Media
Amy Goodman and ‘Democracy Now!’ vs. Mainstream Media: Interview
‘Democracy Now!’ was the original alternative media. A new documentary tells it’s story. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben
Geopolitics
Mohammad Eslami, Dr. Zeynab Malakouti – The Persian Gulf is blowing up. These 3 obstacles explain why.
The US is not going to win the Iran war, that much is clear. Their best hope now is to find an agreement with Iran which is not a complete humiliation for the Trump administration. […]
Geopolitics
Ramzy Baroud – The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus
The European public and governments are massively out-of-sync over the question of the continent’s relationship with Israel, a chasm that can’t be sustained forever. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine […]
Finance
Emma Baker, Amy Clair, Mark Stephens – How Britain’s housing crisis contributes to its declining healthy life expectancy
Quality of housing is closely linked to health outcomes, and for Britons who rent in the private sector, the quality of housing is shoddy. Emma Baker is Professor of Housing Research at the Australian Centre […]
Climate Crisis
Simon Feisthauer Fournet – The Older Activists Reshaping Europe’s Climate Movement
It’s not always about the youth. Older activists are sometimes the most daring and care-free. Simon Feisthauer Fournet is a freelance journalist based in France. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, he has reported for […]
Uncategorized
Kyle Shybunko – After Orbán
Sound analysis of why Orbán lost and what comes next. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Al Jazeera – India loses its last left-wing government after five decades
Why does the left seem to be losing everywhere? Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
The Kyiv Independent – EU warns of sanctions over shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel
Israel steals Palestinian land everyday, but they are Palestinians so to the EUcrats they are not really human beings. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Shahad Ali – Palestinians in Gaza Want to Rebuild Food Systems. Israel Isn’t Letting Them.
A major part of the genocide is to eliminate the ability of Palestinians in Gaza to feed themselves. Shahad Ali is an English literature student and writer from Gaza. Cross-posted from ScheerPost Before the Israeli […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Why Iran and Russia’s war economies are so resilient
Oil-rich and with limited exposure to international money markets, both Iran and Russia know how to manage war/proxy-war with the political West. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 […]