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A group of US hospitals will create their own generics to avoid pharmaceutical manipulation

Tired of the scarcity and high prices, more than 450 hospitals in the US have come together to create a non-profit pharmaceutical company. Several companies are being investigated in the US and the European Union for trying to manipulate the…

Lin Fei-fan, líder estudiantil taiwanés: “¿Cómo usar tecnologías para combinar democracia participativa y liderazgo?”

“Lo determinante no fueron las tecnologías, sino las personas”, explica el activista analizando el uso de las herramientas digitales en los movimientos Wild Strawberries y Sunflower. Sin cargo político, sigue aspirando a influir en la política internacional para que reconozcan…

“I’ve stopped speaking in Spanish on the streets after I was shouted at on a bus after Brexit”

Cristina has stopped calling her mother when she leaves work.  She would have to speak in Spanish on public transport and after the 23rd of June she prefers to avoid it.  The same day on which 52% of voters in…

Varufakis avisa a Podemos: “No permitan que la troika los divida. Si lo consigue, les destruirá”

El exministro de Finanzas griego ultima la fundación del Movimiento por la Democracia Europea (‘Democracy in Europe Movement’), una plataforma que busca democratizar las instituciones de la UE “Nuestro movimiento surge como respuesta a la realidad de que los políticos pueden…

Katerina Sergidou (Syriza): “We need the support of people from Spain and the whole of Europe”

Katerina Sergidou, secretary of the coordination committee of Syriza in Athens, is currently in Spain to support the launch of the manifesto “For the change in Greece”.  “If he’s a star that says no to the troika, then he’s welcome,”…