Healthcare Crisis
NO TO WATER PRIVATISATION
Filthy Rich
SANTA DRAGHI’S COMING
POPULAR FIGHTBACK
FLORENCE’S BUS LUMACA
Massive Spanish protest
FRENCH FACTORY OCCUPATION
International Workers Day
Watching Corporate Europe
- Still not loving ISDS: 10 reasons to oppose investors’ super-rights in EU trade deals
- New video: "Suing the State - Hidden rules within the EU-US trade deal"
- Parliament issues strong call for EU lobby transparency register to become mandatory
Hate Crimes in Europe
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Fight discrimination in Europe – Amnesty Int’l
- Listen to Roma Rights
- GREECE: “MY CHILDREN ARE AFRAID, THEY DON’T WANT TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE”
