Economics
DeStatis: German Manufacturing in January 2023: new orders fell by 10.9% year on year
This is is not the growth EU politicians and mainstream media were talking up a couple of months ago. Read HERE
Month: March 2023
Economics
South China Morning Post – China trade: exports, imports dip further at start of 2023, testing resilience of economic recovery
Booming world economic recovery anyone? Read HERE
EU politics
Joshua Frank: Nuclear Armageddon Games in Ukraine
The nuclear “war” we get in Ukraine may not be the one we expect. Joshua Frank is the managing editor of CounterPunch. He is the author of ‘Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most […]
Corruption
Andreas Sartzekis: Rail disaster in Greece: “Our dead, their profits”
This article on ‘International Viewpoint’ documents the dilapidated and privatised state of Greece’s railways. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Clare Daly, Mick Wallace – The EU’s Turn To Militarism
The transformation of the European Union from an economic union widely associated with the ideal of peace on the European continent to an aspiring center for military power. Clare Daly is a member of the […]
Corruption
Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate
The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.
Uncategorized
Branko Milanović: On charisma and greyness under Communism
The point was to be “the average man”. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” This article […]
Finance
Tech Won’t Save Us: What new EU rules might mean for gig workers
Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, is joined by Ben Wray, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator, to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s […]
National Politics
Kyiv Independent – Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut: ‘Our troops are not being protected’
“During their brief visits to the nearby town of Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian infantrymen told the Kyiv Independent of unprepared, poorly-trained battalions being thrown into the front line meat grinder to survive as best they could with […]
Economics
Reuters: How crypto giant Binance became a hub for hackers, fraudsters and drug traffickers
For five years, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance served as a conduit for the laundering of at least $2.35 billion in illicit funds, a Reuters investigation has found. Read HERE