This report presents examples of strategies for the labour movement to push back against tech-powered surveilance, wage theft & more. Drawing on global mapping that I did with colleagues from ILAW network. www.ilawnetwork.com/wp-content/u...
"“We are horrified at details emerging from mass graves recently unearthed in the Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodies...with many reportedly showing signs of torture and summary executions, and potential instances of people buried alive,” the experts said." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
GENEVA (6 May 2024) – UN experts* today condemned the continued and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children over the past se...
Another example of how personal data became a new frontier of capital accumulation & what risks (for people and society at large) it involves: algorithmwatch.org/en/austrias-...
Dignity Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice by Chrystin Ondersma "Americans turn to debt in order to survive, and Black and brown Americans disproportionately bear the burdens of debt." www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...
For everyone who's following what's happening in Frankfurt:
The Frankfurt Book Fair got underway yesterday with a reduced offering of events covering Arabic literature, amid concerns over the exclusion of Palestinians from the program. Last week, German or��...
A reading list of 15 articles, made open access by Journal of Palestine Studies. Articles provide historical context and analysis of the 17-year Israeli blockade of Gaza. #Poliskywww.tandfonline.com/journals/rpa...
Palestinian writer Adania Shibli has been informed that she will no longer receive the 2023 LiBeraturpreis award at Frankfurt Book Fair. Following this, Fitzcarraldo Editions have made her novel Minor Detail free to download for the entirety of Frankfurt Book Fair.
I am quite lost. Instead of calling for a ceasefire (which is the least they can do) German trade unions and social democrats are organising rallies expressing unconditional support for Israel.
📝My latest piece in New Political Economy: I argue that rising household indebtedness is linked to the decline in trade union membership and analyse the cases of Sweden, Japan, & South Korea over the period 1965-2018. ▶️Link to the #openaccesswww.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“JPMorgan Chase reported a 35 per cent jump in profits for the third quarter, as the biggest US bank continues to reap the benefits from higher interest rates” Big banks have been able to charge more for loans without offering savers significantly higher rates for deposits.
