Fake News
Jonathan Cook: How spooks and the establishment media are circling the wagons
Part-two on why so many journalists are keen to co-operate with the intelligence agencies. Read here.
Articles by Ben Wray
Corruption
EU Watchdog Radio – Covid treatment: People’s health v Private Profits
How the EU approached the negotiations with the pharmaceutical companies Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory The EU Watchdog Radio is a podcast produced jointly by Corporate Europe Observatory and Counter Balance. In this episode, Olivier […]
EU politics
Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell – 10 raons per les quals l’advocat general de la UE s’equivoca sobre el sistema de justícia espanyol
‘Si la UE veu normal la pràctica judicial a Espanya, què no haurem de pensar de la pràctica judicial a la UE?’ Toni Strubell és exdiputat al Parlament de Catalunya, periodista i autor d’El que […]
Corruption
Flora Cornish and Cathy Long – The police were not transparent about the Grenfell death toll: why does it matter now?
A remarkable revelation: the London police admit they refused to reveal the real number of dead from the Grenfell fire because they believed to do so could lead to Muslims’ rioting Cross-posted from the LSE […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – ‘Life is a game’: Laura Carrer and Luca Quagliato discuss making a film on being a rider in the city
Laura Carrer and Luca Quagliato speak to the Gig Economy Project about their upcoming film on the reality of being a rider in the city (interview available as a podcast and in text form) The […]
National Politics
Conter – Interview: Scotland after Britain
Jonathon Shafi talks to Ben Wray and James Foley about their forthcoming book ‘Scotland after Britain: The two souls of independence‘ Cross-posted from Conter This is an extract from the Independence Captured newsletter. Jonathon Shafi: Can I start […]
Globalisation
Adam Tooze: Defining polycrisis – from crisis pictures to the crisis matrix
This is one way of looking at the precarious state of the world. Read here
Political Parties
Tom Hazeldine: Fresh Disasters
A look at the crisis in the Tory party over Boris Johnson’s disastrous leadership. Read here.
EU politics
Friends of the Earth Europe: New Energy Charter Treaty “is a disaster”
The EU has agreed a re-packaged Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), but it still locks Europe into fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. Cross-posted from Friends of the Earth Europe The EU’s deal on the ECT […]
Climate Crisis
Claire Pierson – Roe V Wade overturned: what abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world
The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade has sent shockwaves. Claire Pierson, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool, says progress on abortion rights around the world “has been cyclical, […]