Rheinmetall opens Germany’s biggest ammunition factory, aiming to catch up with the world’s leading arms makers. Berlin is set to slash welfare to finance militarisation. Demonstrators face growing repression.
Geopolitics
Tariq Ali – The Roads to Damascus
A grim read, describing what has happened in the Middle East over the past year as a ‘mini-1967 for the Arab World’. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Ndongo Samba Sylla – A Shameful Anniversary: The CFA Franc at 80
CFA franc was introduced in 1945 as the currency of several African countries. After 80 years, are CFA country leaders willing to confront the political & historical realities that uphold this colonial currency? Read Article […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – How the IHRA antisemitism definition became a pro-Israel cudgel
New research charts a five-year campaign by highly partisan, pro-Israel lobby groups to mislead the international community about the nature of what has been widely described as the “gold standard” definition of antisemitism. Read here
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