In a world of financialised globalisation, prices of food are not determined by the simplistic laws of supply and demand. Prices are determined by a wall of money wielded by relatively few, invisible speculators and aimed at largely unregulated global grain markets.
National Politics
Marco Carnelos: Multiple mediators for the Middle East
Regardless of a possible escalation of the conflict, starting with an expansion of the hostilities to Lebanon with Hezbollah, and perhaps beyond, the geopolitical pattern of the region was already changing on its own. Read […]
Geopolitics
Omran Shroufi – It’s No Surprise That Tommy Robinson Loves Israel
‘Visiting Israel, British far-right activist Tommy Robinson claimed that he had understood the dangers of anti-Jewish hatred. For Europe’s anti-immigration politicians, boasting about fighting antisemitism has become an alibi for rampant Islamophobia.’ In Jacobin. Read […]
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatroy: Open doors for forces of finance
‘Open door for forces of finance at the ECB’ reveals that the advisory groups counselling the European Central Bank are dominated by representatives of some of the most influential global financial corporations. Read here
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