Isles of the Left

Disagree with Growth on Steroids? Leave Malta Now!

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There is a paradoxical nature to Maltese acceptance of others, that underlies discrimination based on political identity. The outcast is the one who questions the economic homogeneity of Maltese society.  The ultimate other is a person who criticises the neoliberal system adopted by consecutive Maltese administrations.

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Resisting Surveillance

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Shoshana Zuboff’s new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, explores a new step in the history of capitalism, where big tech is making profits with data, extracted from citizens without their consent—with destructive effects on the economy, democracy and individual lives.

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Who Needs 5G in Malta? Certainly Not You!

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Let us no longer focus on health, but rather on three other facets of 5G: who stands to profit from it, how is it going to affect our society and whether a country as small as Malta needs a 5G infrastructure at all.

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Green Nationalism: Why the ‚Love of My Country’ is Environmentally Unsustainable

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The ‘love of my country’ is often based on the belief that if ‘my country’ does well, I will do well, too. However, this love is not mutual. ‘My country’ doesn’t love me back—unless I belong to its privileged class.

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