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.
Articles by Ben Wray
EU politics
Baher Kamal – US installs new nukes in Europe: As destructive as 83 Hiroshima bombs
Mainstream media has hardly even noticed that the United States has just installed more powerful nuclear weapons in Europe. Baher Kamal is an Egyptian-born, Spanish national, secular journalist, publisher and editor of Human Wrongs Watch with nearly five […]
EU politics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies: What Steps Can the US Take to Foster Peace Talks in Ukraine?
Some sensible proposals for what the United States could put on the table if it really wanted to support peace negotiations. But it doesn’t. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for […]
Uncategorized
Robin McAlpine: Scotland had one intellectual – and then he died
The decline of a serious intellectual culture in Scotland is a broader phenomenon. Robin McAlpine is founder of the Scottish think-and-do tank Common Weal Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog In some ways losing Tom Nairn […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis: Is Europe deindustrialising?
Varoufakis writes in ‘Project Syndicate’ on European capitalism, which is rich in terrestrial capital but has fallen behind the US and China in “cloud capital”. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Branko Milanović: Can Serbia survive EU’s economic ultimatum?
The EU is seeking to bully Serbia in to accepting an ultimatum. History suggests Brussels will get its way sooner or later. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book […]
EU politics
Politico: Majority of Western companies doing business as usual in Russia, study finds
Only about 8 percent of EU firms have divested from Russia, with the majority of Western firms still active in the country being German. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Sam Pizzigati: A down year for our deepest pockets?
The billionaire class lost wealth in 2022 but it didn’t put a dent in their luxury spending. More money for billionaires doesn’t buy them more things, it buys them more political power. Sam Pizzigati writes on […]
Corruption
Fighting corruption in Brussels after Qatargate: Interview with Nicholas Aiossa
Nicholas Aiossa from Transparency International explains what’s behind the “culture of impunity” at the European Parliament and proposes reforms to address it. Cross-posted from Green European Journal Green European Journal: Greek socialist MEP and vice […]
Economics
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson: Introducing the Geopolitical Economy Hour
In a new podcast, every fortnight economies Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson will discuss major developments in the fast-changing world of geopolitical economy. In this first podcast, they introduce the themes they will discuss and […]