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Harrison Stetler – Two Years Into the Ukraine War, Europe Has No Strategy

February 5, 2024 Ben 0

‘On Thursday, European leaders released another €50 billion in funding for Ukraine. The funds are a lifeline for the Ukrainian military — but waning US support and the stalemate on the front line are chipping […]

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Gig Economy

Rob Lucas – Unlearning Machines

February 5, 2024 Ben 0

A review of Matteo Pasquinelli’s new book, The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Geopolitics

Mary Kostakidis – Assange’s Very Life Is At Stake

February 5, 2024 Ben 0

On the eve of the final verdict in Julian Assange’s extradition case, this is the text of a speech delivered by Mary Kostakidis to a conference on Julian Assange held in Sydney, Australia on January 29.  Journalist Mary […]

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Joe Gill – What Frantz Fanon can tell us about the West’s colonial war in Gaza

February 5, 2024 Ben 0

The revolutionary Frantz Fanon was a practising psychiatrist of colonial racism in French-occupied Algeria. His analysis has resonance in Gaza today. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Oman, Venezuela and the US, […]

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Shannon Gibson – Where climate activism is heading next

February 5, 2024 Ben 0

Disruptive and sometimes unpopular tactics can contribute to a ‘radical-flank effect’ in climate politics. Shannon Gibson is Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies at the USC Dornsife College of Letters. USC graduate student […]

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Gig Economy

Gig Economy Project – ‘A middle finger to the apps’: UK sees historic riders’ strike

February 3, 2024 Ben 0

Powerful grassroots-organised strike saw customers complaining they couldn’t access the app and Deliveroo’s ‘dark kitchens’ shutdown. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers in Europe. Click here to find out […]

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Gig Economy Project – Portugal: from Uber’s test tube to a leader in platform workers’ rights?

February 2, 2024 Ben 0

Portugal’s labour code reform could deliver much needed workers’ rights to the country’s gig economy, but legal and political uncertainty remains. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE media network for gig workers […]

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Geopolitics

Jeffrey D. Sachs – Israel cannot hide from the International Court of Justice

January 31, 2024 Ben 0

The ICJ ruling won’t end the genocide in Gaza, but it does lay the basis for Israel becoming a pariah state. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor at Columbia University, Director of the Center for […]

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Hasan Basri Bulbul – Defunding UNRWA: With this act, western powers are likely complicit in genocide

January 31, 2024 Ben 0

The war on UNRWA is a shocking escalation in the West’s participation in the genocide in Gaza. Hasan Basri Bulbul is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Bogazici University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Turkey. […]

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EU politics

Francesca De Benedetti – In Europe, the Liberal Centre is Going Extinct

January 31, 2024 Ben 0

‘Europe’s centrists often claim to defend liberal values against populist threats. Yet ahead of June’s EU elections, liberals have adopted far-right talking points on everything from the climate to migration — and it’s not saving […]

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

June 11, 2026 0

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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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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