EU politics
Al Jazeera: Italian captain given jail term for returning migrants to Libya
Giuseppe Sotgiu found guilty of violating international laws that forbid the forced return of people to countries where they are at risk. Read here
Month: October 2021
Corruption
Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst
Famed short-seller is even more concerned with political fallout from Evergrande than economic/financial woes. Interview by Lynn Parramore Cross-posted from the INET Webiste Renowned short-seller Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates, is what you […]
Finance
tech cabal: Kenya’s high court issues landmark ruling against Uber
It’s the same everywhere with Uber. Entering the market as an enlightened company, then turning the exploitation screw and using legal tricks. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Poland passes legislation allowing migrant pushbacks at border
This is the sort of stuff Donald Trump dreamed of. Now in the EU. Read here
Energy
Transport & Environment: Gas truck as bad for the climate as diesel in on-road tests
Trucks powered by LNG are a dead-end for cutting climate emissions and emit more cancer-causing particles. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The British Chancellor cannot run short of sterling unless he chooses to do so
Despite knowing better, the British Chancellor continues the farce of “How shall we pay for this?” Read here
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – After Corbyn, Israel lobby turns its guns on UK academia
The Jewish Chronicle warns that the dismissal of Prof David Miller is ‘just the beginning’ Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s website To read […]
Environment
Corporate Europe Observatory – Stop the Toxic Trade!
The EU Green Deal includes bold promises to vastly reduce the use of toxic pesticides. But big pesticide corporations like Bayer, BASF, Syngenta and Corteva are lobbying hard to counter these initiatives. They also want […]
Energy
Oeko-Institute: What to expect from Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
The search continues for a simple technical fix for climate change. The Small Modular Reactor (SMR) is one of these. But it appears they will cause more problems than they solve. The Oeko-Institut (Institute for […]
Economics
Reuters: Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands, documents show
A trove of internal Amazon documents reveals how the e-commerce giant ran a systematic campaign of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own product lines in India – practices it has […]