EU politics
Lily Lynch – The EU’s American Queen
Some much needed critique of Ursula Von Der Leyen’s centralisation of geopolitical power in Europe. In ‘UnHerd’. Read the article HERE.
Month: March 2024
Geopolitics
Ralph Nader – The World Must Calculate the Real Gaza Death Toll
A compelling case that the number of dead in Gaza is likely to be massively under-estimated. Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author of “The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future” […]
Economics
Philip Di Salvo, Antje Scharenberg – AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination
Artificial Intelligence systems are already a major part of our lives in Europe, and are automating inequality. Philip Di Salvo is a Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of St.Gallen. Antje Scharenberg is a […]
Economics
Stephen Maher, Scott Aquanno – The Problem With Finance Is the Problem of Capitalism
The authors’ of new book The Fall and Rise of American Capitalism: From J. P. Morgan to BlackRock argue that finance capital and industrial capital are not in conflict, as many have argued. They are in fact […]
EU politics
Vijay Prashad – The Remarkable Decline in the Global North’s Leadership
Western leaders ignore the will of their own voters when they aid and abet the Gaza genocide. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and the Fragility of […]
Geopolitics
Juan Cole – Is Tehran winning in the Middle East?
Iran finally seems to be besting the United States in a significant fashion across the region. It’s a story that needs to be told. Juan Cole is an American academic and commentator on the modern […]
Finance
Pavlina Tcherneva – Whatever it Takes: How Neoliberalism Hijacked the Public Purse
The extraordinary measures that recently pulled the global economy from the brink not only revived neoliberalism, but also consolidated it. To see why, one needs to look at the nature of modern money and the […]
Environment
Ellie McLaughlin – Stop the hidden subsidy to fossil giants: why the Bank of England’s collateral framework matters
The Bank of England is handing an advantage to damaging sectors by favouring their companies’ bonds as collateral Elli McLaughlin is Positive Money’s senior policy and advocacy officer Cross-posted from Positive Money Bank of England […]
Geopolitics
Yanis Varoufakis Blasts Europe’s Complicity in Genocide
The irony is that the Germans believe that everyone looks up to them for not only their unconditional support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, but also that they are banning any sort of criticism of […]
Geopolitics
German Foreign Policy: No Ukraine ceasefire wanted
A new study traces efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine since 28 February 2022: Russia’s repeated attempts to halt the fighting have been ignored by the collective West. Read HERE Photo: Ministry of Defense, […]