Ecological self-sufficiency
According to the New Economics Foundation, the UK goes into ecological debt to the rest of the world on Easter Sunday (16 April). From tomorrow onwards, the British are living […]
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Infuriating
The farewell article by Bill Emmott, outgoing editor of the Economist, is the usual mixture of insight and infuriation. You can read it here. The insight lies in his welcome
The WTO and the EU post-Cancún
A submission by Federal Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee (Sub-Committee A) 1. The failure of the recent summit at Cancún should be an occasion to consider
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Clare Short’s EU accusations seen as ‘wide of the mark’
Published in The Times, 29 November 2003 Sir, From where does Clare Short get the idea that a renationalised trade negotiating authority would have been preferable to the EU at the WTO summit
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The GATS proposals: only half the picture
A submission by Federal Union to the Department of Trade and Industry, 2 January 2003 1. This submission falls into four parts. First, what is Federal Union? Secondly, why we
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After the WTO protest in Seattle, it’s time to go on the offensive. Here’s how.
By William Greider The promise of Seattle was captured in an antic moment observed by one young environmental activist. Amid broad ranks of protesters, he saw that a squad of
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Does nationalism make sense?
from “The Case for Federal Union”, by W B Curry (published in 1939) When the adjustment [in reaction to technological development] takes place across national frontiers, vested interests are
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