EU politics
Kyiv Independent: Romania’s presidential candidate Georgescu calls Ukraine ‘fictional state,’ suggests annexing territory
This is what unity in the EU with regard to Ukraine looks like now that the proxy war is lost Read HERE
Year: 2025
Climate Crisis
Jem Bendell – No Rogan on a Dead Planet (raising dialogue around the world)
Without free speech we don’t have democracy, or the chance for a more intelligent society. What that means is quite stark, and is worth stating clearly Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: GDP in the 4th quarter of 2024 down 0.2% on the previous quarter and year on year
The German economy has not grown for four years Gross domestic product (GDP), 4th quarter of 2024 -0.2% on the previous quarter (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted) -0.4% on the same quarter a year earlier […]
National Politics
Costi Rogozanu – Fractured Romania
In-depth analysis of the tumult in Romania over it’s recent election and the significant divisions which lie behind it. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War
What does Deepseek tell us about the relationship between the tech oligarchy and market competition? Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from […]
Geopolitics
Antony Loewenstein – Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is a terrifying model coming to a country near you
An under-reported aspect of the Gaza genocide is the role of big tech in sharpening the Israeli murder machine. Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, best–selling author, filmmaker and co–founder of Declassified Australia. He’s written […]
Corruption
Decensored News – Finkelstein: ICJ President Guilty of ‘Wholesale Plagiarism’ in Support of Israel
‘A forthcoming book by renowned Middle East scholar Norman Finkelstein will make the case that Ugandan jurist Julia Sebutinde, acting president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) — also known as the World Court […]
Solutions
Ambuj Tewari – DeepSeek’s great innovation is efficiency
A simple explanation of what DeepSeek has done to reduce the costs of generative AI so spectacularly. Ambuj Tewari is Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan and an expert in Machine Learning. Cross-posted […]
EU politics
Raz Segal – Genocide Denial in Holocaust Studies
Scholar Raz Segal recounts the strange experience of being attacked as an antisemite, despite being Jewish himself and studying the Holocaust and other genocides, for the high crime of opposing Israel’s slaughter in Gaza. Read […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – AI going DeepSeek
What are the consequences of DeepSeek and what are the possibilities it provides in comparison to the capitalist version of AI Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael […]