Posts Tagged: COVID-19
Julian Assange just called. To talk about the pandemic’s effect on capitalism & politics!
13.06.2020
Julian Assange calls from Belmarsh Prison and to talk to Yanis Varoufakis: “I want a perspective on world developments out there.”
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SOS! European hospitals are struggling
2.06.2020
Healthcare workers have been warning us about increasing austerity cuts since before COVID-19. Governments must reinvest in public services.
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The Green New Deal for Europe can shield us from future pandemics
27.05.2020
The risk of triggering pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis increases exponentially as we ignore calls to address climate breakdown.
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Failure to deal with Dominic Cummings is a failure of British democracy
27.05.2020
The case of Cummings and the shameless defence of him by all prominent ministers, has eroded much of the public faith in the PM and his government.
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Manchester’s Quarantined Music Scene: The Hazards of Precarious Employment
15.05.2020
Social distancing measures are necessary but will leave workers in the entertainment industry out of work for the foreseeable future.
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COVID-19 Has Created a Boom Economy for Big Data
8.05.2020
COVID-19 may be wreaking havoc on businesses big and small, but there are winners in the pandemic economy. Namely, big data companies.
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Manchester’s quarantined music scene is a microcosm of inequality
4.05.2020
Manchester's precarious musicians, engineers and venue workers need a life line, not just crumbs from the table.
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Coronavirus crisis shows our collective failure to tackle tax evasion
27.04.2020
There is a dramatic human cost to tax evasion and tax avoidance. Bolstering our public services starts with fighting tax evasion more promptly ...
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Berlin Diaries: “Abnormal Normality”
24.04.2020
This barbaric and destructive 'old normality’ imposed by the neoliberal establishment should be urgently challenged by progressive political voices.
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