Geopolitics
Lindsey German – Palestine Action’s Victory Is Ours Too
On the High Court victory in the UK against the UK Government’s attempt to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group. In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Geopolitics
Michael Roberts – Venezuela: the end game
Venezuela is neither evidence of the failure of socialism nor does the Venezuelan regime have to be defended as an example of socialism, because Venezuela has never had a truly socialist economy, something Hugo Chavez […]
EU politics
John Livesey – Politics Is Everywhere, So Why Do People Feel So Powerless?
Review of Anton Jäger’s new book ‘Hyperpolitics’. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
Some pointed facts about the recent history of US-Iranian relations. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from […]
Gig Economy
Ben Wray – Platform work is dangerous
A study for the European Trade Union Confederation examines what health & safety risks platform workers face in Europe and how to tackle them. Read the report HERE.
Solutions
Dylan Riley – First Principles
How the left reconnects to the working class is a fundamental question of our time that no one seems to have a compelling answer to. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Rubio’s spoonful of sugar helps hard medicine go down in Munich
European elites are easily impressed, they seem to be happy that Marco Rubio didn’t use mean words about them, even if the substance remains 100% Trumpian. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and […]
Climate Crisis
Serena Di Luccio – Three reasons why renewable energy is still Europe’s best solution
A massive expansion of renewable energy capacity in Europe is the answer to the continent’s geopolitical, industrial and cost-of-living problems. Serena Di Luccio is Positive Money’s EU Advocacy and Campaigns Manager. Cross-posted from Positive Money […]
Food Production
Nathalie Louisgrand – How Paris’ working-class dining experience is reshaping restaurant economics in France
A 19th century Parisian affordable dining tradition is having a renaissance. Nathalie Louisgrand is an associate professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Her research focuses on French gastronomy and its transmission. Cross-posted from The […]
Geopolitics
Nuvpreet Kalra – How the US Weaponizes Starvation and Aid in Gaza and Cuba
The United States has taken the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ playbook and is applying it to Cuba. Nuvpreet Kalra is CODEPINK’s digital content producer. She completed a Bachelor’s in politics and sociology at the University of […]