National Politics
Politico: Pope says NATO may have caused Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Francis says transatlantic military alliance was ‘barking’ at Russia’s door. Read Here
Year: 2022
Austerity
Michael Hudson – Ukraine 4 Steps On
After the people of Ukraine and Russia, the other losers of the Ukrainian war will be Europe. Michael Hudson is the author of Killing the Host (published in e-format by CounterPunch Books and in print by Islet). His […]
National Politics
Noam Chomsky – US Is Prioritizing Its Jockeying With Russia, Not Ukrainians’ Lives
The implications of Ukraine’s heroic stance to fight the Russian invaders till the end, and why the U.S. is not eager to see an end to the conflict. Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and […]
Fake News
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Why Won’t Europe Call for an End to This War?
The hero of yesterday – the Ghost of Kyiv – is today’s good natured hoax. Hey, war can be great entertainment. No wonder Netflix is losing subscriptions. It is not half as much good fun […]
Fake News
Jonathan Cook – The persecution of Julian Assange
According to UN torture expert, the UK and US have colluded to publicly destroy the WikiLeaks founder – and deter others from exposing their crimes Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, […]
Climate Crisis
Alison McAfee: Climate Emergency: Extreme Heat devastates Male Honeybees and threatens Fertilization of Crops
Humans were not the only ones affected by the heat. Read Here
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck, Friederike Spiecker: Prices and the Market Economy
Inflation continues to be on everyone’s lips. At 7.4 per cent, a rate was reached in April this year that is almost unique in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. Only in the […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Davies-Venn – Europe’s decarbonisation plans derailed?
To divest from Russian gas, the EU is importing LNG from the US. But instead of a short-term fix, it locks Europe into more fossil fuel infrastructure Michael Davies-Venn is a public policy analyst and […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Russel Quirk, Phil Dobbie: Just how sustainable are house prices?
Property expert Russell Quirk maintains that housing will always be a good investment and prices will, in the long run, always go up. Perhaps this year inflation will rise faster, so in real terms prices […]
Economics
Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise by Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri
Book Review by Chenchao Lian Originally published by E-International Relations How is Chinese foreign policy made? How is it implemented? These are questions that have long occupied China specialists. With the growth of Chinese power […]