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
Yasha Levine: Ukraine: A Short History of Meddling
American meddling in Ukraine goes a lot deeper than Trump’s crude attempt to squeeze kompromat from the country’s new president. Read here
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Degrowth, food loss and food waste
In his previous article in his series on Degrowth, Bill Mitchell looked at food and agriculture In this article he moves on to the inefficiencies of food production and distribution Read Here
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Some thoughts about the Job Guarantee
Wren -Lewis looks at the economic effects of a permament Job Guarantee policy. Read here
The sanctions policy looks more and more like the Suicide Squad in Life of Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8