EU politics
Daily Sabah: Thousands march in Paris over rising prices, Macron’s pension reform
Yellow vest protests return to Paris over the cost of living crisis, while Macron tries to raise the pension age again. Read the article HERE.
Month: January 2023
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Rafael R. Ioris – Democracy under attack in Brazil: 5 questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
Some of the fundamentals about the storming of the Brazilian Congress by the far-right on 8 January explained. Cross-posted from The Conversation UK Who was behind the storming of the Brazilian Congress? What we saw […]
Racism
Al Jazeera: Israel orders police to remove Palestine flags from public spaces
The latest flagrant attack on Palestinians from Israel’s new far-right security minister. Read the article HERE.
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Binoy Kampmark – Sportswashed: Ronaldo Heads to Saudi Arabia
Football star Cristiano Ronaldo signing for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr FC for a record-breaking £172 million per year is the latest effort in using sport to remove the blood stains from the Gulf’s despotic petro-states. […]
EU politics
Sebnem Eroglu: Many Turkish people who migrated to European countries are worse off than those who stayed at home
Research suggests European labour markets are failing migrants and their descendants. Cross-posted from The Conversation Europe Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent […]
National Politics
Consortium News: Ukraine Parliament Cheers Nazi Collaborator
Even neighboring Poland, a staunch ally of Kiev in the ongoing war with Russia, has criticized the Verkhovna Rada’s Jan. 1 celebration of the birthday of Stepan Bandera. Read Here
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Sweden ‘can’t meet’ some of Turkey’s demands for Nato bid
‘Turkey wants things that we can’t give it’, says Swedish prime minister as Ankara continues to block Stockholm and Finland Nato bids Read Here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Inflation will tumble in 2023. Deflation is possible in 2024. And none of that is down to any government policy or action
A prediction for where inflation is going. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder of the Green New Deal as well as blogging at Tax Research UK Cross-posted […]
National Politics
Patrick Cockburn – Putin’s Brief Ceasefire is a Prelude to Further Escalation of this Bitter War
The war in Ukraine is in a stalemate as are any hopes of negotiation Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photo by Ahmed Zalabany President Vladimir Putin ordered his […]
Globalisation
Pierre Haroche – Whose Backyard? Realism and the shifting balance of stakes in Ukraine
Did NATO expansion into Russia’s sphere of influence provoke the conflict? Pierre Haroche is a Lecturer in International Relations and International Security at Queen Mary University of London Cross-posted from LSE EUROPP Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak/Creative […]