Geopolitics
Tarik Cyril Amar – A Slaughter of Superlatives
Why Israel’s and the West’s Gaza Genocide is “Unique” Read HERE
Year: 2024
Geopolitics
New York Times: Exhausted, on the Defensive and at ‘Hell’s Gate’ in Ukraine
The country’s forces along a broad stretch of the front say that, with Russia pushing forward, the war has never been so dangerous. Read HERE
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Exports in November 2023: -5.0% year on year
Exports (calendar and seasonally adjusted exports of goods), November 2023 131.2 billion euros +3.7% on the previous month -5.0% on the same month a year earlier Imports (calendar and seasonally adjusted imports of goods), November […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: German factory output falls for sixth consecutive month, -4.8% Year on Year
Production in industry November 2023 (in real terms, provisional):-0.7% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted)-4.8% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) October 2023 (in real terms, revised):-0.3% on the previous […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – Can the US and Israel stitch up genocide hearing?
8 January 2024 Former UK diplomat and human rights campaigner Craig Murray joined us to talk about South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Geopolitics
John Rees – Israel’s War on Gaza Has Exposed the Conformism of the Western Media
‘As Israel wages war on the Palestinian people, Western media outlets have not delivered the sharp analysis that the situation demands.’ In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
David Hearst – The fate of global justice hangs on South Africa’s ICJ case
The hearing this week in the International Court of Justice will tell us whether international law is meaningful at all. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and […]
Uncategorized
Corey Robin – Without End
Obituary to historian Arno Mayer, who was never shy to take on the big questions. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Azhaar Amayreh – A Day in the Life of a Mother and Child in Gaza
Indispensable testimony on what it’s like trying to survive a genocide. Azhaar Amayreh is an English-Arabic interpreter and translator based in Gaza. Cross-posted from Scheerpost Despite the constant Israeli bombing, shelling, terror in the air […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2024 part one: the mainstream: growth uncertainty, inflation confusion, climate paralysis
Report from the biggest annual economic conference in the world, where mainstream economists are still preoccupied by reducing public deficits, whilst being apparently bewildered by inflation and still stuck behind the curve on climate modelling. […]