Geopolitics
John McEvoy – UK exported parts for Israeli air force after suspending arms sales
The UK’s complicity in the Gaza genocide goes on. In ‘Declassified UK’. Read the article HERE.
Year: 2024
National Politics
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff – The Revolt of the Working Class: What Trump’s 2024 Win Reveals About American Discontent
Analysis of the causes of the US election result and what a second Trump presidency means. Cross-posted from Michael Hudson’s blog NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today’s Thursday, November 7th, and we have the economic roundtable […]
National Politics
Bernie Sanders – You either stand with the corporate oligarchy, or you stand with the working class. You can’t stand with both.
Sanders gives his analysis of why Trump won and where the Democrats went wrong. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. Sanders […]
Finance
Glenn Diesen – BRICS Stockpiling Gold as the G7 Weaponised Finance
Gold is making a comeback because the G7 can’t be trusted with the sovereign funds of other countries. Glenn Diesen is a professor of political science at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), with a research focus […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Historical Materialism 2024 part one: late capitalism and inflation
A discussion of Marxist theories of contemporary capitalism. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Every year the Historical Materialism journal holds a conference in London. […]
EU politics
ERR News: Kaja Kallas’ EU hearing focuses on Ukraine, Africa, and Russia and its allies
The EU is in self-destruction mode! Good news for Europe. Read HERE
EU politics
Irish Bloc Berlin et al – Open letter to the Government of Ireland condemning the failure of the Irish government and EU to publicly denounce Germany’s repeated contraventions of international law and active role in genocide
The following open letter was initiated by Irish Bloc Berlin, alongside a large coalition of Irish-Palestinian solidarity groups, to call for Ireland and the EU to denounce Germany’s repeated contraventions of international law and active […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Looking into the black box that is Donald Trump Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. His […]
Fake News
Jonathan Cook – The media’s role in lying about Amsterdam violence just keeps getting darker
News outlets didn’t make a mistake. They knowingly aired disinformation and peddled fake news. Admitting that requires a troubling recalibration of perspective if we’re ever to make sense of the world Jonathan Cook is the […]
Geopolitics
The Cradle: Haifa mayor warns city ‘at standstill’ due to heavy Hezbollah attacks
Israelis fled from the Haifa district in droves after rockets from Lebanon caused heavy damage and injuries in several settlements in the Krayot area Read HERE