National Politics
Leandros Fischer: Cyprus’ Polarised Elections Highlight a Crisis of Political Legitimacy
Analysis of Cyprus’ election result on Sunday in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
EU politics
Michael von der Schulenburg: The war in Ukraine and our obligation to seek peace
The UN Charter requires that all states seek peace, and as such seems forgotten today by both Russia and the West Michael Von der Schulenburg is a former UN Assistant Secretary-General and is the author […]
Corruption
Jeffrey St Clair: Train in Vain
Joe Biden’s administration holds a great deal of culpability for the Ohio train disaster. Jeffrey St. Clair is editor of CounterPunch. His most recent book is An Orgy of Thieves: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents (with Alexander Cockburn). […]
Gig Economy
Miriam Oliver, Georgia Nelson – The women behind ChatGPT: is clickwork a step forwards or backwards for gender equality?
The success of ChatGPT has led many to herald ‘the age of AI’. But behind artificial intelligence like ChatGPT are clickworkers in the global South who are disproportionately female. Writing for the Gig Economy Project, […]
EU politics
Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia’s Red Lines on NATO Expansion
A long article but important background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that too many want to erase from history Branko Marcetic is Jacobin staff writer and author of ‘Yesterday’s Man: The case against Joe Biden’. […]
Globalisation
Ben Wray: The Battle to Control Microchip Supplies Will Define the Twenty-First Century
Review of Chris Miller’s new book ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’ in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Océane Blavot, Rodolfo Bejarano, Mae Buenaventura: Down With Public-Private Partnerships. Up With a Future That Is Public
On the ‘Santiago Declaration for Public Services, an agreement signed by more than 200 organisations after a conference in Santiago de Chile of over 1000 people on the future of public services. Océane Blavot is […]
Corruption
Shachi Mokashi: Why Is It So Difficult to Regulate Toxic Contamination?
The EU is backsliding on commitments to properly regulate toxic chemicals. Shachi Mokashi is a writer focusing on environmental politics. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal In 2020, the European Commission rolled out a Chemicals Strategy […]
Economics
Noam Chomsky and David Harvey discuss capitalism and war
Gregory Magarshak is joined by two giants of anti-capitalism. Listen HERE.
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: Return of the Cluster Truss
Keen and Phil Dobbie’s latest ‘Debunking Economics’ podcast: “Over the weekend Liz Truss was singing her own praises, with a front-page article in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph. She is known, of course, for being the […]