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Climate Crisis

João Camargo: The battle of Lützerath marks the beginning of a new stage for the global climate movement

February 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The climate justice movement may have taken a step forward at Lützerath by taking a confrontational approach to capital and the state. Joao Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and […]

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Neo-Liberalism in the EU

Karl Hansen: ‘Independent’ pay review bodies are a scam

February 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

‘Independent’ pay review bodies exist to disguise government responsibility for slashing wages. Read the article HERE.

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Adam Leaver, Jonathan Silver, Richard Goulding: The rise of corporate landlords

February 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

‘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 […]

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David Jamieson, Anton Jäger: Protesting Alone? The left and the death of mass politics

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Shaun Richards: The German economy contracts as inflation picks up on both Spain and Italy

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Germany is entering recession, despite predictions from the great and the good that it wouldn’t. Read the article HERE.

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Jonathan Cook: Why the western media is afraid of Julian Assange

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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John P. Ruehl: Why a small city in Ukraine is a focal point in the war

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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EU politics

Chris Hedges – Ukraine: The War that Went Wrong

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent gives his assessment of the Ukraine war, on his Substack. Read the article HERE.

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Solutions

Robert H. Wade: How will the Russia-Ukraine war end?

January 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Stathis Kouvelakis, Costas Lapavistas: Greece’s Left Needs to Unite Behind an Alternative to Syriza

January 25, 2023 Ben Wray 0

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.

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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

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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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