Friday, 25 June 2021

Transforming capitalism? The role of the commons and direct democracy in struggles against water privatisation in Europe.

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In my new book Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe (Zed Books/Bloomsbury, 2021), I analyse a number of struggles against ...
Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Moving towards Trade Justice? Labour movements and ‘free trade’.

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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting global value chains and geo-political rivalry especially between China and the US, the globa...
Saturday, 12 June 2021

No Turning Back! Ten years after the victory of the Italian water movement against privatization.

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Ten years ago on 12 and 13 June 2011, the Italian water movement gained a decisive victory against privatisation in a nation-wide referendum...
Thursday, 29 April 2021

Less is More? A review of Jason Hickel’s argument for degrowth.

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In his book Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Penguin Random House, 2020), Jason Hickel provides a fascinating account of w...
Friday, 9 April 2021

The Rise and Fall of Jeremy Corbyn

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Three times, Jeremy Corbyn surprised his critics within the political establishment including many on the centre-right within the Labour Par...
Monday, 29 March 2021

Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis: special review forum.

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Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis. Published by Adam D. Morton and myself in 2018, this book analyses how these conditions can be...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021

The failure of Robin Hood Energy and the missing labour-centred perspective

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The attempt to address energy poverty through a municipal, not-for-profit public company was as ambitious as it was path-breaking. And yet t...