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This weekly report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions. A seeming tyranny This bit is to be interpreted as a…

Neoliberalism has scammed everyone. It told citizens that if we were liberated from government regulations and government control of enterprises that delivered essential services then we would attain the best possible outcomes that were available. A barrage of messaging from media companies blatantly serving the interests of capital and think tanks masquerading as independent research…

In the West, particularly the English-speaking world, neoliberalism seemed to easily replace the collectivist values of the full employment era that followed the Second World War. It constructed a world where individualism was prioritised over society, even though it claimed that society (all of us) would be better off by pursuing our own greedy interests.…

This weekly report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions. Signs I come across I had to go down into central…

The social instability in France is now spreading throughout Europe. Already there are mass protests in Spain and Portugal, Belgium, Italy, and Albania. In France, initially students began protesting over conditions in the schooling system, but the grievances and parties involved have broadened out and the increasingly chaotic scenes in Paris have spread out to…