Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Karl Hansen: ‘Independent’ pay review bodies are a scam
‘Independent’ pay review bodies exist to disguise government responsibility for slashing wages. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Inequality
Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver, Richard Goulding: The rise of corporate landlords
‘Build-to-rent’ is taking over urban centres as super-rich investors realise there is big bucks in landlordism. Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver and Richard Goulding are academics at the University of Sheffield. Cross-posted from the Conversation UK […]
Uncategorized
David Jamieson, Anton Jäger: Protesting Alone? The left and the death of mass politics
Conter’s latest podcast sees editor David Jamieson speak to academic researcher and writer Anton Jäger about the crisis of civil society and the decline of mass politics. Taking as a starting point the seminal study […]
Economics
Shaun Richards: The German economy contracts as inflation picks up on both Spain and Italy
Germany is entering recession, despite predictions from the great and the good that it wouldn’t. Read the article HERE.
Media
Jonathan Cook: Why the western media is afraid of Julian Assange
Jonathan Cook’s speech from an event in London on the media and democracy. Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s Substack During an interview back in 2011, Julian Assange made an acute observation about the role of what […]
Media
John P. Ruehl: Why a small city in Ukraine is a focal point in the war
Taking the city of Bakhmut has become a key propaganda aim for Russia. John P Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, DC. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor […]
EU politics
Chris Hedges – Ukraine: The War that Went Wrong
Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent gives his assessment of the Ukraine war, on his Substack. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Robert H. Wade: How will the Russia-Ukraine war end?
Neither the US, Ukraine nor Russia is likely to get their desired end goal from the war, so the quicker serious peace negotiations begin the more lives can be saved. Robert H. Wade is Professor […]
Austerity
Stathis Kouvelakis, Costas Lapavistas: Greece’s Left Needs to Unite Behind an Alternative to Syriza
It’s always good to see the Greek left thinking about how to cohere a radical alternative to Syriza. Posted in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Alp Kayserilioglu: Goodbye Erdoğan?
A stimulating analysis of the economic and political turmoil Turkey is in, on New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.