Inequality
Branko Milanović: Marx’s vision of inequality
Has the left given up on usurping capitalism? In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.
Month: October 2023
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr: The Truth Please – Your Personal One
Commemorating five years since the launch of Extinction Rebellion Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, consultant for the European Space Agency and guest researcher at the Department of Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University Cross-posted […]
National Politics
David Jamieson: Gaza on the Brink – 5 Reasons You Should March
The marches around the world this weekend against the bombardment and invasion of Gaza will be historic. Five reasons to join the mass movement. David Jamieson is a journalist and editor of Scottish anti-capitalist website […]
Gig Economy
Deliverance Milano: The “union-on-demand” for riders
As riders’ strike in Milan this week, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray finds that Deliverance Milano, a grassroots collective launched eight years ago, remains in the thick of the struggle. The Gig Economy Project […]
Media
Caitlin Johnstone: Mass Media Reporters Aren’t Buying Israel’s Hospital Bombing Story
Israel’s lie that it didn’t bomb the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital is convincing no one. Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium. Articles are re-posted from Caitlins […]
National Politics
Asaf Siniver – Israel-Hamas war: history shows the dangers of a creeping occupation
The recent Hamas attacks serve as a painful reminder of the costs of occupation Asaf Siniver is Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Cross-posted from The Conversation Capture of Gaza by Saladin’s army in […]
Finance
Tristan Hennig, Plamen Iossifov and Richard Varghese – Calm before the storm: The overlooked predictive power of asset prices for financial stability
Analysing the power of asset prices in predicting crisis episodes: the authors construct a new ‘mispricing risk’ index Tristan Hennig is an Economist in the Regional Studies Division at the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department; […]
Environment
Ellie McLaughlin – Big finance wants to turn nature into an asset class: but that’s not the way to save it
The financial industry is paying lip-service to green investment while its financing of nature’s destruction goes unchecked. Ellie McLaughlin is Positive Money’s Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer Cross-posted from Positive Money Photo: Հանուման/Creative Commons Nature is […]
National Politics
Barak Medina, David Enoch: What is Permissible in the War against Hamas?
What is permissible for the Israeli government to do in response to the murderous attack by Hamas? Two law academics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem give guidance on what they describe as a complex […]
National Politics
Iain Boyd: How Hamas’ Rockets Got Around Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defense System
Israel was caught off guard by a large-scale missile attack by Hamas, the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group: an analysis Read HERE Iron Dome System – Photo: Israel Defence Forces/Public Domain