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Les dues ànimes de l’independentisme català i escocès - Catarsi

Ben Wray, autor de «Scotland after Britain: The Two Souls of Independence» (Verso, 2022), reflexiona sobre els projectes de l'independentisme català i escocès al voltant de les dos ànimes d'aquests moviments.

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Ben Wray reflexiona sobre els projectes de l'independentisme català i escocès al voltant de les dos ànimes d'aquests moviments.

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To US Americans: your welfare is not threatened by a balloon. It is threatened by a ruling class that denies you access to healthcare, affordable housing, modern transit, living wages, proper voting rights, a stable climate, and a decent chance of living past 77. Know your enemy.

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The Gig Economy Project weekly newsletter is out! This week we ask: After the European Parliament voted to strengthen platform workers' rights, what happens now with the #PlatformWorkDirective? Get GEP's newsletter in your inbox: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr #FairPlatformWork #Uber

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"We have managed to counter this lobbying system by engaging workers in the legislative process" - interesting interview with

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@piero_valma

on #PlatformWorkDirective, the platform lobby, EU Council's likely position, transparency + more!

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“We managed to reverse the balance of power”: Interview with @leilachaibi MEP braveneweurope.com/we-managed-to- Piero Valmassoi (@piero_valma) speaks to Chaibi after the Parliament's #PlatformWorkDirective vote about the platform lobby, what the EP's mandate means, and what happens next.

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Rasmus Hjorth (

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El parlamento Europeo a prueba la Directiva sobre Trabajo en Plataformas! Todavía queda un largo recorrido hasta el texto definitivo (que ahora pasa al Consejo Europeo), pero es una buena señal para la protección de los derechos de las personas que trabajan mediante apps

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Here's the text that's been adopted: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document It's not perfect by any means but an improvement on the European Commission's draft text. It strengthens the presumption of employment and strengthens workers' algorithmic rights.

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Full report on today's vote.

@leilachaibi

: "Lobbyists from Uber, Deliveroo and their allies worked until the 11th hour to undermine the directive...[victory] for workers, a rarity in the EU." #PlatformWorkDirective #FairPlatformWork #StopUberisation

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Defeat for platform lobby in Brussels: - EU Parl votes for a text which would strengthen the presumption of employment & enhance workers' algorithmic rights in the #PlatformWorkDirective - @leilachaibi: 'rare win for workers in the EU' Full report here: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr

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Rasmus 'Gazellen' Hjorth

@fodsl3

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We have swedish comrades and a strong swedish labour movement that will do everything in its power to prevent that. In the nordic countries we will try to do stuff aswell!

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«El Parlamento Europeo ha votado para adoptar el texto de la Directiva sobre el trabajo en plataformas. 376 a favor, 212 en contra, 15 abstenciones. Una derrota para #Uber📴 y el resto del lobby de la plataforma. Grandes vítores en la cámara. #PlatformWorkDirective» #fuckUber

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The European Parliament votes to adopt the text on the Platform Work Directive. 376 in favour, 212 against, 15 abstentions. A defeat for Uber and the rest of the platform lobby. Big cheering in the chamber. #PlatformWorkDirective #FairPlatformWork #StopUberisation

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Högerns senaste kampanj mot reglering av gigekonomin har misslyckats, men kampen är långt ifrån över. Nu ska direktivet bearbetas under Sveriges ordförandeskap. Vår regering är en av EU:s mest gigvänliga. Sätter vi inte press på dem under våren riskerar direktivet att urvattnas.

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Now the Council of the EU (the member-states) has to adopt its own text. Under the Swedish presidency, that text is likely to water-down the European Commission's draft. When the Council has a position, they then have to negotiate a common text with the Euro Parl. Long way to go.

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Gig Economy Project - Defeat for the platform lobby: European Parliament backs stronger Platform...

Full report on today's vote:

braveneweurope.com

European Parliament now must negotiate its mandate with the Council of the EU, which has yet to agree its position THE European Parliament has voted in favour of a text which would see the presumpt...

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Now the Council of the EU (the member-states) has to adopt its own text. Under the Swedish presidency, that text is likely to water-down the European Commission's draft. When the Council has a position, they then have to negotiate a common text with the Euro Parl. Long way to go.

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Here's the text that's been adopted: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document It's not perfect by any means but an improvement on the European Commission's draft text. It strengthens the presumption of employment and strengthens workers' algorithmic rights.

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The European Parliament votes to adopt the text on the Platform Work Directive. 376 in favour, 212 against, 15 abstentions. A defeat for Uber and the rest of the platform lobby. Big cheering in the chamber. #PlatformWorkDirective #FairPlatformWork #StopUberisation

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Gualmini, rapporteur for EMPL committee report, gives a fiery speech in defence of the text, saying workers "should not be a slave to the algorithm" and that MEPs should resist the influence of the platform corporate lobby on the parliament. #PlatformWorkDirective

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Before the #PlatformWorkDirective vote the MEPs are having to vote to waive the immunity of several allegedly corrupt MEPs. Maybe MEPs just shouldn't have immunity from prosecution... #Qatargate #EuroParl

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Big vote in the European Parliament today on the #PlatformWorkDirective! Here's what's at stake: context.news/digital-rights #StopUberisation

EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers | Context

A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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As a workers strike hit France, walkouts in the energy sector led to a drop in electricity output, and stopped oil deliveries from TotalEnergies facilities. Only a third of high-speed TGV trains were operating and even fewer local and regional trains reut.rs/3HHA0Wk

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I've been invited to give a talk about my research on Catalan nationalism today, and I am returning to this paper, which is one of my favorites. I wrote it in a class taught by Keith Darden at Yale in my first year of the Ph.D.: laiabalcells.com/wp-content/upl

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First artillery, then tanks, then warplanes, then what?

responsiblestatecraft.org

First artillery, then tanks, then warplanes, then what? - Responsible Statecraft

The US slow climb up the escalatory ladder in Ukraine appears to be moving a bit faster — without a lot of talk about consequences.

