EU plans to introduce US-style extraterritorial sanctions in violation of international law and to target companies of third countries for their exports to Russia. Non-Western alliances (BRICS, SCO) expand.
EU politics
Brioni Bynun: Germany is criminalising Palestinian solidarity
In its latest attack on Palestinian human rights, the German police have unleashed a chilling crackdown on Nakba commemorations – including banning the holding of watermelons and repressing Jewish anti-apartheid protesters. Published in Tribune. Read the […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now
“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]
Economics
Kevin Carty: Tech giants are the robber barons of our time
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Everyone uses them. Many like them. They are monopolies – and destructive ones at that. Read here
The sanctions policy looks more and more like the Suicide Squad in Life of Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8