EU politics
AntiWar.com – Poll Shows Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing opposition about the deployment from within his own party Read HERE
Month: August 2024
Economics
Richard Murphy – Unless Labour listens and learns we are in big trouble: Islamaphobic Pogroms in Britain
Racist violence fills the political void left by the rejection of Britain’s political elite at the recent general election Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder […]
National Politics
Middle East Eye: Fear grips UK’s Muslim communities as far-right riots spread nationwide
Far-right riots and Islamophobic attacks spread to more cities overnight Sunday, days after deadly stabbings in Southport were falsely attributed to Muslims Read HERE
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
In capitalism, democracy is unacceptable because it threatens the unequally distributed wealth of the minority Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the […]
Corruption
Pištaljka: Snežana Đurić – Former Serbian Anti-Corruption Chief on Trial for Corruption, Is a Fugitive from Justice but Works for the UN
Serbia once again demonstrates its disregard for the rule of law concerning corruption Pištaljka (The Whistle) is a whistleblowing platform ins Serbia Cross-posted from Pištaljka Read the Serbian version HERE Zorana Marković The United Nations […]
Climate Crisis
ARC – Re-CAP: Breaking down the breakdown of the EU’s green farming measures
The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for the EU’s farming subsidy programme, which has seen its green ambitions sacrificed on the altar of food security and politics Cross-posted from the ARC website […]
Geopolitics
Economics
Michael Hudson – Barbarism or Civilization
The post-World War II order has been a new kind of imperialism. It basically is a financial imperialism, not the European-style colonial imperialism enforced by a military occupation. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute […]
Economics
C.J. Polychroniou – Forget Wealth Tax. We Should Abolish Extreme Wealth Altogether
Wealth taxation may sound like a good idea, but can it really address, let alone solve, the problem of inequality? C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in numerous universities […]
Geopolitics
Meduza: Federal mortality data suggests at least 64,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine
Rarely do we have an attempt at an objective calculation of casualties in the Ukraine war. Here is one concerning Russian losses Meduza is a Russian- and English-language independent news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia […]