Henk de Vos

Henk de Vos

@henkdevos.bsky.social

Social scientist. Retired Associate Professor. Blogger. https://toegepastesocialewetenschap.blogspot.com/

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This is a rare moment of bipartisanship. And a reliable indication that Darline Graham is a horrible, inexperienced nepo-candidate.

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

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His strongest argument concerns the institutional weakness of a monetary union that combines a common currency with national sovereign borrowers and incomplete fiscal integration.

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Münchau's article is best understood as a warning about a possible chain reaction, not a forecast that #France will inevitably #default and leave the #euro.

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Wolfgang Münchau argues that the #eurozone is a half-built house caught in a trap of its own design. Without a full political union—which he views as politically dead—the single currency faces an eventual, high-stakes reckoning, chart @EuroBriefing unherd.com/2026/10/how-...

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Een groot deel van de Quote 500 is crimineel. Neem de familie Van Eerd (Jumbo supermarkt). Rijk geworden met de arbeid van oa 14-jarigen, die 5,95 p/u krijgen. En witwassen, omkoping, fraude. Een halve miljoen aan contant lag in de koelkast. Hij gaat in beroep. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Nog even over die Quote 500: die doneert massaal aan extreemrechts. En aan rechts. Sommige partijen hadden waarschijnlijk niet eens bestaan zonder de geldimpulsen van superrijken. Het amper leden tellende 50plus werd voor tonnen gespekt door Quotelid Chris Thünnessen. jacobin.nl/wie-kocht-de...

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The first 2 minutes of this exceptional documentary are a very good indication of the high quality of this brilliant 1 and a half hour journey through fear and despair and arriving at hope.

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Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”

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It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.

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House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.

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Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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And yes, the world is messy and elections are too, but I hope that what we are seeing is the beginnings of an anti-fascist contagion, people saying no when staring into the abyss.

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Turning out to vote is a far more revolutionary act than smashing up the streets ever can be. In fact the latter feeds the authoritarian vultures. I hope European democracies can give young people something worth voting for in the next few months as Lula has done for Brazilians.

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Serbia finally got rid of Vučić, just like Hungary got rid of Orbán a few months ago. It's always encouraging to see, especially as both were supported by both the Kremlin and the White House, and still lost pathetically

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The resulting protests are the inevitable boiling over of decades of misguided political compliance and economic suffocation.

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#France spent 50y on the "wrong side of history" b/c it surrendered its macroeconomic sovereignty to a flawed Eurozone design that systematically favors #German export surpluses over balanced European growth.

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When the #Eurozone was created in the 1990s, #French policymakers hoped it would politically constrain #Germany and shift power from Frankfurt/Berlin to Brussels. However, #France accepted the #Bundesbank ’s rigid, inflation-phobic economic dogma without question.

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Nieuwe Wet Internationaal Verantwoord Ondernemen (WIVO) gaat binnenkort naar Tweede Kamer. 'Due Diligence' en 'fatsoenlijk werk' worden verplicht in de internationale productieketens van grote bedrijven. Daar gaat mijn nieuwe boek over, komt in december uit. #eu #ilo #un #mvo