Saturday, July 21, 2018

Look to Sheffield: this is how state and corporate power subverts democracy | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian

Look to Sheffield: this is how state and corporate power subverts democracy | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian

See below--this is George Monbiot's take on what is going on in Sheffield, UK, where a privatization deal is leading to the destruction of thousands of street trees.
Here's a statement from STAG, a group that is trying to save the trees. The privatization deal is a PFI, or "private financing initiative," with Amey, a private infrastructure company that is a subsidiary of Ferrovial, a huge Spanish company that does the same sorts of things.

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