Economics
Year: 2026
Economics
Middle East Eye: Trump justifies Iran deal as a way to prevent ‘economic catastrophe’
US president suggests that Iran will need to keep ballistic missiles to match its neighbours’ arsenals Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Post-Iran war: The end of an era, not to decline, but as a trigger to abrupt change
Trump’s chokehold on oil, tariffs, and tech backfired – forging a new era of self-sufficient economies and generational confrontation Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – Britain Joins the Pirates
The West, including, Britain have abandoned the rule of law. Now anything is permitted. Ideology and might make right. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted […]
Economics
Aurelien – 21st Century Schizoid Man…As above, seldom below.
In what sense could it be useful to show that western society is suffering from something analogous to schizophrenia? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Last week’s essay on the importance of […]
National Politics
Jonathan Cook -The Labour MPs determined to show they represent Israel, not the British people
British politicians live in their own corrupt delusional reality, ignoring what their citizens want. That is not democracy. It is fascism. Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a […]
Geopolitics
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU Corporate Lobby League 2026
Corporate lobby spending in Brussels has risen by 50% since 2020, and the number of registered lobbyists has grown by 30%. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising […]
EU politics
AA – European Parliament approves long-delayed EU-US trade agreement
Absolutely remarkable that 444 MEPs would back such a horrendous trade deal. They are clearly not representatives of the people. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Trump says he will push for peace in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy at G7
There are still many deluded Western leaders who really believe that Russia is the weak party in this war. Read the article HERE.