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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s new loan program: a tale of two IMFs
The IMF as it presents itself during the annual meetings is not the same IMF as the one putting together loan...
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Published in: Home: OpinionIreland’s Greens have betrayed their voters and the planet
In February, Ireland voted Left. So why have the Greens put the establishment back in power?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIn Davos, my only message was to abolish billionaires
Somehow a long-time Kenyan equality activist got invited to the World Economic Forum. This was her message.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionVoters deserve a media that tells them the truth about inequality
The public is being let down by journalists who lack the knowledge or will to give them vital information about the economy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy this election is suffering from amnesia about austerity
The Tory narrative about its economic record defies reality.
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Published in: ourEconomyVIDEO: interview with Owen Jones
'We can’t allow this to be the Brexit election, it has to be an election about the injustices that led to this...
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Published in: ourEconomyBad debts make good profits - but what are the social costs?
The financialisation of non-performing loans across Europe raises grave concerns over debtors rights.
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Published in: ourEconomyIt's time to tax for gender justice
Unfair tax systems hit women and girls the hardest. We need to make corporations pay their share.
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Published in: Shine A LightEXCLUSIVE: Arrests of suspected undocumented migrants soar in Sheffield, the UK’s first City of Sanctuary
Since Theresa May launched the “Hostile Environment” South Yorkshire Police have arrested hundreds of Sheffielders...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe G7 was a joke. Three degrees warming isn’t
We need a European Green New Deal that delivers justice on a scale to match the threat of environmental breakdown....
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Published in: ourEconomyStudying capitalist dystopias, and avenues for change
The big questions being discussed at a big conference in Manchester.
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Published in: 50.50Austerity drives populism and is a frontal attack on the rights of women
Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that...
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Published in: Shine A LightBudget 2017 offered little. We demand more
Day after day we witness the dangerous reality of austerity. #Budget2017 failed to alleviate the pain. But there is...
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Published in: Shine A LightAusterity stories you won’t hear about in today’s Budget
Rhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three living in destitution on the brink of homelessness. Yet...
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Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bullies
The Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
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Published in: Shine A LightResidents challenge council plans to demolish their homes
Central Hill housing estate in South London is threatened with demolition. Residents are challenging the...
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Published in: Shine A Light‘How do we get out if there’s a fire?’ In Yorkshire, G4S tenants live in fear
Security company G4S housed six families with babies and toddlers in a fire-trap hostel in Halifax.
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Published in: TransformationLiberation in the age of the hashtag activist
Under austerity we tweet #bringbackourgirls from the safety of our laptops: anything else is naive. Liberation means...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAusterity - update from the front line
The cumulative assault on economic security unleashed by this government have left many just a small mishap away...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe can end the despotism of finance, at a price
To mark the publication of Ann Pettifor's e-book, Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance,...