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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Why We Need To Rewrite The Maastricht Rules

Why We Need To Rewrite The Maastricht Rules | real utopias | Scoop.it
John Weeks The 1992 Treaty of Maastricht that lay the basis for the euro committed signing governments to several economic targets. Subsequent treaties and
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Balkan route closed, EU to declare

Balkan route closed, EU to declare | real utopias | Scoop.it
Germany sets aside concerns about Turkish human rights to secure a deal on migration with Ankara.
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Restoring Power To Politics: A Eurozone Finance Ministry

Restoring Power To Politics: A Eurozone Finance Ministry | real utopias | Scoop.it
Carlo Bordoni Mario Draghi’s proposal to create a European Treasury Ministry is the first step (after the euro) towards genuine European integration and an
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Understanding The Austerity Obsession

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Simon Wren-Lewis It has often been argued, loosely following Keynes, that economists should be like doctors. Martin Wolf writes “The austerity obsession, e
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Imperialism and super exploitation

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A review of Imperialism in the 21st century by John Smith, published by the Monthly Review Press. John Smith’s book is a powerful and searing indictment of the exploitation of billions of people in what used to be called the Third World and is now called the ‘emerging’ or ‘developing’ economies by mainstream economics (and…
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March 7, 2016 2:18 PM
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Noam Chomsky: US Invasion of Iraq Produced Daesh 'Monstrosity'

The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and Washington's subsequent strategy in the country and the Middle East has brought Daesh to life, renowned philosopher and l...

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Noam Chomsky on Donald Trump and the GOP

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UpFront Noam Chomsky on Clinton vs Sanders

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Noam Chomsky - The Spanish Revolution

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5If2YaLtX4

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Noam Chomsky If Trump Becomes President

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Terry Eagleton - Religion & Culture

In this podcast, Professor Terry Eagleton discusses religion, culture and the modern debate on atheism. Recorded in the Harris Lecture Theatre, Oriel College...

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Changing the rules or changing the game?

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I’ve just been to a lecture by Professor Joseph Stiglitz as part of a series organised by the British Labour Party on ‘new economics’.  The lecture series is designed to raise the level of economic debate and for the new range of economic advisors to the Labour Party to come up with ideas.  Joseph Stiglitz…
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Noam Chomsky - If Trump Becomes President

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Comrade Mason Achieves Entryist Ambition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipLFZ41xtm8 Business Insider have unearthed a 1987 ITN clip of a dashing Paul Mason handing out the Workers' Power...

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Osborne on “Revolutionary Marxist” Paul Mason

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lbcGo-B-6c "The fact that the Labour Party is now getting its advice from Yanis Varoufakis and the revolutionary Marxist broadcaster Paul...

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Should the left support a "Brexit" in the upcoming British referendum? | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Should the left support a "Brexit" in the upcoming British referendum? | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal | real utopias | Scoop.it
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Declaration of the Conference of European Left Parties Solidarity Conference With Kurdish People | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

Declaration of the Conference of European Left Parties Solidarity Conference With Kurdish People | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal | real utopias | Scoop.it
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The Revolution Behind the Headlines: Autonomy in Northern Syria | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

The Revolution Behind the Headlines: Autonomy in Northern Syria | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal | real utopias | Scoop.it
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Why There Will Be No Brexit

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British voters will decide on 23rd June 2016 whether to remain a member of the European Union or not. Anatole Kaletsky Among the multiple existential chall
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Why We Must Fight For A Different Kind Of Europe

Why We Must Fight For A Different Kind Of Europe | real utopias | Scoop.it
Neal Lawson The pistol has now been fired for so many debates we are so badly prepared for. The future of Britain, the future of Europe, the future of Brit
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February 29, 2016 1:39 PM
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Is This Angela Merkel’s Plan B?

Is This Angela Merkel’s Plan B? | real utopias | Scoop.it
In mid-March Germany will hold regional elections in three German federal states. This will be a moment of truth for Angela Merkel and the federal government, because the elections will show the extent to which the arrival of refugees has changed the electoral landscape in the country. 
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G20 and the mainstream solutions to a global slowdown

G20 and the mainstream solutions to a global slowdown | real utopias | Scoop.it

econThe weekend meeting of the finance ministers of the top 20 economies in the world in Shanghai, China was a dismal affair.  Before the meeting, the IMF painted a grim picture of the state of the global economy.  In its, Global Prospects and Policy Challenges, the IMF economists warned that it would be reducing its forecasts for…

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Calls to Action Noam Chomsky on the dangers of standardized testing YouTube

Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician political commentator, socia...

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Noam Chomsky on the WikiLeaks' Coverage in the Media

Chomsky on the WikiLeaks' Coverage in the Press

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Noam Chomsky -The Emerging, New, World Order, its roots, our legacy

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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation