In
her recent volume Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of
the Commons
(PM Press, 2019), Silvia Federici fruitfully brings together feminist
reflections with discussions of the commons as a possible way of overcoming
capitalism. In this blog post, I will introduce the main lines of thinking in
this impressive collection of essays.
Saturday 29 February 2020
Wednesday 5 February 2020
Water privatization in Jyväskylä, Finland?
Photo by Sampo Sikiö
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Jyväskylä is the
first Finnish municipality, which has decided to part-privatize its water
services, intending to sell 30 per cent of the municipal company. What may look
as an attractive option at first sight to generate finance for the
municipality, is however a potentially highly dangerous initiative. The
experiences of water privatizations elsewhere in Europe counsel caution.
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