EU politics
Gerardo Fortuna – Orbán’s EU far-right group woos new members
The far-right in Europe has significant divisions, especially over geopolitics. In ‘Euronews’. Read the article HERE.
Month: July 2024
Uncategorized
D. W. Livingstone – The Effect of Class Consciousness on Political Preferences
Political preferences are often discussed through a one-size-fits-all middle-class lens. But empirical data shows that class significantly influences voting patterns, with growing class consciousness driving dissatisfaction with established parties. In Jacobin. Read the full article […]
Inequality
Sam Pizzigati – A Practical Prescription for Taxing Our World’s Richest
Brazil appears to be genuinely interested in a global billionaire tax, but it won’t work unless the global north – where most billionaires are – come on board. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the […]
Geopolitics
Ramzy Baroud – Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza and the World Has Failed to Stop It
Starvation and disease has been a key war aim for Israel in Gaza since it began. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Broken Britain
Britain’s neo-liberal policies have been a smashing success – for the few, not the many. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog UK citizens vote […]
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov: Is EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in the right job after all?
The prime minister of Estonia, who once endorsed Russia’s dismemberment, won’t have much authority here Read HERE
EU politics
Kyiv Independent: Zelensky dismissed Orban’s ceasefire proposal, Kyiv says
How many more Ukrainians and Russians, soldiers and civilians will have to die before Zelensky seeks a negotiated peace? Read HERE
Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs – Save Ukraine from American meddling
Ukraine epitomises Henry Kissinger’s famous aphorism, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable […]
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies – Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington
NATO is an anachronism in today’s multipolar world: an aggressive, expansionist military alliance whose inherent institutional myopia and blinkered, self-serving threat assessments condemn us all to endless war and potential nuclear annihilation Medea Benjamin and […]
Austerity
David Goessmann – Germany in Decline: How Political Illusions Have Fostered the Extreme Right in Europe’s Powerhouse
A broad look at the current state of German politics David Goeßmann is a journalist based in Berlin/Germany Cross-posted from Counterpunch Youtube screengrab The elections for the European Parliament saw a shift to the far […]