Jamie Mackay (@JacMackay) is a writer and journalist based in the UK and Italy. He is a contributing editor to openDemocracy and a co-founder of Precarious Europe (@precariouseur)
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The children of AugustaTwo abandoned schools in a Sicilian port town raise uncomfortable truths around how Europe is treating its ‘native’...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Matteo Renzi’s jobs act is an affront to Italy’s youthRenzi’s Jobs Act, a package of policies designed to instill greater flexibility in the Italian labour market, is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Palermo is a laboratory for the precariatWe meet the young people drawn to the Sicilian capital by its anarchic appeal and opportunities for a new politics.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho am I without Britain?For as long as I can remember I've been wrestling with a deep and personal resentment of Britain. As a new emigrant...
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Published in: HomeRome’s rebel lake is a parable of the contemporary commonsEarlier this summer activists in Rome won the right to self-manage a vast lake in the city’s capital, effectively...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe, the precariatUnemployed, part-time, underpaid, zero-houred, redundant. An increasing proportion of Europeans live uncertain...