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Global Solidarity

The Importance of Reopening Libraries

Reopening library buildings in a way that is safe, accessible, and communal will be a gradual process that is full of challenges, but it is also an urgently necessary step.

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Global Solidarity

Austerity and Feminism: Women Workers’ Struggles in the U.S.

In this timely study, Cinzia Arruzza discusses the inherent limitations of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action and the failure in its implementation due to the persistence of austerity policies. The author uses the notion of social reproduction—and of its crisis—to analyze the effects of austerity on women’s lives and working conditions, and to contextualize recent […]

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Climate Justice

Connecting Anti-Austerity and Climate Justice Policies

Humanity is currently faced with a number of deep and challenging crises: economic, social, political, food, and—last, but not least—the climate crisis, which is threatening the very existence of millions of people on this planet. These crises have many of the same root causes, which go to the core of our economic system. Strong vested […]

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Transatlantic Left Voices

The Finance-Dominated Regime of Accumulation and the Crisis in Europe

There is no consensus among the ruling classes on the correct way to deal with the current crisis or, more broadly, how to continue with the project of European integration. Should the euro be defended, or would it be better to split up the eurozone or give up the euro completely? Will austerity policies help […]

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