moaningann.bsky.social
@moaningann.bsky.social
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Because it puts a cap on corporate profits, forcing them to contribute to public services, maintaining environmental protections, and safeguarding workers and unions inside the zones. Zone Fever has arrived by stealth in Brexit Britain.
December 6, 2024 at 10:48 AM
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Blackrock will have the right to sue the UK Govt should it choose to pass laws to protect the environment, council assets, protect workers rights in SEZs...how? The UK's 86 SEZs already contain relaxed laws and regs on employment rights and environmental protections, separate from the host country.
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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If the UK had a functioning MSM, these resurrected dystopian carve-outs would never have seen the light of day.
Did you vote for this?
December 6, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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The UK is being privatised, Special Economic zones are a global phenomenon, accelerated after the 2008 finacial crash, SEZs are neocolonial incarnations of the Empire where capitalism replaces democracy.
December 6, 2024 at 10:40 AM