EU politics
Al Jazeera – France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron
The new military rulers had been demanding the exit of French ambassador and troops after Macron refused to recognise the coup. Read HERE
Month: September 2023
Economics
Dean Baker – A High National Debt Can be Bad News, Sort of Like a High Stock Market
The idea that somehow the debt is an overriding generational issue, when we are facing the destruction of the planet, is something that can only be taken seriously by our policy elites Dean Baker is […]
National Politics
Robert Skidelsky – “We’re not helping Ukraine by continuing to support a war it cannot win”
“The war aims espoused by our government are unachievable. Ukraine is not in a position to fight the kind of war it can win” Robert Skidelsky is a British economic historian and a member of […]
Climate Crisis
Albert Denk – The masters of greenwashing
The UN’s SDGs are not the answer to the global crises. In fact, with their techno-optimistic, finance-focused approach, they make things worse Dr Albert Denk works at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at […]
EU politics
Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project by Hans Kundnani
Book Review by Peter Ramsay Liberals and leftists were quick to denounce the vote to leave the EU as an expression of racist nationalism. It was a lazy slander for which there was little evidence […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Artificial Intelligence: Profit Versus Freedom
The use of AI can ensure much more leisure for the working class, but capitalism instead subordinates AI to profiteering. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr – The intuitive sense of impending doom
The way climate scientists act and communicate is part of the problem of general denial. Our profession is intentionally being kept in a theoretical vacuum that borders infantility. Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, consultant […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – A soft landing?
The chances of a soft landing in the USA and the rest of the world. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael’s blog This month the European […]
Economics
DeStatis: German Exports to non-EU countries in August 2023: expected decrease of 4.3% year on year
Exports to third countries (original values, exports of goods), August 2023 57.4 billion euros -4.3% on the same month a year earlier Read HERE
Fake News
Media Lens: The Mass-Media Memory Hole – Blair, Ukraine and Libya
A key function of state-corporate media is to keep the public pacified, ignorant and ill-equipped to disrupt establishment power. Read HERE