Economics
Ben Wray – Unprofitable Convenience
On the rapid rise and fall of Europe’s specialist grocery delivery apps. In ‘Strange Matters’. Read the article HERE.
Year: 2026
Economics
Eurostat – EU Recession: Services production down by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU
In November 2025, compared with October 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the […]
Economics
Destatis – German Recession: Production in December 2025: -0.6% on the same month a year earlier
Germany’s economy is going nowhere Production in industry December 2025 (in real terms, provisional): -1.9% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -0.6% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted)
National Politics
Reuters – Pressure grows on British Prime Minister Starmer over Mandelson fallout
It couldn’t have happened to a worse person. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Richard Braude – Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex
‘Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly troubling powers.’ In Jacobin. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Last Generation Germany, RAZ e.V. – German Court Opens First Trial Against Climate Activists Under “Criminal Organization” Law
A press release from Last Generation Germany ad RAZ e.V. (‘Support for an Active Civil Society’) about the latest draconian crackdown on climate activists in Germany. Potsdam, 9 February 2026, 9:00 a.m. – For the […]
Finance
Ben Wray – How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs
Review of Nick Srnicek’s new book about AI, ‘Silicon Empires’. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sybil Fares – Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States
As John Pilger once said, “Palestine is still the issue”. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from […]
Geopolitics
Coll McCail – The Marinera: A case study in Scotland’s vassalage
When it comes to the crunch, the Scottish nationalist government in Edinburgh is still willing to do the bidding of the American empire, despite all of it’s anti-Trump rhetoric. Coll McCail is an activist and […]
Economics