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French Union Cuts Power to Pressure Macron on Pensions

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

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"To fight President Emmanuel Macron’s pension overhaul, France’s most militant labor union is pursuing a radical strategy: cutting electricity to his political supporters and the wealthy while handing out discounted power and gas to the public."

wsj.com

The strategy—cutting electricity to politicians and the wealthy while handing out discounted power and gas to the public—has drawn warnings of legal sanctions as the country prepares for another...

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Jan 29

The Gig Economy Project weekly newsletter is out! Drivers in Geneva are getting an independent analysis of their data to decide whether to accept Uber's compensation offer or fight it in court. Workers can harness data to win. Get GEP's newsletter here: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr

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Scotland After Britain Book

@twosoulsindy

Jan 26

James Foley is interview in

@Jonathon_Shafi

's 'Independence Captured' newsletter on the ideas and legacy of Tom Nairn.

jonathonshafi.substack.com

On Tom Nairn (1932–2023)

An interview with James Foley on the work and legacy of an intellectual giant

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‘Indonesië speelde het Koude Oorlog-spel succesvol door Washington zover te krijgen dat ze hun aanspraak op West-Papoea ondersteunden.’

Repressie kan de strijd voor een onafhankelijk West-Papoea niet de kop indrukken | Jacobin

interviewde

@BennyWenda

over de geschiedenis en vooral ook de toekomst van West-Papoea.

jacobin.nl

Zestig jaar nadat West-Papoea de Nederlandse bezetter gedwongen inruilde voor Indonesië als nieuwe koloniale macht, vecht ze nog steeds voor zelfbeschikking. Oppositieleider Benny Wenda spreekt met...

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While consumer spending as a whole was down last year, luxury spending grew by 20%. Almost all of the increase was driven by Gen Z and Gen Y spending, with the US seeing its luxury spending market grow the most. It's a class war, and they're winning. ft.com/content/3e30a1

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The Gig Economy Project weekly newsletter is out! This week we take a look at France, where the government and the courts are pushing in different directions over the question of platform workers' employment status. Get GEP's newsletter in your inbox: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr

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Revolving doors between PNV, the big power in Basque politics, and the big energy firms. An editorial in

@naiz_info

a couple of weeks ago said clientelism is the biggest problem in Basque politics. Looks like it.

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Ahoztar Zelaieta

@Ahoztar1972

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HILO Iberdrola, Repsol, Nortegas, Enagas, Bahía Bizkaia Gas, Fenix Oil & Gas, Oil&Gas Capital... Por fín, infografías sobre las giratorias del oasis vasco en el sector energético. elsaltodiario.com/privatizacione

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UK lenders fear spike in mortgage defaults as cost of living hits home

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UK lenders fear spike in mortgage defaults as cost of living hits home theguardian.com/money/2023/jan average household debt in UK is £68.5k. Declining real wages + sharp interest rate rises = lots of defaults.

theguardian.com

Bank of England survey shows lenders expect steep rise in borrowers failing to make monthly repayments

A general strike mobilization of 7,000 in Alès, France — where the total population is only 35,000 Workers are reporting massive turnout everywhere today

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Marco D'Eramo, The Death Gap — Sidecar

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"There’s no injustice more frightening...than inequality of life expectancy: a form of discrimination whereby years, sometimes decades, are stolen from the majority and given to a select few, based solely on their wealth and social class."

newleftreview.org

On the great unequalizer.

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Piero Valmassoi and 9 others

Jan 19

Uber & EU lobbying: is there a way to keep the baby & throw the bathwater? braveneweurope.com/piero-valmasso Piero Valmassoi reports on

@EUParl_EN

debate on Uber's lobbying practices. After #UberFiles & #QatarGate, is it possible to have an EU which isn't dominated by money interests?

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'EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers', says

as MEPs are to vote Thursday on the EU's platform work directive which could reclassify millions of gig workers as employees with labour rights and social benefits

EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers | Context

A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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🗣 Opinion:

has been at the vanguard of a group of digital labour platforms operating in the EU which flat out refuse to accept that they have employment responsibilities to gig workers, writes

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A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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🗣 Opinion: A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers, writes

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EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers | Context

A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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Key vote in the European Parliament this week on the Platform Work Directive. MEPs close to the platform lobby are trying to scupper a presumption of employment for platform workers. In

@Reuters

'Context' section, I explain why those MEPs are wrong.

EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers | Context

A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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#EU lawmakers must do right by #gigworkers in the vote this week. The Platform Work Directive manages to get the basics right about who is and isn’t an employee, and that’s a good start, writes ⁦

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EU lawmakers must do right by gig workers | Context

A debate and vote this week will determine the fate of the Platform Work Directive, a consequential law for Europe's gig workers

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cops defending coal mine get stuck in mud #Luetzerath

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In Madrid, 5,000 taxis protested this week over plans for complete liberalisation of the sector. In Barcelona, Uber cars are getting towed away by the cops after a complete ban on their use from 1 January. What a contrast!

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