Finance
Marco D’Eramo: Circuits of War
On 7 October the US made a declaration of war when it announced stringent controls on the export of key technologies to China, most importantly semiconductors Read the article HERE.
Year: 2022
Corruption
Branko Marcetic: A Missile Strike in Poland Shows Why Government Agencies Can’t Be the Sole Arbiters of Truth
After a Ukrainian missile mishap in Poland, misinformation blaming Russia quickly spread. The lie came from precisely the “authoritative sources” now being treated as the arbiters of truth by social media platforms. Read the article […]
Climate Crisis
Stella Levantesi: Fossil Fuel-Linked Companies Dominate Sponsorship of COP27
From software giants to soft drinks makers, the vast majority of partners at climate talks in Egypt are enmeshed with the oil and gas industry, researchers find. Stella Levantesi is an Italian climate journalist, photographer, and […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power?
Can workers access their data and use it to build their power? The Gig Economy Project looks at a fascinating case study from Geneva, Switzerland, to find out. Every worker in Europe has the right […]
Economics
Eurostat: Annual inflation up to 11.5% in the EU
European Union annual inflation was 11.5% in October 2022, up from 10.9% in September. A yearearlier, the rate was 4.4%. The euro area annual inflation rate was 10.6% in October 2022, up from 9.9% in […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy – Namibia: Hush Money Instead of Compensation
Herero and Nama organizations are preparing a lawsuit against an agreement in which Berlin is seeking to avoid full recognition and payment of reparations for the genocide carried out on their ancestors. Read Here
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Data power in the gig economy: Interview with data expert Jessica Pidoux
The Gig Economy Project speaks to Jessica Pidoux, director of PersonalData.IO, about her critique of data in the platform economy and how gig workers can use data tools to build workers’ power (in podcast and […]
Economics
Samuel Gardner-Bird: The unipolar moment is over. When will the US get it?
These former Global South leaders don’t mince words when it comes to America’s diminishing leadership and the “rules based order.” Read HERE
EU politics
Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell – Suprimir la sedició, intensificar la repressió
Un pla per engarjolar Puigdemont? Toni Strubell és exdiputat al Parlament de Catalunya, periodista i autor d’El que volen els catalans Núria Bassa Camps és una escriptora i fotògrafa catalana Read in English HERE A […]
Climate Crisis
Jonathan Cook – Cop27: The dirty secret Europe is hiding at the climate summit
Grand declarations on tackling the climate emergency are sabotaged by a treaty from the 1990s that holds European states to ransom Jonathan Cook is the the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and […]