Saturday, 2 November , 2024

Welfare state

European Social Policy: Progressive Regression

By Wolfgang Streeck November 2018 Abstrac tEuropean social policy changed with the evolution of European and global capitalism, the scope and shape of European-level international institutions, the...

Denmark Danes angered by US socialism report citing lower living standards...

By Rachael Kennedy 30/10/2018 A recent White House report has been rejected by Danish politicians as "fake news" after it claimed living standards in Nordic...

New documentary charts the struggle to defend the welfare state

By GLYN ROBBINS April 28, 2018 PENSIONERS UNITED opens with Tony Benn describing the NHS as “pure socialism.” This marks the fundamental theme of Hazuan Hashim...

Denmark cuts welfare but buys new US fighter jets

In May 2016, the Danish government decided to make the largest weapons purchase in Denmark's history by ordering 27 new, American produced, Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters at the cost of $3 billion, with the total cost for the lifespan of these fighte

Capitalism (and NATO) on world offensive (France, Africa etc…) by James...

What does it mean when the US and British financial systems launder hundreds of billions of dollars of illicit funds stolen by world leaders while their governments turn a ‘blind eye’, and yet the very same Anglo-American officials investigate, prosecute, fine and arrest officials from rival governments, rival banks and political leaders for corruption?