State predation is not new in Ukraine. Investigations targeting legitimate businesses – aimed at either extorting money or taking over companies at a fraction of their value – have been a feature of Ukrainian business life since independence. However, large-scale predatory activities by so-called law enforcement agencies were curbed after the Revolution of Dignity.
Geopolitics
Mark Curtis, Phil Miller – Britain sends spy planes to Gaza during ceasefire
The war on Gaza never stopped, and Britain never stopped its participation in it. Published in the Stop the War coalition website. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
BBC: US airlines used up spare cash buying back shares
Over years we have read how corporations have stopped investing, instead buying back shares to drive up the price of their, thus enriching the rich and the managers. Now they want us to bail them […]
Climate Crisis
Andrew Simms – The case for an Ecological Interest Rate
Between the Anglo-American political horror shows of 2020 and the raging pandemic, something much less theatrical drifted centre stage to play a more than usually important role: interest rates. Read here
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