National Politics
Nick Turse: When Is a Coup Not a Coup? When the U.S. Says So.
The Pentagon refuses to call the overthrow of Niger’s president a coup — a move that could affect military assistance and a U.S. drone base. Read HERE
Month: August 2023
EU politics
UNI Europa: EU gives green light for €1 billion to companies that undermine workers’ rights
Public procurement in the EU is worth €2 trillion a year (14% of GDP). Half of public tenders are awarded on the basis of the lowest price alone, without any other consideration. As a result, […]
Inequality
Richard Machin: Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless
The UK Government made a song and dance about helping Ukrainian refugees – now 7,300 Ukrainian households are homeless, and the real figure is likely to be higher. Richard Machin is a Senior Lecturer in […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Greek fires rage after migrant tragedy near border
A deadly case study in how crises – in this case climate and refugees – interweave. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Tatyana Novikova – Rare Earth Mining: Sacrificing the Environment to Save the Planet?
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, supposedly motivated by concern over climate change, may perversely have been about overriding environmental regulations at the national level. Tatyana Novikova reports on issues of nuclear power and sustainable […]
EU politics
Neil Warner: The Idea of “Social Europe” Became an Alibi for the European Union’s Neoliberal Turn
European left parties responded to the crisis of social democracy by proposing more radical reforms to be carried out at a transnational level. But the call for “social Europe” ended up serving as a thin […]
Food Production
Floris Visser – ‘Good food is a public good’: Lessons from the Netherlands
Making good food affordable to all requires building a movement, not moralising messages and activist jargon. Floris Visser is the director of Public Food, an organisation working on food justice. Cross-posted from Green European Journal […]
Finance
Lucas García Alcalde: Hay lecciones que aprender de la salida de Getir de España
Durante los últimos dos años, Lucas García Alcalde ha estado informando sobre el sector español de envíos ultrarrápidos para ‘Business Insider’. Tras la salida de Getir de España en julio, justo dos años después de […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – 1.2% of adults have 47.8% of the world’s wealth while 53.2% have just 1.1%
Just as the imperialist bloc rules over trade, GDP, finance and technology, it has nearly all the personal wealth. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ […]
National Politics
The Grayzone – John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger
All the scenarios of this war have an unhappy ending. John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO’s Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Maté to assess the […]