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The new Brexit minister, the arms industry, the American hard right
Steve Baker, the new Brexit minister, has also taken money from an arms company while promoting the aerospace industry in parliament; accepted travel costs from the government of Equatorial Guinea before writing a report dismissing concerns about their human rights abuses; and accepted conference expenses from radical right wing American groups with links to Robert […]
John Berger, witness to the human condition
In everything he did John Berger addressed the human condition. This was his genius. In his novels, his essays or when he wrote about art, he was always exploring aspects of what it means to be human, and the many ways there are of being human www.opendemocracy.net
La lezione di De Cecco
Un ricordo di Marcello de Cecco, economista sempre stato attento a non separare mai i suoi studi sul potere e sull’economia da un impegno civile e, in fondo, patriottico
Trump’s election: has the American ‘experiment’ run its course?
Abroad, Trump’s unexpected success will only encourage the rise of right-wing nationalist movements and the further fragmentation of this planet of increasing disorder. A deep and spreading sense of disorder lay at the heart of the bizarre election campaign and, with Donald Trump’s election, it may never really end www.opendemocracy.net
What is the International Labour Conference?
For the first time since much of the world economy was re-organised into global supply chains, the International Labour Organisation will feature a discussion about how that economy should or shouldn’t be regulated in the interests of decent work and social justice www.opendemocracy.net
Un ricordo di Suzanne de Brunhoff
Economista marxiana, mai dogmatica e sempre innovativa. Teorica e militante contro lo sfruttamento e l’oppressione. Un ricordo della studiosa a un anno dalla scomparsa
The troubling link between economic and political inequality
Trust in institutions is necessary for the well functioning of modern democracies and the maintenance of institutional arrangements but it is not equally distributed among populations. The article show that trust hasn’t declined equally across European countries, and the decline varies among individuals with different socioeconomic backgrounds www.opendemocracy.net
Otto anni dopo
Dopo otto anni di depressione economica in Italia e in Europa il bisogno di alternative è diventato più urgente. La nostra piccola risposta, oggi, è il rinnovamento del sito: più bello, agile, pieno di immagini. E soprattutto più aperto. Perchè lavorare insieme è sempre più importante per ricostruire soggetti capaci di cambiamento La grande crisi […]