Geopolitics
Neve Gordon – Israel has taken human shields to a whole new criminal level
The use of Palestinian civilians as ‘human baits’ in Gaza demonstrates how racism informs Israel’s warfare practices. Read HERE
Year: 2024
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Gross domestic product in the 3rd quarter of 2024 down 0.2% on the same quarter a year earlier
Gross domestic product (GDP), 3rd quarter of 2024 +0.2% on the previous quarter (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted) +0.2% on the same quarter a year earlier (price adjusted) -0.2% on the same quarter a year […]
Geopolitics
United Nations – Francesca Albanese: Genocide as colonial erasure
“Had international law been respected, the genocide would have been stopped by the security council after the first set of measures by the ICJ, before Rafah was invaded. But a small number of member states […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog: Norway’s Equinor Admits It “Over-Reported” Amount of Carbon Captured At Flagship Project for Years
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has admitted over-reporting the performance of a flagship carbon capture and storage project by about 30 percent due to defective monitoring equipment, underscoring risks associated with plans to scale […]
Climate Crisis
Esperança Camps Barber – People trapped in a deadly trap: The Valencian Government’s Negligence Has Significantly Worsened the Consequences of the Floods
Disastrous floods have caused chaos in Valencia, and the crisis has been made much worse by the the right-wing Valencian government’s organised negligence. In ‘VilaWeb’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Andrew Yamakawa Elrod – What was Bidenomics?
In-depth analysis of what Bidenomics eventually became, which was basically public spending to advance the techno-security complex. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Genocidal Scorecard
The latest U.N. report chronicles Israel’s advances in its genocidal assault in Gaza. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the […]
EU politics
Anatol Lieven – An unfortunate rush to judgment in Georgia elections
The Western media is indulging the preassembled narrative: that the only way the government could win was by rigging the vote. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Uncovering Big Tech’s hidden network
Conflicts of interest gone wild in the world of EU big tech regulation. This investigation was a joint initiative between the Corporate Europe Observatory, SOMO and Lobby Control. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Over the […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – UK budget: no game changer
Labour’s first budget since taking office won’t fix broken Britain, far from it. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The newly elected Labour government’s […]