Geopolitics
Ben Wray – It’s Time to Dismantle the US Sanctions-Industrial Complex
Review of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Media
Fabian Scheidler – The Show Trial against Julian Assange
If Assange is extradited, any journalist anywhere in the world could be sent to the US for publishing information that America doesn’t want to be revealed. Fabian Scheidler is the author of the book “The End […]
Geopolitics
Walden Bello – Palestine Lights the Way Forward
Amidst the darkness of our current era, there is always hope for a better tomorrow, if we are willing to fight for it. Walden Bello, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, is the author or […]
Uncategorized
Jaume Claret, Ricard Rosich Argelich – Fascist propaganda on the big screen: the history of the NO-DO in Francoist Spain
Francoist propaganda centred on an obligatory screening of a 10-minute newsreel before every film, called NO-DO. Jaume Claret is a history professor at the Open University of Catalonia. Ricard Rosich Argelich is a history professor […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – War on Gaza: Why Israel will never ‘finish the job’
Israel has only two alternatives: to follow Ben Gvir and Smotrich in their quest to turn a war over land into a religious war, or discuss with the Palestinians how they can share the land as […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Leigh Phillips – The West Is Sabotaging a Global Pandemic Treaty
“International talks aimed at creating a treaty to prevent another COVID-19 catastrophe are nearing collapse. This impasse is due to the refusal of countries such as the US, Canada, and Germany to compromise on Big […]
Geopolitics
John Rees – The Zionist lobby: myth and reality
A critique of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s argument that US policy in relation to Israel is almost entirely determined by domestic issues, especially the influence of the Israel lobby on the American state. John […]
EU politics
Gonzalo Donair – Look each other in the eyes whilst building a path as you walk
A report from a meeting in Barcelona of anti-capitalist organisations from across Europe, in ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Racism
Maël Galisson – The path to the ‘small boats’ crisis is littered with past death
A deep insight into the lives of those trying to cross the English Channel, and why they choose to risk their lives doing so. Maël Galisson is an independent journalist focusing on migration and border […]
EU politics
Politico – Ursula von der Leyen announces bid for 2nd term
‘Frau Genocide,’ as Clare Daly MEP aptly dubbed her, is surely going to be European Commission president for another five years, bringing shame on all of Europe. Read the article HERE.