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Malta’s National Anthem? It’s Noise.

August 21, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

“National Anthem”, a solo exhibition by Kevin Mallan is a verdict, a protest song and, in the artist’s own words, “an outcry for this island and what the order of the day has become to signify”.

Tagged With: art, Environment, neoliberalism, politics

Surveillance Capitalism: the Business Model that Governs Your Life Utopia for the Few. Part 1

April 12, 2019 · Michele Kipiel ·

Tech giants sell predictions about us. Incredibly accurate predictions.

Tagged With: Big Data, neoliberalism, privacy, surveillance capitalism

Luxury Mega-Developments and the Distorted Meaning of Progress

February 21, 2019 · Francois Zammit ·

Land grabs for the sake of luxury developments are the very opposite of progress. They erode the democratic achievements and threaten to drag us back to the past where the lion share of all resources was owned by a class of feudal lords.

Tagged With: democracy, inequality, neoliberalism, privatisation

Malta’s Economy: the Good, the Bad and the Uncertain

January 26, 2019 · Mark Camilleri ·

Labour is riding a wave of economic growth, but what lies behind this economic success and what is in store for Malta’s economy in the future? What is happening on the ground and what do the numbers really tell us?

Tagged With: economic growth, economy, neoliberalism, social justice

Loneliness: Why We Should See Individual ‘Problems’ as Social

December 26, 2018 · Kurt Borg ·

No person is an island. We need to shift our language of ‘individual problems’ to a discourse of social causation and situatedness. Now more than ever, we need to connect each other’s problems to find their root causes and foster opportunities for solidarity.

Tagged With: loneliness, neoliberalism, social awareness, social justice

Demanding a Fair Housing Policy, not Charity!

December 24, 2018 · The IotL Magazine ·

In countries with low public welfare spending such as Malta, individuals are aware that their (and their family’s) social welfare depends on the accumulation of private wealth. Therefore, the state needs to step in as a social partner.

Tagged With: housing, neoliberalism, rent, rent control

The ITS Project and the Future of Maltese Democracy

September 25, 2018 · Francois Zammit ·

The disastrous PA decision will have a long-lasting effect that few admit as yet. 

Tagged With: democracy, Malta, neoliberalism, over-development

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