EU politics
Ben Burgis: We should have listened to Bernie Sanders about Ukraine
Bernie got it right again. Read the article here.
Month: July 2022
EU politics
Paolo Gerbaudo: A new Sorpasso?
Podemos in Spain is yet another cautionary tale for the left internationally. Read the article here.
Finance
Eve Ottenberg: The West can’t stop pillaging other countries’ bank accounts
Seizing the funds of sovereign states is not a good strategy for maintaining global hegemony Cross-posted from CounterPunch With the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole […]
National Politics
Jan P. Vogler: How Europe’s history of interstate rivalry is linked to global imperialism – and why it still matters today
Inter-state European competition was a key driving force of empire, the legacy of which is still very much present in contemporary global power relations Cross-posted from the LSE Europe blog On the surface, it may […]
Corruption
Prabir Purkayastha: The WTO Opts for Greed and Profits Over Providing Vaccinations for All People Worldwide
Vaccine apartheid is not in the news anymore but it is still live and well. This article was produced by Globetrotter The UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Once again the so-called technocracy that is the Eurozone looks like a farce
The policy announcements last week demonstrate how riven the ECB and the whole European policy machinery is with contradictions and false premises Read Here
Economics
DeStatis – First Quarter 2022: Household real consumption per capita decreases in both euro area and EU
Here it comes, the great EU recession Read Here
Climate Crisis
Vicky Cann – Exploiting the Ukraine crisis for Big Business
Unbelievable! EU corporations lying, cheating, and bribing to increase their profits. Vicky Cann is a Researcher and campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Business interests are never shy in their opposition […]
Economics
Frances Coppola – Where has all the money gone?
No one can say that the crypto gang were not forwarned. Frances Coppola is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, which is a regular feature on the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog and has […]
Climate Crisis
Jem Bendell – The end of sustainable development?
It is time to rethink how we deal with climate breakdown. Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cumbria, UK The steaming Northern-hemisphere summer of 2022 marked 30 years since the leaders of […]