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Antje Missbach, Lesley Pruitt – How German media attention idealises female Ukrainian refugees

May 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The presentation of female Ukrainian refugees as Mary Poppins-type figures does little to help them with the real challenges they face living in Germany. Antje Missbach is a Professor at Bielefeld University. Lesley Pruitt is […]

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Jeffrey Sachs – Zelensky Out of Office, Netanyahu Out of Options

May 15, 2024 Mathew D. Rose 0

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Jiang Lin and Friedrich Karhl – Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

China’s electricity sector is seeing major changes in terms of costs, demand patterns, regulation and market operation. Our new study indicates that the traditional economic calculus used to justify new coal capacity may be outdated. Dr Jaing […]

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Sam Pizzigati – Could the UN Actually Lead a Charge to Tax the World’s Rich?

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Under a new international tax order., the UK-based Tax Justice Network points out, control over global tax rules could end up shifting from the OECD — the “small club of rich countries” where that control […]

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Viktoriia Lapa and Justin Frosini – Challenges to Georgia‘s EU Integration: Is the Georgian ‘Russian Law 2.0’ contrary to the Georgian Constitution?

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The Georgian Dream Party should summon the courage not to betray the European aspirations of its population by making deals with Russia. [On May 14th, Georgia’s parliament passed the third and final reading of a […]

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Other News: Understanding the Ukraine Crisis – Michael von der Schulenburg’s insights

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

An in-depth discussion on diplomacy, power dynamics, and the quest for peace in Eastern Europe with Swiss Weltwoche Read HERE Protest Istanbul, March 2022 Photo: putnik/Creative Commons

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José Álvarez Díaz: The stakes for Europe are higher than they seem in elections overshadowed by the far right

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The European Union is facing its 10th European Parliament elections overshadowed by an unprecedented rise in support for far-right parties in many member states. Read HERE Photo: Mutter Erde/Creative Commons

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Elisa Braun – EU prosecutors threaten to sue Commission in spending spat

May 13, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Von Der Leyen cut the budget of the prosecutors which are investigating her for corruption, and now the prosecutors are threatening to sue the European Commission for undermining their capacity to conduct investigations. In ‘Politico’. […]

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Chris Hedges – Israel’s Willing Executioners

May 13, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza’s population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part of Israel’s sadistic playbook. Chris […]

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David Landy – How Irish Students Won a Victory for Palestine

May 13, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Students at Ireland’s Trinity College organised a solidarity encampment this week and successfully negotiated an agreement with the university to divest from Israeli companies.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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