Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Brazilian Meat Giant JBS a Bigger Emitter Than Italy, Study Estimates
Campaigners say the company’s net zero pledge amounts to greenwashing in light of its spiralling emissions. Read Here
Month: April 2022
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – Two Degrees of Warming
Climate breakdown is not a popular topic for corporate media, rolling back climate goals and increasing fossil fuel production is. Where might that me leading society? Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think […]
Austerity
Guy Standing – The Neoliberal Origins of Russia’s War
The problem with neo-liberalism is that its ultimate form is fascism. We are seeing this not only in Russia, but in many nations, not to mention the Trump government. Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, […]
National Politics
Noam Chomsky – Our Priority on Ukraine Should Be Saving Lives, Not Punishing Russia
We must prioritize saving human lives — not punishing Russia — in determining next moves. Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. He is the laureate professor of linguistics at the University of […]
Corruption
Yanis Varoufakis – Why Stop at the Russian Oligarchs?
At a time when Russian bombs are destroying Ukrainian cities, there is good reason to focus on the oligarchs supporting the Kremlin. But do American multi-billionaires and Saudi princes enjoy less political clout, stash less […]
Climate Crisis
Genevieve Guenther: We Need To Talk About The Carbon Footprints Of The Rich
Dramatically unequal consumption lies at the heart of the climate crisis. Read Here
Economics
Patrick Cockburn – The Forces Pushing Asylum Seekers to Cross the English Channel are Poorly Understood
According to mainstream media and the Western political class we are the victims of evil foreign nations and interests. That one of the principle agents of evil are the Western liberal democracies themselves is politely […]
EU politics
Murdo Ritchie – How Nato Killed Neutrality in Europe
The decline of neutral foreign policy status across Europe Murdo Ritchie writes for Conter Cross-posted from Conter ne of the central disputes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been over the role of Nato’s eastward […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – ‘The offence of concealed work’: Suspended prison sentences and maximum fine for Deliveroo France
The first criminal trial of a food delivery platform in France delivered a historic judgement. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Catalangate revives the Catalan issue
Spyware only available to gevernments was used against activists of the Catalan independence movement – also during the Spanish government led by the Social Democrats and Podemos. Neither they nor the EU seem interested in […]