Austerity
Politico – Greece’s aging power grid blamed for catastrophic wildfires
This is the consequences of the EU destroying a country’s public infrastructure through austerity. Read the article HERE.
Month: August 2026
Globalisation
Bela Galgóczi: A “Car Crash” Made in Europe – And How to Fix It
Europe’s car industry has lost ground to China by failing to adapt to electrification, but it still makes up the largest share of European manufacturing jobs: if it is to survive, it will have to […]
National Politics
Dave Kellaway – The battle for the beaches in Italy
A number of Southern European countries are at risk of being overtaken by mass tourism to the point that what made them beautiful and enjoyable places to live completely disappears. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the […]
Climate Crisis
Terina Hine – Climate breakdown is a class issue
It should be obvious that it is the working class who will suffer most from climate breakdown, but sometimes the obvious must be pointed out again and again. Cross-posted from Counterfire Blue skies, blistering sun, […]
Geopolitics
Anatol Lieven – Mutual Delusion
Fantasies all around in the seemingly never-ending Ukraine War. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Marchella Ward – Zionism has warped the lexicon, so words are now convenient weapons
Words are weapons, and the Zionists use control over language to criminalise their political enemies. Marchella Ward is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. She is currently writing a book entitled Classicism: How […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Why the Mecca Agreement is a necessary show of force
There’s lots of ways to interpret the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence pact: one is that it is a deliberate snub to the US-Israel axis. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a […]
Geopolitics
DropSite News – Trump “low-keys” Iran; Netanyahu rejects BoP plan for Gaza; Ukraine kills 13 in strike targeting Russian refinery
Update on important global developments, especially in the Middle East. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Matilde Rosina – Ceuta shows how migration can be weaponised: but numbers are falling, not rising
The fallout from Ceuta has much more to do with politics than it does the reality of the EU’s external borders Dr Matilde Rosina is Lecturer at Brunel University London and Visiting Fellow at the […]
Economics