Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>Why is Mark Carney doing the exact same things as Trump... just less?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/AntiScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiScience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/EattheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EattheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Centurion480/115000106505391647" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@Centurion480/</span><span class="invisible">115000106505391647</span></a></p>
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#Austerity
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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In record time, it would seem, the government’s promised new vision of economic nationalism has quickly given way to something more akin to DOGE North, the slash-and-burn “Department of Government Efficiency” in the U.S. initially helmed by Elon Musk.</p><p>When it comes to the Carney government’s abrupt reversals, its budding austerity program is just the beginning. In a fruitless effort to make nice with Donald Trump, it is elsewhere pushing a border bill that has been fiercely criticized by civil liberties groups and denounced by Amnesty International as an attack on the rights of those seeking asylum. Taking this futile strategy even further, the government has also capitulated to Trump by shelving plans for a Digital Services Tax on Big Tech companies and is reportedly considering signing on to his proposed multibillion-dollar “Golden Dome” missile defence initiative. </p><p>On that latter point, in a recent op-ed for the Globe and Mail, former Liberal Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy summed up the absurdity of the Carney government’s posture: “After winning an election on a clear promise to assert a more independent foreign and defence policy — including a move away from reliance on U.S. weaponry, military strategy and security doctrine — this is more than just a baffling development. It’s a betrayal of the vision Canadians voted for.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-won-on-a-promise-of-strong-but-fair-canada-this-is-how-he/article_4d53c228-bf60-411d-b6e3-be93669eba8e.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/contributo</span><span class="invisible">rs/mark-carney-won-on-a-promise-of-strong-but-fair-canada-this-is-how-he/article_4d53c228-bf60-411d-b6e3-be93669eba8e.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Carney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carney</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Imperialism</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>Waar het nieuwe VVD-programma eigenlijk over gaat:</p><p>Necropolitics <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EFuGeddFOKM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&</span><span class="invisible">v=EFuGeddFOKM</span></a></p><p>Work or Die: Labour's War on Disabled People<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk9WgnIzyfo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Rk9WgnIzyfo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism - Book Review<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMigB5Jofw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=3eMigB5Jofw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NLpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/verkiezingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verkiezingen</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/VVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VVD</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Necropolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropolitics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Andy Becket on the siren calls for austerity:</p><p>'When sweeping austerity is called for, the most entrenched establishment interests are usually exempt... Labour needs to break free of the argument... that its more progressive policies & poorer people’s living standards are the first things that should be sacrificed in hard times'.</p><p>But as Becket concludes, the Labour leadership would need a vision of Left politics (that it lacks) to do that!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/08/labour-austerity-elections-spending-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/aug/08/labour-austerity-elections-spending-cuts</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>And we might link this to the continuing political economy of austerity, which continues in all but name...</p><p>I have explored this problem recently for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NWBylines" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NWBylines</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> </p><p>2/2<br> <a href="https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/the-false-economies-of-austerity/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">northwestbylines.co.uk/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/economy/the-false-economies-of-austerity/</span></a></p>
ananas<p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> just announced plans to cut around 100 million euros more off education. The last education cuts are still fresh on the table with unseen consequences.</p><p>We are a country, where one in eight is already functionally illiterate.</p><p>We are also a country, that is supposed to brand itself on hi-tech and innovation.</p><p>Who the fuck is supposed to do the required work for hi-tech and innovation in the future? And for whom?</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“As Labour & Tory Become Interchangeable The New Party of Corbyn & Sultana Could See the Rebirth of the Left”</p><p>by veteran UK anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein on Substack</p><p>“However There Must Be No Repeat of What Happened in Labour - Neo-liberalism & Privatisation”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/tonygreenstein/p/as-labour-and-tory-become-interchangeable" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/tonygree</span><span class="invisible">nstein/p/as-labour-and-tory-become-interchangeable</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corbyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sultana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sultana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YourParty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rebirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rebirth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatisation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NeoLiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLiberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a></p>
Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>The government calls it a thank-you. </p><p>Police say it barely buys a Big Mac per shift. </p><p>The latest pay award is less about gratitude — and more a sign of contempt for those who risk everything but can’t strike.</p><p>Time to Pay the Bill.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PolicePay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicePay</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicSectorPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSectorPay</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VoxPolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoxPolitical</span></a><br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99678" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9967</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>🇨🇦 We've just uncovered hundreds of shipments of weapons from Canada to Israel. </p><p><a href="https://armsembargonow.ca/report/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">armsembargonow.ca/report/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/welfarenotwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfarenotwarfare</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> </p><p>The Right Dishonourable <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/markcarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markcarney</span></a> 🪶 Prime Minister of 🇨🇦</p><p>The Dishonourable <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AnitaAnand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnitaAnand</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shipping</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/unifor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unifor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cupe</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://syndicat.solidaires.org/@unionsolidaires" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>unionsolidaires</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@ucl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ucl</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UnicornRiot</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>montreal</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toronto</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belgium</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/arms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arms</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/armsembargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>armsembargo</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/laborforpalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborforpalestine</span></a> 👍</p>
Pedestriansfirst<p>“George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom. Osborne, who has an advisory role at the crypto exchange firm Coinbase ….” These evil grifters are happy to impoverish the rest of us with austerity while busy feathering their own plush nests. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a></p>
Europe<p>Trump announces US submarine deployments in nuclear war threat against Russia</p><p>In an open threat to wage nuclear war against Russia, US President Donald Trump announced on August 1…<br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/submarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submarine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2300620/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2300620/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>The government wants you to think the Timms Review is a win — but the truth is, it does nothing to stop the £5bn in planned cuts to PIP and disability benefits.</p><p> It’s a delay tactic wrapped in the language of consultation. Disabled people are being set up to co-sign their own harm. </p><p>We explain exactly what’s happening — and why the fight is far from over.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PIPcuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIPcuts</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TimmsReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimmsReview</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CoProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoProduction</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a><br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99548" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9954</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
RosaVain<p>Onko tämä eka hallitus, öö, 65 vuoteen, joka ottaa -toistuvasti- velkaa, koska leikkaa kansalta? <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/noidankeha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noidankeha</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/mikajarki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mikajarki</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/viciouscircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viciouscircle</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/hallitus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hallitus</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/oikeisto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oikeisto</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/velka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velka</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/Leikkaukset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leikkaukset</span></a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a></p>
Germany<p>German government adopts 2026 budget: Rearmament and social cutbacks</p><p>On Wednesday, the German government adopted the draft budget for 2026 and the financial plan through to 2029.…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DE</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>austerity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/militarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>militarism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2292107/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2292107/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"There’s a progressive bubble where everyone has hated Musk for years, where people are instinctively skeptical of rich businessmen, and where they trust the government and the establishment. But there’s a conservative bubble where all these dynamics are reversed. Where there was completely genuine and sincere enthusiasm for the DOGE exercise and a real belief what once Musk popped the hood, he would discover huge amounts of fraud that would make it possible to reduce the deficit without harming anyone. DOGE has succeeded in doing some things, but it has absolutely not succeeded in doing that. It fell short of its targets by hundreds of billions of dollars, not because Musk and his team are stupid or lazy, but because the fraud genuinely does not exist.</p><p>That doesn’t mean you can’t cut spending. Republicans are on the verge of taking nearly a trillion dollars out of programs for poor people. But it means that when you take nearly a trillion dollars out of programs for poor people, the material living standards of the most vulnerable kids in the country get worse."</p><p><a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/yes-doge-failed-and-it-matters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slowboring.com/p/yes-doge-fail</span><span class="invisible">ed-and-it-matters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
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"When highly centralised political parties answer to nobody but themselves, you get policies that nobody asked for. You get #privatisation of our public services. You get #austerity. You get 4.5 million children living in #poverty in the sixth-richest country in the world."
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“EXCLUSIVE: Labour Is Dead - Zara Sultana’s First Interview Since Resigning From The Labour Party”
via Novara Media on YT
https://youtu.be/VDC8lNkFfTQ?si=NxI8UZUt9FlWrO9p
“Zarah Sultana MP speaks to Novara Media exclusively about why she resigned from the Labour Party, what the plan is with her new political party founded with Jeremy Corbyn and how the Left can defeat Nigel Farage”
“New Corbyn [& Sultana] party now as big as Labour was at its peak during the Corbyn years”
by Ricky Hale And Council Estate Media on Substack
“As Zarah Sultana pointed out in an interview with Novara Media, we were told to leave Labour so we did, and now we are told we are splitting the left-wing vote, but we are the left and we are taking all of those votes”
https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/new-corbyn-party-now-as-big-as-labour
Council Estate Media · New Corbyn party now as big as Labour was at its peak during the Corbyn yearsBy Ricky Hale
Following the formal approval of the 2026 budget, German Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has announced significant austerity measures across... https://news.osna.fm/?p=9880 | #news #ahead #austerity #budget #coalition
Osna.FM · Germany's Budget: Austerity Ahead for Coalition - Osna.FMGermany's finance minister warns of austerity measures for all ministries following the 2026 budget..
After a decade of cuts, debt, and sell-offs, the UK economy is barely functioning.
Ray Dalio calls it a “doom loop.” Kerry-Anne Mendoza called it a “zombie economy.” Jeremy Corbyn warned about a “zombie democracy.”
Now he and Zarah Sultana are forming a new party.
Can it break the cycle — or will it become the next ghost in Westminster?
#Corbyn #NewParty #Sultana #UKPolitics #Austerity #DemocracyInDecline
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99375
Vox Political · The lies that smashed the unions and destroyed our coal industryBy Mike Sivier
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