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Our Not So Public Health

September 25, 2020 · Kathrin Schödel ·

During the period of partial lockdown, it may have appeared as though the economy was being sacrificed in the name of public health. However, the global attempt to halt the spread of the pandemic ultimately never departed from the basic logic of capitalist politics: politics in the interest of business.

Tagged With: COVID-19, economy, neoliberalism, worker's rights

[LISTEN] COVID-19 and Solidarity: a Wish List of Government Measures in the Time of Crisis

April 9, 2020 · The IotL Magazine ·

Crisis must not be an excuse for discrimination and injustice. On the contrary, solidarity is our weapon during these difficult times.

Tagged With: COVID-19, economy, solidarity, worker's rights

Malta’s Poverty Wages: Legal to Pay, Illegal to Support a Family

January 4, 2020 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

If Maltese institutions claim that anything below the average wage is a poverty wage, isn’t it time for other authorities to take action? If below-average wages effectively discriminate against those with dependent family members, why is it legal for employers to pay such wages?

Tagged With: freedom of movement, migration, worker's rights

Our Top 15 Essays of 2019

December 28, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

In Malta, 2019 brought political crisis, but also stirred democratic mobilization. These essays, best-loved by our readers and editors, grasp the essence of the year.

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, freedom of movement, public space, worker's rights

Foreign Workers: Scapegoats for Environmental Degradation in Malta

December 18, 2019 · Raisa Galea ·

To steer clear from empowering xenophobic arguments, green campaigners should not limit their criticism to developers’ faulty morals and lack of enforcement in the industry, since the perpetrators are prepared to shift the blame elsewhere. We must attack the source of their power: profits.

Tagged With: Environment, Green Politics, minimum wage, worker's rights

National Holiday Is Not for the Workers

September 21, 2019 · Henry-Franz Gauci ·

Is the worker free to choose whether to work on a holiday or not? Is it truly a free choice? And if a worker feels the need to work on a holiday to earn double instead of taking a day off, what does this suggest about the cost of living?

Tagged With: neoliberalism, worker's rights

Commemorating Sette Giugno in 2019: Calling for Strikes and Workers’ Uprising

June 6, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

A hundred years later, Sette Giugno events hit close to home. The blatant speculation and unfettered market practices that led to the spike in food prices in 1919 resemble untamed profiteering in Malta’s housing and labour markets in 2019.

Tagged With: exploitation, Sette Giugno, worker's rights

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