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Geopolitics

Tariq Ali – Consequences of Nasrallah

September 30, 2024 Ben 0

‘Speaking with Noam Chomsky once in Santa Fe, he confessed that the two most intelligent political leaders he had ever met were Hugo Chavez and Hassan Nasrallah but he couldn’t say it in public.’ In […]

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Geopolitics

Juan Cole – The Path to Nasrallah’s Assassination and What Lies Ahead

September 30, 2024 Ben 0

A short history of Hezbollah and why it might have to become a guerrilla organisation again. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest book, “Muhammad: Prophet […]

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Marco Carnelos – Hezbollah’s fatal mistake was to believe Israel was bound by the rules of war

September 30, 2024 Ben 0

Hezbollah have suffered a severe blow, but not a knockout. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in the foreign policy staff […]

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Climate Crisis

Tarique Niazi – How the Climate Crisis Is Shaping Geopolitics

September 23, 2024 Ben 0

As climate-related disasters intensify, the impacts on neighbouring states grow too. Tarique Niazi teaches environmental sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. Cross-posted from Common Dreams Bangladesh was still reeling from political turmoil, […]

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EU politics

Harrison Stetler – Emmanuel Macron Takes a Stand: No Tax Increases for the Rich

September 23, 2024 Ben 0

‘New French prime minister Michel Barnier wants to cut the budget deficit, but the president and his allies are resisting all talk of tax increases. They’re dead set on spending cuts — and to pass […]

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Peter Leary – Labour Is Trying to Silence Palestine Solidarity

September 23, 2024 Ben 0

‘Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.

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Climate Crisis

Bill McKibben – To Avoid Utter Ruin, We Must Turn Off the Fossil Fuel Volcano

September 23, 2024 Ben 0

There has been plenty of big shifts to the climate on planet Earth before, but not since humans have been here and never as fast as this. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at […]

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Mustafa Kutlay: Why does Turkey want to join BRICS – and what will the trade-offs be?

September 23, 2024 Ben 0

Turkey is seeking a “multi-alignment” strategy as Western hegemony weakens. Mustafa Kutlay is a Senior Lecturer at City, University of London. He works on the political economy and foreign policy of Turkey, as well as […]

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Geopolitics

Juan Cole – Biden’s bear hug of Netanyahu

September 18, 2024 Ben 0

US foreign policy in the Middle East is in complete disarray, with the region turning into a raging bonfire. Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest […]

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Politico – The EU’s chips plan implodes as Intel pauses investments

September 18, 2024 Ben 0

Intel, American semiconductor manufacturer, will no longer go ahead with plans for big chip factories in Germany and Poland, leaving the EU with little hope of meeting its objective of having a significant amount of […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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