EU politics
Al Jazeera: Why is the EU offering Tunisia a financial assistance package?
The EU hopes to stem the number of refugees departing for Europe from the country’s coast during an economic crisis. Read the article HERE.
Year: 2023
Media
Branko Marcetic: Attacks on Freedom of the Press Are Ramping Up
The state of democratic rights for journalists in some of the world’s leading Western powers is becoming increasingly worrisome. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
João Camargo: The Climate Crisis Will Be the Mother of All Financial Crises
The relationship between climate breakdown and a dysfunctional finance and insurance system Joao Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and in the Climate Jobs campaign. He’s an environmental engineer and […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – EU member-states agree Platform Work Directive position
Both the platform lobby and pro-employment rights’ MEP Leïla Chaibi reacted critically to the Council’s Platform Work Directive position The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click […]
Uncategorized
Heiner Flassbeck: Germany and Europe: Severe recession, falling prices and a totally misguided economic policy
On 9 December last year I wrote that Germany is in recession, while economic and financial policy imagines that things can only go up. Since then, endless nonsense has been written about winter recessions, technical […]
Climate Crisis
Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis With a New Economic System by Paddy Le Flufy
Book Review by Manda Scott We’re in the midst of a polycrisis. If generalised, unaligned AI doesn’t terminate us, the oceans seem likely to die before we do, and if we manage to survive both, […]
Climate Crisis
Thea Lyngseth – The Smoke and Mirrors of Norway’s Climate Action
Over the years, Norway has successfully portrayed itself as a leader in climate action. However, a closer look reveals a policy of greenwashing, scaling fossil fuel production, and giving the industry a new lease in […]
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – My Blessed and Cursed Life
Being a Cassandra is no fun at all, let alone being one twice Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security, UCL Cross-posted from Steve’s website Building a New Economics […]
Climate Crisis
Unearthed – EU sending huge quantities of banned, bee-killing pesticides to poorer countries
Investigation shows for first time the full scale of the EU’s trade in neonicotinoids it has branded a global threat to biodiversity and food security By Crispin Dowler Cross-posted from Unearthed The European Union is […]
Media
Semafor: Inside the high-stakes clash for control of Ukraine’s story
Journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine are engaged in a running, low-grade conflict with the Ukrainian government, which many believe uses access and accreditation to shape their stories. Read HERE