Refaat Alareer drew parallels between Palestine and Ireland. In October 2023, he posted on social media that he used to inform students about how “Britain helped exacerbate the Irish famine that happened 170 years ago,” before observing that “the US/UK are helping Israel starve Palestinians in Gaza.”
Economics
Eurostat: Annual inflation up to 9.8% in EU – Well over the half over 10%, 3 over 20%
The euro area annual inflation rate was 8.9% in July 2022, up from 8.6% in June. A year earlier, the rate was2.2%. European Union annual inflation was 9.8% in July 2022, up from 9.6% in […]
Media
Tom Mills: Britain – Even centrists are losing faith in the BBC
This is problem with what used to called “balanced journalism”: serve elite interests and maintain public trust. As the elite moves towards the neo-liberal creed of winner take all, this practice has been jettisoned. Mill has […]
EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty: How would Corbynism work in government? Here’s a clue
The difference between a conservative and social democratic party: A conservative party kicks the people in the teeth, then does it again. A social democratic party kicks the people in the teeth, says “sorry, then […]
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