EU politics
Charles Devellennes – Why the French left keeps failing
Working-class voters are turning to the right or not voting at all. Read Here Picture by: The Left, published under a creative-commons licence.
Month: April 2022
Racism
BBC: Ukraine attention shows bias against black lives, WHO chief says
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world does not give equal attention to emergencies affecting black and white people. Read Here ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland – https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/41223188035/
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – The Role of Capitalism in the War in Ukraine
Ukraine, per se, is not the issue. It is tragically a war-ravaged pawn in a much larger conflict. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting […]
National Politics
Patrick Cockburn – Russia’s Success in Syria’s Civil War Doesn’t Mean Much for Its Chances in Vast, United Ukraine
Be it the Americans, Russians, British, Saudis, it does not matter who. Modern warfare is a humanitarain disaster with incredible numbers of civilian casualties. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump […]
EU politics
Thomas Piketty – The difficult return of the left-right divide
Is Le Pen on the way to electoral victory? Read Here Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick Wikimedia Commons / GFDL-1.2
EU politics
Emmanuel Achiri, Hrishabh Sandilya: Ukraine’s Non-White Refugees
Emmanuel Achiri and Hrishabh Sandilya call for immediate rectification of the current degrading and inhumane detention practices at European borders. Read Here Refugees from Ukraine at border posts in the west of the country. (CC BY […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – El Catalangate revifa l’interès pel Procés
You can read this article in English here Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell Ajuda Brave New Europe -el digital antifeixista alemany en anglès- a informar de la lluita per l’autodeterminació de Catalunya i Escòcia i a […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The rising incidence of Long Covid and its labour market impacts
There is a long way to go with this pandemic yet. Read Here https://www.vperemen.com / CC BY-SA 4.0
National Politics
Craig Murray – Striving to Make Sense of the Ukraine War
A lenghty but outstanding weekend read – even if you may not agree with every point. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig’s website […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – Why Europe can’t break free from the gas lobby
Corporate interests, not the common good of European citizens, determines EU policy By Pascoe Sabido Cross-posted from the website of Corporate Europe Observatory Photo: Wikimedia commons The invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe’s dependency on […]