In capitalist society there cannot be abundance, only inequality. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. His [...]
University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and explusions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for [...]
It is time to end “The Great Bullshit”, the Israeli/US propaganda show. It is all about genocide and hegemony. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted [...]
Without a strategy the new aid could be the worst thing to happen to the war beleaguered country right now George Beebe spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and [...]
Gilles Billen shows that industrial agriculture, propelled by international trade and specialization, has disturbed the nitrogen cycle. This has provoked the crossing of planetary boundaries and endangered the possibility of feeding the world. Alternatives do [...]
In a failing quest to maintain its ‘primacy’, the US has cast China, Russia and Iran as global villains Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the [...]
If he is not careful, the French president is going to back himself into a dangerous little corner in Ukraine Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. [...]
In the name of protecting Israel’s security, the German government has sunk to farcical new authoritarian lows Yanis Varoufakis is leader of MeRA25, former Greek finance minister and professor of economics at the University of [...]
Let us create a better Europe beyond neo-liberalism together.
Thank you.
“THE STATE OF THE UNION”
Together with Conter, BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be presenting a series of interviews in the run-up to the EU parliamentary election to be held on 6 to 9 of June.
The series entitled "The State of the Union" will featrue leading thinkers concerning the EU starting on 2 May:
2 May with Wolfgang Streeck - "Quo Vadis the European Union?" 7pm CET
6 May: Costas Lapavitsas - "EU economy in crisis" 6pm CET
16 May: Tara McCormack - "The militarisation of the EU"
7pm CET
All interviews will be live-streamed on youtube: https://tinyurl.com/BraveNewEurope
Book Review by Branko Milanović Professor Tongdong Bai (whom I had the pleasure to meet in Shanghai and who kindly alerted me to his new book) has recently published a book called perhaps somewhat provocatively [...]