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Daleks aren't fancing austerity packs

"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."

Osna.FM 1d ago

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

Germany's Budget: Austerity Ahead for Coalition - Osna.FM

Germany's finance minister warns of austerity measures for all ministries following the 2026 budget..

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Pablo Martini (Geezer)2d ago

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

The lies that smashed the unions and destroyed our coal industry

Corbyn and Sultana’s new party could challenge Britain’s zombie economy and failing democracy — but only if it breaks the cycle. Here's how.

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Jennifer Moore 😷2d ago

Every library is losing some opening hours.

Better than closing a whole library, but still a sad and sorry sight :-(

https://www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/new-library-hours/

#Nottingham #libraries #austerity #cuts

Caro S.3d ago

I.v.m. het partijprogramma van de VVD:

Het doel van bezuinigingen op het sociaal vangnet, zoals die €7 miljard per jaar bezuinigen op ouderen terwijl Shell & co €37,5 miljard per jaar cadeau krijgen, is necropolitiek die de weg naar fascisme asfalteert.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMigB5Jofw

Zie ook deze 2 stukken van Pascal Vanenburg:
1 https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/de-vvd-blijft-de-meest-asociale-partij-van-nederland
2 https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/hoe-de-vvd-haar-reet-afveegt-met-mensenrechten

De VVD weet dit verdomd goed en heeft er (minstens) sinds Bolkestein hard aan gewerkt.

#NLpol #VVD #fascisme #rechtsstaat #austerity #bezuinigingen #ouderen #neoliberalisme

The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism - Book Review

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Kim Perales 3d ago

"The GOP is creating a nightmare with the clawbacks and the evisceration of Congress’ power of the purse. Everyone should tell Trump and Vought to take their cookie cutter #Project2025 extreme gameplan and go jump in the Lake."
-L West
#Congress #Fascsim #Republicans #TrumpRegime #Austerity #USPol https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5421246-rescission-funding-congress-concern/

Caro S.4d ago

I.v.m. het partijprogramma van de VVD:

The goal of austerity, or cuts, or: "reforms specifically aimed at curbing these aging-related expenses" in the Netherlands, isn't a balanced budget, but necropolitics paving the road for fascism:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMigB5Jofw

Dus hou op met "de VVD begrijpt niet ..." en varianten. Ze weten dit verdomd goed en hebben er decennia hard aan gewerkt.

#JohnTheDuncan #neoliberalism #austerity #fascism #Necropolitics #VVD #NLpol

The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism - Book Review

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reazonozaer 4d ago

"With no possibility of rebuilding an economy based on consumer goods for everyone (in a context of global overproduction and a proportional deficit in purchasing power), irretrievably behind in the race for cutting-edge technologies, Europe is embarking on the creation of an industry of massive, constant and guaranteed waste, with financing guaranteed by the states."

"This means that the center of the European economy is shifting, through the planned action of those who run it, from the production of goods and services (particularly social services) to armaments. This is the sure path to a near future of worsening poverty."

https://www.workers.org/2025/07/87086/

#Imperialism #War #Austerity

NATO and the EU are pushing Europeans toward war

Raposo is a Portuguese Marxist analyst, editor of the web magazine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published July 17, 2025. Translation: John Catalinotto The last few weeks have revealed yet another chapter in the subjugation of Europe to U.S. imperialism. The 5% military spending d

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