National Politics
Grace Blakeley – Going Back to Class
A hopeful piece about the success of the Workers’ Party of Belgium in re-building socialist politics. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.
Month: January 2025
EU politics
+972: Germany’s Bild published pro-Netanyahu disinformation. Where is the outcry?
The role of Germany’s largest newspaper in the ‘Bibileaks’ scandal highlights the need for a broader reckoning on Israel-Palestine in German media. Read HERE
Economics
Ian Proud: We can’t ‘ban’ talk of Russian resilience to sanctions
Instead let’s acknowledge that economic warfare did not work and find ways to end the war peacefully Read HERE
Corruption
Branko Milanović – “To the Finland Station”
We have reached the end of globalism and Hayekian neo-liberalism. What comes after? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That […]
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Genocide: The New Normal
Israel and the U.S. government will continue the genocide in Gaza for many months until the Palestinians are annihilated or driven from their homeland and Greater Israel is Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who […]
Geopolitics
Caitlin Johnstone – Meditations On Bono Receiving The Presidential Medal Of Freedom From Joe Biden
If neoliberalism was a person, that person would be Bono Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium. Articles are re-posted from Caitlins Newsletter Cross-posted from Caitlin’s […]
EU politics
Eoghan Gilmartin – Migrant Deaths Off Spain’s Coast Are Worse Than Ever
‘At least 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain’s territory in 2024. The European Union’s crackdown on Mediterranean crossings has diverted African migrants toward the even more perilous Atlantic route, turning the ocean into a […]
National Politics
Politico – Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria
Austria looks like it is the latest European country to go far-right. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Falastine Saleh – How international NGOs racialise and silence Palestinian civil society
A grim portrayal of international NGOs operating in the occupied territories from someone who has been on the inside. Falastine Saleh is a feminist, writer and BDS advocate living in Ramallah, Palestine. Cross-posted from Middle […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2025: part one – AI, AI, AI…
Despite many pinning their hopes on Artificial Intelligence as the saviour of global capitalism, economists don’t seem to know what the impact is going to be on jobs and productivity. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]