The Bell Tolls For Thee: Archive

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Carbon Footnotes: Neoliberalism vs The World: Part... →

carbonfootnotes: By Rob Plastow Neoliberalism is a powerful force for organisation, rationality and economic development. It is championed by world elites and has become the ruling ideology of globalisation and 21st Century governance. Throughout it’s implementation it has also caused much distrust, exploitation…

Sep 30th

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Carbon Footnotes: Neoliberalism vs The World: Part... →

carbonfootnotes: By Rob Plastow Part 2 of 3 looks at the rationality behind neoliberalism, highlighting a key flaw: its ecological paradox. Neoliberalism vs people The strength of the thought behind neoliberalism, is that it makes human behaviour understandable in economic terms through its…

Sep 27th

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Sep 27th

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Sep 26th

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El Pais: Los estudiantes chilenos recuperan las...

Unas 180.000 personas, según dirigentes del movimiento, piden condiciones para dialogar con el Gobierno MANUEL DÉLANO El movimiento estudiantil de Chile ha salido nuevamente hoy a manifestarse de forma masiva en las calles, en una demostraciónde que aún gozan de respaldo. La protesta se produjo en medio de peticiones para dialogar con el Ejecutivo en demanda de cambios de fondo a la educación,...

Sep 25th

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Carbon Footnotes: Neoliberalism vs The World: Part... →

carbonfootnotes: By Rob Plastow Despite their different qualities, forms and direct causes, there is an ideological concept that links the recent cuts in public spending, anthropogenic climate change and the banking crisis. It is of pressing importance to get to grips with, to understand and to tackle in…

Sep 25th

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Sep 21st

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The Chilean Student Movement Against Neoliberalism...

Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th century socialisms. This is a difficult task that requires self-reflection, active questioning, and openness to new expressions of struggle by the always complex and fluid global working-classes. Making this task even the more difficult is that...

Sep 21st

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