Saturday, 26 January 2013

Reflections on the Eurozone crisis: austerity, neo-liberal restructuring and resistance.

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Over the last 14 months, I have published several posts dealing with aspects of the Eurozone crisis and the struggle against the imposition...
Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Transnational Labour Solidarity in times of Globalisation?

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The increasing transnationalisation of production and informalisation of labour relations has undermined the traditional power resources of...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Trade unions, free trade and the problem of transnational solidarity

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Tensions between European trade unions and unions from the Global South over international free trade developed into an open confrontatio...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012

To be in office, but not in power: Left parties in the squeeze between people’s expectations and an unfavourable balance of power.

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On numerous occasions, left parties in Europe have had the opportunity to participate in government. Nevertheless, these experiences have r...
Saturday, 8 December 2012

Understanding neoliberal rescaling: the expansion of peripheral capitalist space in Mexico and Turkey

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In order to ensure the continuation of the accumulation of profits, capitalist social relations of production have to be constantly expande...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

Firenze 10+10 – Reflections on the Left in Europe

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From 8 to 11 November 2012, I attended the Firenze 10+10 meeting of European anti – neo-liberal globalisation movements in Florence/Italy....
Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Portugal – When ‘good students’ turn sour

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Portugal has been struggling with austerity, imposed by the Troika of EU Commission, European Central Bank and IMF. Higher Education (HE) h...