EU politics
Reuters – Greeks protest against low wages ahead of 2026 budget vote
Twenty-four hour public sector strike across Greece today [16 December] against low wages. Read the full article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Economics
Michael Roberts – Books of the Year 2025
A handy overview of some of 2025’s most stimulating books about political economy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Every year at this […]
Geopolitics
Israel’s all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza: Interview w/ Mohammed Mhawish
Israeli’s vast surveillance of Gaza is an under-reported tool of the genocide. Interview by Connor Echols, a reporter for Responsible Statecraft. He was previously the managing editor of the NonZero Newsletter. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft […]
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading U.S. and EU into Industrial Decline: Interview w/ Hans-Josef Fell
The West is falling behind in renewables, and the high cost of fossil fuels is putting producers out of business. Interview by David Goeßmann, a journalist based in Berlin/Germany. He has worked for several media […]
Austerity
Georgios Samaras – Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe
‘European authorities promote Greece as a postcrisis success story. Yet Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s right-wing government relies on spyware and the opaque use of EU subsidies — and is now overseeing a brutal cost-of-living crisis.’ In Jacobin. […]
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – Why Did Trump Send His Warships to Venezuela?
Overthrowing the Venezuelan government is part of the US’ big plan, outlined in its new National Security Strategy, to ensure complete domination of every quarter of the Western hemisphere. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with […]
Media
Hamid Dabashi – The New York Times discovers its conscience when the murdered journalist isn’t Palestinian
There are so many liberal journalists who haven’t realised yet that they have lost all moral authority by supporting or ignoring the Gaza genocide. Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative […]
EU politics
Olivier De Schutter – Eradicating Poverty: Growth Is Not the Answer
Distribution has to be at the core of any serious strategy to eliminate poverty in Europe. Olivier De Schutter was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the UN Human Rights […]
Geopolitics
Politico – Using Russian assets to fund Ukraine looks ‘increasingly difficult,’ says EU top diplomat
Is there any scheme which the European Commission has tried against Russia over the past four years which hasn’t back-fired? Every time Brussels tries to do something it only ends up exposing their own weakness. […]
Media
Tamara Gausi, Marta Checa, Mathilde Dorcadie – As Equal Times closes, the work continues
Another independent, progressive media outlet in Europe has bitten the dust. There are very few of us left now. Cross-posted from Equal Times This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, […]