Archive: Member-contributed (English)

The catastrophic consequences of privatisation in France

26.03.2020

Increasing privatisation of public infrastructure and services has rendered France's hospitals vulnerable to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 is here: where is European solidarity?

25.03.2020

We cannot flee from the coronavirus -- instead, it calls us to stay put and reevaluate our priorities as a society.

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Can the pandemic trigger our social reflexes?

24.03.2020

Social distancing should only be physical; this crisis offers a unique opportunity to increase our social bonding and cooperation in safe ways.

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How people’s assemblies could give peace a chance

19.03.2020

Where women have seized the opportunity to lead, they have accomplished incredible feats on behalf of themselves and their communities. By ...

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Women on the frontline against COVID-19 pandemic

17.03.2020

The most asked question in France, after the shutdown of schools, was: since women constitute 70% of hospital staff, who is going to take care ...

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How austerity is threatening public health

16.03.2020

As a result of austerity measures, a major crisis is now unfolding across Europe as the lack of beds, equipment and staff has forced doctors and ...

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"A new breath for Mons": Municipalism in action in Lille!

12.03.2020

Brice Montagne interviews Nicolas Dessaux on the "New breath for Mons" movement and what it means for municipalism. The project, which offers ...

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Coronavirus, Great Fear and our response?

10.03.2020

Our contemporary global anxiety lies not so much in the fear of a virus, but in the fear of a future without health-care and functioning states. ...

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Greece: the perfect laboratory for the EU’s most inhumane policies

5.03.2020

Ten years of European propaganda, portraying Greece as the continent’s prodigal son – a corrupt, inefficient, lazy relative that needs to be ...

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