Hands Off My Property!
It would be contradictory if the better off generations, strongly assisted by the State in the past, opposed or resisted any form of State intervention aimed at helping the younger ones.
How Neoliberal Capitalism Shaped Tigné Point to Sell the Valletta View
The view of Valletta was commodified—even ‘weaponised’—to make the Tigné Point apartments a desirable prospect for a few wealthy residents able to buy it.
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I am not Against Migration—I am in Favour of a Fair Playing Field!
“There is nobody willing to listen to people like me. Nobody represents our interests anymore. The Labour Party has vanished.”
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Addressing the Work-Life Balance in Malta
Work-life balance is still a concern in Malta. How can we achieve it?
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(Dis)passionate Politics?
We are witnessing a crisis of representative democracy. In most European countries, people feel ignored and sidelined by EU politicians and established mainstream political parties.
Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs, Capitalists Are
It’s politics, not technology, that is pushing us towards dystopia. [Read more…] about Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs, Capitalists Are
Grrrl* Gangs Against Street Harassment
The growing discrimination, harassment, attacks and assaults are not bound to one social category (such as gender) but to multiple at once—age, race, class. Queer-feminist street art is a response to such harassment in public space. [Read more…] about Grrrl* Gangs Against Street Harassment
University—the Ivory Tower is Part of Society, Not Removed from It
Universities and especially the humanities, whose use for job markets and economic growth tends to be called into question, are often asked to justify their existence and their use of tax payers’ money for seemingly non-useful endeavours. How about turning the argument around?
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