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A world of growing inequality

Henri Wilno — 2021-12-22T10:33:55Z

“The authors criticize taxes such as the carbon tax, which hit the rich and poor indiscriminately. But is it enough to limit wealth inequalities?”

- IV563 - December 2021 / Ecology and the Environment, Economy

In France, facing the coronavirus: lies, incompetence and social reaction

Henri Wilno — 2020-05-11T05:42:34Z

The beginning of the first phase of mitigating some of the measures taken to deal with the coronavirus epidemic starts on 11 May. This deadline has been prepared by the French government in a haphazard manner and the polls show deep distrust on the part of the majority of the population.

- IV544 - May 2020 / France, Covid-19 Pandemic

The coming crisis and the rise of “national liberalism”

Henri Wilno — 2019-11-08T07:42:44Z

The world's main political and economic leaders expect and are preparing in one way or another for a sharp slowdown in economic growth that could be coupled with a financial crisis.

- IV538 - November 2019 / Economy

Macron and the Gilets jaunes

Henri Wilno — 2019-10-02T03:53:21Z

“We're here, we're here, even if Macron doesn't want it, we're here, for the honour of the workers and for a better world.”
One of the songs of the gilets jaunes.

- IV537 - October 2019 / France

Israel, Jews and Arabs: the revolutionary perspective of living together

Henri Wilno, Michel Warschawski — 2015-03-09T07:37:37Z

Michel Warschawski has been politically active in Israel for many years. He retraced his biography in one of his books, Sur la frontière (Stock, 2002). After spending his early years in Strasbourg, he decided at the age of sixteen to go to Jerusalem, where he undertook Talmudic studies. In 1968 he joined the Israeli Socialist Organization, which had been founded in 1962 by expelled members of the Israeli Communist Party and older activists influenced by Trotskyism. The group was best known (…)

- IV482 - March 2015 / Palestine, Israel

How the people pay for the crisis

Henri Wilno — 2012-08-17T17:25:05Z

The economic crisis has lasted more than three years. During this time, the regulation of finance has barely advanced, while multiple measures affecting the living conditions of the masses have been taken.

- IV451 - August 2012

Europe: facing the “crisis of our time”Â

Henri Wilno — 2012-08-17T17:21:11Z

During the 1930s, US president Herbert Hoover liked to say that recovery was “just around the corner”. During the current crisis and most especially in Europe it would be difficult to count the number of statements by leaders (Nicolas Sarkozy was a specialist at this) periodically announcing either the end of the crisis, or more prudently, for example after a European summit, that we are now on the right road.

- IV451 - August 2012 / Europe, Economy, European Union