Geopolitics
Drop Site Daily – Israel resumes lower-level killing after mass violence Sunday
A useful round-up of global news on Monday [20 October], especially focused on the situation in Gaza. From Drop Site News. Read HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Finance
Jonah Schwope, Lena Schröder – Beyond AI Futurism: A Socio-Ecological Vision for AI
The AI tech race is well and truly on, and the EU wants to be part of it, but if it only serves the imperatives of capitalism it is going to be worse than useless […]
Austerity
Marlon Ettinger – Emmanuel Macron Isn’t Really Halting Retirement Reform
‘France’s government has survived a confidence vote thanks to the Parti Socialiste’s abstention. While Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promises to suspend unpopular changes to pensions, unions object that the retirement age hike has merely been […]
Gig Economy
Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez – Barça’s deal with Uber is the club selling its soul
F.C. Barcelona announced last week that it had signed a deal for ridehail giant Uber to be its mobility partner, leading to uproar from many fans. Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez is leader of the Élite Taxi […]
Gig Economy
Alberto ‘Tito’ Álvarez – El acuerdo del Barça con Uber es la venta del alma del club
El F.C. Barcelona anunció la semana pasada la firma de un acuerdo con Uber, el gigante de los VTC, para ser su socio de movilidad, lo que provocó la indignación de muchos aficionados. Alberto «Tito» […]
Geopolitics
David Goeßmann – Gaza: The peace of the genocide alliance
The bombs may have stopped for now but the Palestinians are still ruled by the genocide alliance. David Goeßmann is a journalist and author based in Berlin, Germany. He has worked for several media outlets […]
Deregulation
Politico – EU leaders to double down on deregulation drive
Von Der Leyen brought in a bunch of reforms to make Europe more ‘competitive’, and now wants to unwind a lot of that to…make Europe more ‘competitive’. That’s the level of political leadership in Brussels […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – The AI bubble and the US economy
The US economy would be in recession-territory if it were not for the enormous bet that has been placed that AI really will deliver productivity growth in short order, a bet that looks perilous. Michael […]
Climate Crisis
The Belt and Road 2.0 – Interview w/ Mathias Larsen
Tim Sahay speaks to Mathias Larsen about China’s staggering investment in clean tech manufacturing outside of China. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Branko Marcetic – Beware: The Zombie War on Terror is upon us
The original motivations for the War on Terror have long since been buried, but the drive towards authoritarianism continues on regardless. Branko Marcetic is a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author of Yesterday’s […]