Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – German court rules comparing Israel to Nazi Germany constitutes ‘protected speech’
A blow to Germany’s rising authoritarianism. Read the article HERE.
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EU politics
Euronews – Ceuta crisis prompts EU ministers to consider internal border checks
Schengen will collapse, sooner or later. Read the article HERE.
Uncategorized
Vijay Prashad – The Odyssey of the West
Christopher Nolan’s hotly-debated new film raises questions about the crisis of Western leadership. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International […]
Climate Crisis
Chris Bambery – Spain is struggling to cope with climate breakdown
Whether it is wildfires, floods or droughts, Spain’s climate has become increasingly extreme and the southern European country is moving from one ecological crisis to the next. Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and […]
Geopolitics
Elfadil Ibrahim – Saudi Arabia v. the Houthis round 2: This time it’s regional
The unofficial truce between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis is over. The war re-opens up yet another front of conflict in the Middle East. Elfadil Ibrahim is a writer and analyst covering the politics of […]
Economics
Ben Wray – The Cloud Cartel Has Created a Global Rentier Economy
‘The US tech giants have achieved an unprecedented concentration of economic control, forcing other firms, American or not, to pay intellectual rents. These cloud hegemons are boosting US global power even as it declines in […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Maike Schmidt, Theo Harris – The Private Finance Myth: Why The Market Won’t Solve Europe’s Infrastructure Crisis
Using private finance to build public infrastructure is short-sighted and almost always ends up costing the public purse more in the long run. Maike Schmidt is an assistant researcher at the New Economics Foundation and […]
Media
‘Our media is shaped and distorted by capitalism’: Interview w/ Des Freeman
Author of a new book titled ‘Capitalism and the Media’. Des Freeman is a professor of media and communications at Goldsmiths, London. Cross-posted from Counterfire Could you tell us a little about yourself and your […]
Climate Crisis
Al Jazeera – France and Spain brace for heatwave that could worsen raging wildfires
We are well beyond the point of predicting how climate crises will compound and multiply one another: it is happening in Europe now. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ramzy Baroud – How Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy
One small town in the West Bank refused to accept quiet annihilation by the Zionist colonialists and fought back, showing Palestinian resistance is still alive. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the […]