Geopolitics
National Security Strategy of the US: 2025
A remarkable document that evidences that we truly are in a post-liberal, multi-polar era. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Geopolitics
Lorna Finlayson – Grown-Up Politics
The genocide has unmasked Western liberals. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Joachim Becker – The Alternative Economic Model of Europe’s Nationalist Right
‘Right-wing nationalist governments in Hungary and Poland only made a selective break with neoliberal economics after the 2008 crash. Their goal was to strengthen domestic capital against foreign competitors without doing anything to empower workers.’ […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Europe could be on the hook for $160 billion to keep Ukraine afloat
When one considers how deep the hole Europe is in over the Ukraine war, there resistance to a peace settlement is truly remarkable. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from […]
Corruption
Politico – EU’s Mogherini and Sannino in custody in fraud probe
Count up all the corruption scandals in Brussels in recent years and it’s clear that it’s endemic. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Workers must challenge the narrative of tech progress – interview w/ Jason Resnikoff
Workers shouldn’t accept the imposition of AI in the workplace as natural or inevitable. Interview by Marta Checa, former co-editor of Equal Times and a multi-media journalist. Cross-posted from Equal Times Jason Resnikoff, a US […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Israel is permanently at war: even their supporters say so
Zionists are no longer pretending to want peace with Palestinians, a radicalisation that may lose them the support of even some on the hard right in the West. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of […]
Geopolitics
Almut Rochowanski – Europe’s Leaders Have No Strategy for Peace
‘Caught off guard by new proposals to halt the war in Ukraine, European leaders have rejected the idea of Kyiv giving up territory. What’s less clear is how they imagine making their red lines into […]
Corruption
Euronews – Greek farmers block Athens motorway as fallout from illegal subsidies fraud continues
‘The blockade comes after dozens of people were arrested last week in a spiralling farm fraud case that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by the organisation in charge of distributing EU […]
Geopolitics
Almut Rochowanski – Stop making the Donbas territory a zero-sum confrontation
Disagreement over control of the Donbas doesn’t have to stop peace negotiations: compromise options are available. Almut Rochowanski is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute and an independent activist, working for the past 20 […]