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George Kerevan – Contradictions between the real economy and financial markets will dominate 2024

January 15, 2024 Ben 0

A survey of global economic and political dynamics. George Kerevan is a Scottish journalist and economist, and a former SNP MP. Cross-posted from Conter 2024 opens with global financial markets feeling the jitters over an […]

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What enforcement power does the International Court of Justice have in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel? – Interview w/ Victor Peskin

January 15, 2024 Ben 0

Some insights into legal precedents for genocide and how the ICJ has acted before in comparable cases. Victor Peskin is associate professor of politics and global studies at Arizona State University. Cross-posted from The Conversation […]

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Huda Ammori – Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

‘The co-founder of Palestine Action writes about her and fellow activists’ acquittal by a UK court for attempting to close down the Israeli arms firm’s operations in Britain.’ In Declassified UK. Read the article HERE.

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Ann Pettifor – What’s Art got to do with it?

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

The value of art, like other assets, is falling as inflation and interest rates rise. China in particular is in a debt-deflationary trap. In Ann Pettifor’s substack. Read the article HERE.

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Ramzy Baroud – A ‘Genocidal Maniac’: What is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

The Biden administration is worried about the Gaza war spreading into a regional war, but if that happens, it will be because Netanyahu wanted that outcome. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of […]

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Vijay Prashad – Normalisation With Israel Has Been Ended by Its Brutal War on Gaza

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

Israel has gone from a strategy towards normalisation in the Middle East to complete isolation within three months. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and the Fragility […]

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Michael Roberts: ASSA 2024 part two – the radical sessions: imperialism, profitability and climate change

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

Second report from ASSA, the largest annual economic conference in the world, this time look at the radical Economics sessions. You can read the first part here. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Within the huge […]

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EU politics

Piero S. Colla – In Sweden, burning Qur’ans threaten to send the country’s history of tolerance up in smoke

January 10, 2024 Ben 0

Sweden’s far-right has taken advantage of liberal laws on ‘freedom of expression’ to incite Muslims at home and abroad Piero S. Colla is a member of the “Germanic and North European Worlds” laboratory and lecturer […]

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John Rees – Israel’s War on Gaza Has Exposed the Conformism of the Western Media

January 8, 2024 Ben 0

‘As Israel wages war on the Palestinian people, Western media outlets have not delivered the sharp analysis that the situation demands.’ In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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David Hearst – The fate of global justice hangs on South Africa’s ICJ case

January 8, 2024 Ben 0

The hearing this week in the International Court of Justice will tell us whether international law is meaningful at all. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and […]

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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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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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