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Vijay Prashad: What’s Happening in Niger Is Far From a Typical Coup

August 16, 2023 Ben Wray 0

There is a significant difference between a Colonel’s Coup and a General’s Coup. Niger is a case of the former, not the latter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a […]

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Climate Crisis

Morten F. Byskov, Jeroen Hopster, Júlia I. Bennassar: A new climate law in the Balearic Islands will protect the wellbeing of present and future generations – if such a thing can be defined

August 16, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The new law is based on the Islands’ first citizen assembly initiative but faces big challenges to be a success. Morten Fibieger Byskov is a teaching fellow at Utrecht University. Jeroen Hopster is assistant professor […]

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James K. Galbraith: Why the Economic Doomsayers were wrong

August 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Interest rate rises in the US have neither been effective in reducing inflation nor produced a recession. So what is going on? Cross-posted from Common Dreams Back in 2021 and early 2022, a posse of […]

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Richard Murphy: Protest is our purpose now

August 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

What role do people with solutions to offer to urgent challenges play when the main political parties refuse to listen? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. […]

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Joseph Healy: Transforming Politics from the Left – A new Left party Transform

August 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Interesting initiative in the UK to launch a new socialist party. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.

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Novara Media – The Oxygen of Democracy: w/ Amy Goodman

August 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

“Democratic media is the oxygen of democracy.” That’s the maxim that motivates Amy Goodman, award-winning American journalist and longtime host of Democracy Now!, the daily news show that has blazed a trail for alternative media […]

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Ewa Leś: Odra Disaster, One Year On: Poland’s Rivers Still Need Saving

August 14, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Odra disaster is just one of many cases across Europe where exploitation of rivers is still prioritised over restoration. Ewa Leś is a biologist with a background in environmental law. Her work focuses on […]

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Gig Economy Project – Has Austria’s collective bargaining system tamed the food delivery platforms? Interview with Robert Walasinski

August 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to Robert Walasinski about whether the emergence of the food delivery sector in Austria has disrupted the country’s traditional system of collective bargaining. Interview available as a podcast or in […]

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Stephen Bryen: Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine peace talks agree on nothing

August 9, 2023 Ben Wray 0

With Ukraine’s counter-offensive going nowhere fast, it may not be long before the cracks in the US-led NATO alliance begin to show. Cross-posted from Other News The Saudi Arabia-sponsored “peace talks” failed to accomplish anything. […]

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Jake Spring: Rainforest countries form pact to demand conservation cash from rich nations

August 9, 2023 Ben Wray 0

‘A dozen rainforest countries formed a pact on Wednesday at a summit in Brazil to demand developed countries pay to help poorer nations combat climate change and preserve biodiversity.’ In Yahoo News. Read the article […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

December 28, 2025 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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