Since Oct. 7, Holocaust memory has increasingly been invoked in Germany to suppress debate on Hamas militants’ massacres of that day in Israel and the brutalities the Israel Defense Forces have meted out against Gaza Strip civilians in the aftermath. It appears that something has gone terribly awry in Germany’s famed “culture of memory.”
EU politics
Francesca De Benedetti – Europe’s Left Needs a Wake-up Call
Left-wing parties in Europe, with few exceptions, remain completely marginal, while the far-right’s rise continues. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
S & P Global: Decline in eurozone factory orders among sharpest on record in October
Key findings: HCOB Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 43.1 (Sep: 43.4). 3-month low. HCOB Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Output Index at 43.1 (Sep: 43.1). Unchanged. October’s contraction in new orders among strongest ever recorded Read HERE
Austerity
David Harvey: What is Neoliberalism?
David Harvey on what neoliberalism is, where it came from – and why the concept is still relevant today. Read here
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