National Politics
Grace Blakeley – Going Back to Class
A hopeful piece about the success of the Workers’ Party of Belgium in re-building socialist politics. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
EU politics
Eoghan Gilmartin – Migrant Deaths Off Spain’s Coast Are Worse Than Ever
‘At least 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain’s territory in 2024. The European Union’s crackdown on Mediterranean crossings has diverted African migrants toward the even more perilous Atlantic route, turning the ocean into a […]
National Politics
Politico – Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria
Austria looks like it is the latest European country to go far-right. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Falastine Saleh – How international NGOs racialise and silence Palestinian civil society
A grim portrayal of international NGOs operating in the occupied territories from someone who has been on the inside. Falastine Saleh is a feminist, writer and BDS advocate living in Ramallah, Palestine. Cross-posted from Middle […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2025: part one – AI, AI, AI…
Despite many pinning their hopes on Artificial Intelligence as the saviour of global capitalism, economists don’t seem to know what the impact is going to be on jobs and productivity. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]
Privatisation
Emanuele Pugliese – AI can transform research, but if it’s all in private hands’ will society benefit?
With the big tech companies controlling the big AI research budgets, we are poorly placed to ensure Artificial Intelligence is developed in a way which serves humanity as a whole. Emanuele Pugliese is a Researcher […]
Climate Crisis
Benjamin Bradlow, Alexandros Kentikelenis – Technology and Transition
The role of technology transfers in international trade, particularly in the context of the green transition. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ramzy Baroud – A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and Unanswered Questions
Overview of the Gaza genocide in 2024. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian […]
Geopolitics
Seraj Assi – Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid
‘No US president has ever been willing to call the system imposed by Israel on the Palestinians what it is: apartheid. Except Jimmy Carter.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Esad Širbegović – How the Magdeburg Christmas market attack exposed Germany’s blindness to Islamophobic violence
Germany’s state-sponsored Islamophobia means that the ideology motivating the Magdeburg Christmas market attacker has to be brushed under the carpet. Esad Širbegović is a writer and analyst based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a […]