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Neo-liberalism

Human Rights

The Real Scandal of Donald Trump

By Robert Reich* – Newsweek  We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain Russia’s help in the 2016 election, in return for, say, Trump’s help in weakening NATO and not interfering against Russian aggression in Ukraine. Trump and his…

Democracy

Hungary’s Orbán clings on to Europe’s power center

By Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer – Politico Opponents see suspension by conservatives as ‘political trick.’ Europe’s most powerful political family imposed a timeout on its troublesome son but stopped short of kicking him out. The European People’s Party (EPP), the…

Human Rights

Fighting the World’s Largest Criminal Industry: Modern Slavery

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 2019 (IPS) – Modern slavery and human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of the biggest human rights crises today, United Nations and government officials said. During an event as part of the…

Civil Society

A democratic constitution for the European Union

Cristina Sampaio – Movimento europeo in Italia (Rome) As the 23-26 May European elections are coming closer, the European Movement in Italy and the Academic Agora Europe network have listed “ten priorities for a united, democratic and supportive Europe, as an instrument of peace…

Commerce

Neo-liberalism seems to have reached a dead end

By Prabhat Patnaik* – The Telegraph, India Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to reduce unemployment in the US is not a matter of mere idiosyncrasy The decision of the American president, Donald Trump, to remove several of India’s exports to the United States of America from the…