Economics
Ann Pettifor – The money system & the false hope of UBI
‘Why a system of worklessness would fail both society and planet’. In Ann Pettifor’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Geopolitics
Thomas Fazi – Gangster empire: what the bombing of Iran reveals about the West
‘We have now entered a new phase of Western-led global savagery — prefigured by the genocide in Gaza — in which all pretences have been dropped and only the logic of raw, unrestrained violence remains.’ […]
Geopolitics
Michael Hudson – Why America is at war with Iran
By breaking up a country which is seeking to break-free of the dollar, the US imperial policy is aimed at striking a blow against Chinese influence in West Asia. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Destiny of […]
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov – The EU’s pathetic response to Trump’s Iran attack
European leaders neither have morals nor Europe’s interests at heart, which makes them nothing more than empty, soulless vassals. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted […]
EU politics
EU Observer – Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Leaked EU report shows the EU knows full well that Israel has breached Article 2 of the association agreement with the EU, but the European Commission has sat on its hands and done nothing. Read […]
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – How the US and Israel Used Rafael Grossi to Hijack the IAEA and Start a War on Iran
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been a wilful pawn in Netanyahu and Trump’s war game. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Nicolas J. S. […]
Geopolitics
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi – Culmination
Excellent analysis of the dynamics at play in the Israel-Iran war. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
David Vine – Welcome to Iraq War 2.0
The comparison with Iraq is inescapable. David Vine is a political anthropologist and the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace, including “The United States of War: A Global History of America’s […]
Geopolitics
Sami Al-Arian – Why Netanyahu is frantically trying to pull the US into Israel’s war on Iran
This is a perilous moment: the stakes for the world are very high. Sami Al-Arian is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at Istanbul Zaim University. Originally from Palestine, he […]
Finance
Ben Wray – “Gigification”: The Future of Work?
An exploration of the consequences of the gig economy for autonomy and freedom at work. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is co-author of ‘Scotland after […]