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Attac Ireland

2 hours ago

A new report from the Transnational Institute that may be of interest to the Right2Water campaign, among others.

1) There are better solutions than privatisation
2) Remunicipalisation is far more common than presumed, and it works
3) Remunicipalisation is a local response to austerity
4) Remunicipalisation is a key strategy for energy transition and energy democracy
5) Bringing services back in-house is ultimately cheaper for local authorities
6) Remunicipalisation drives better, more democratic public services
7) Remunicipalisation presents 835 more reasons to fight trade and investment deals
8) Lessons learned: Don’t privatise in the first place
9) Remunicipalisation provides opportunities for new, diversified, democratic public ownership
10) Remunicipalising cities and citizens groups are working together and building networks

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Reclaiming Public Services

tni.org

Reclaiming Public Services is vital reading for anyone interested in the future of local, democratic services like energy, water and health care. This is an in-depth world tour of new initiatives in...

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Attac Ireland

4 hours ago

Hitting a variety of nails square on the head..

"The main reason poverty thrives is that we haven’t addressed the interconnected, structural issues that create and maintain it: unjust trade deals, climate change, tax havens, the failed “war on drugs” and the lack of public services. Without tackling these issues (and those responsible for them) it is nigh on impossible to achieve social and economic justice...It’s not “us here” versus “them over there”; it’s ordinary people versus global elites."

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Here's why donating £2 a month cannot possibly end poverty | Matthew Bramall

theguardian.com

To stop global inequality, we aid agencies must ramp up our campaigns against the issues – such as unjust trade deals and climate change – that help it thrive

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