National Politics
German Foreign Policy: “On the Side of Diplomacy”
At the Munich Security Conference China announced an initiative to end the Ukraine war. The Global South is in support, the West – including Germany – is opposed. Read Here
Year: 2023
Economics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies – Who’s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?
After a year of slaughter and destruction in Ukraine, we can declare that the economic winners of this war are: Saudi Arabia, ExxonMobil and its fellow oil giants, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman Medea Benjamin […]
Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Exports to non-EU countries in January 2023: expected increase of +0.2% on December 2022
This anemic increase could be due to the rapid increase of sanction busting exports to Russia via neighbouring states Read HERE Newest numbers from the Financial Times
Climate Crisis
Clare Daly – A Peaceful Europe?
The European Union’s foundation myth links “ever closer union” to peace on the European continent, but the ideal of a peaceful Europe has been in retreat for some time. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]
EU politics
Ben Wray – Britain: Boris’ War exposes his liberal critics
Boris Johnson is at his demagogic worst in escalating the war in Ukraine. Yet his liberal critics are quietly supportive of his provocations. Ben Wray is the co-ordinator of Brave New Europe’s Gig Economy Project […]
EU politics
Luke Stobart: Catalonia’s Independence Struggle Has Deep Roots
Review of A People’s History of Catalonia by Michael Eaude (Pluto Press, 2022). Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Alp Kayserilioglu: Turkey’s Statequake
The scale of state failure in Turkey is just as striking as the natural disaster. Read the article HERE.
Fake News
Chris Hedges, Jeff Gerth: The failure of the US press in the Trump-Russia saga
Walter Lippmann in his 1920 book Liberty and the News warned that when journalists “arrogate to themselves the right to determine by their own consciences what shall be reported and for what purpose, democracy is […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: Are Central Banks heading for a fall?
They are pushing up interest rates the world over because monetary theory dictates that this is the way to bring down inflation. But not so long ago those same banks were arguing that inflation was […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Russia-Ukraine: one year of war – the economics
The effects of one year of war on the economies of Ukraine and Russia Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s blog Photo: Wikimedia Commons It’s […]