Posts tagged: inequality

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  The Contradictions of Capitalist Democracy

  From post-68 militancy to the pandemic disruption of today, sociologist Göran Therborn traces the shifting contexts for the landmark essays collected in his latest book, Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

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  Tilting at windmills: the catastrophe of vaccine nationalism

  As the COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out across the richest countries, Arianne Shahvisi warns against the rise of 'vaccine nationalism' that polices who does and does not get the jabs. And why this is likely to consolidate existing global inequalities.

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  Brexit: The Decision Of a Divided Country

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  Peter Mair on the death of parliamentary democracy

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  Tariq Ali on "the triumph of finance" and the politics of Thatcher and Blair

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  "Political leaders within the 1% promise to reduce inequality just before they gain power, but then increase it" - Danny Dorling

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  How the super rich got richer: 10 shocking facts about inequality

• "People do not mix in unequal societies" says Danny Dorling

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  Verso Five Book Plan: Inequality in the UK