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A View from Greece
Alexis Tsipras: Greece could be the spark for defeating austerity across Europe - video interview
“With the eurozone crisis flaring up again, the radical left party Syriza is leading in the Greek polls. Its leader, Alexis Tsipras, tells Seumas Milne that Syriza offers a real alternative to Europe's failed neoliberal order. He says traditional parties are failing voters by colluding in austerity, creating opportunities for fascist parties such as Golden Dawn”
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Replacing Neoliberalism: A View from George Monbiot
A new politics needs a new political narrative
A 13-minute video with George Monbiot for openDemocracy, 14th November 2017
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Austerity everywhere: But are they working? What can be learnt from the history of past austerities?
A short history of austerity: it almost never works
“The most famous episode of austerity was during the interwar years, as Germany, Britain, France and Japan all fought to stay on the Gold Standard even amid the Great Depression. The deflationary impact of keeping their currencies pegged to gold, along with the austerity policies they followed to do so, was disastrous.
In Britain, unemployment jumped from 10.4% in 1929 to 22.1% by early 1932, even while government debt surged. In Germany, the Social Democrats stupidly clung to the orthodoxy of austerity, pushing joblessness up to to 30% by 1932, and opening the door to the Nazis.- Details
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In a cruel twist of fate, these three top prostate cancer experts have ALL been hit by the disease. Their stories are vital reading for men - and their loved ones
Every year (in the UK) 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer — and more than 10,000 die from it.
Treatment can cause anxiety and side-effects such as impotence and incontinence. Many ask: what would the experts do in my shoes?
In a remarkable coincidence, three of the UK’s leading experts reveal that they, too, have the cancer and here they talk about their experiences . . .
A moving account of the disease