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Environment

Transport & Environment: Biggest cruise ships today are more than twice as big as they were in 2000

August 13, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The number and size of cruise ships globally have doubled since the start of the millennium, T&E’s new ‘Cruisezilla’ report reveals Read HERE Image: Transport & Environment

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Geopolitics

Dave Lindorff – Has the US ‘Lost Control’ of Israel?

August 6, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The idea that the US has “lost control” of the Middle East situation, as the New York Times is claiming, is absurd. Dave Lindorff is a CounterPunch contributor and founder of ThisCan’tBeHappening!, co-produced the 2023 Stevee […]

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Political Parties

Uğur Tekiner – The Left saw off the radical right in Britain and France – but for how long?

August 6, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The UK general election and the French legislative election both produced victories for parties on the left. While the results demonstrate the left can defeat the radical right, major challenges lie ahead. Uğur Tekiner is an […]

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Geopolitics

Omar Yousef Shehabi – On Recognition

August 6, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Palestinians suspect that revived Western interest in recognising a Palestinian state is based more on a desire to ‘save Israel from itself’ than on concern for the Palestinians themselves. Omar Yousef Shehabi is an acting […]

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Economics

Heiner Flassbeck: Hello, wake up! It’s a recession!

August 6, 2024 David Shirreff 0

German politicians are in denial about the state of the nation. Read HERE Image: Al2/Creative Commons

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Inequality

Middle East Eye: What triggered Britain’s far-right riots and how did they unfold?

August 6, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Far-right watchdogs say the riots are not organised by formal groups but by loose networks on Telegram and WhatsApp Read HERE Photo: Richard Hopkins/Creative Commons

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Geopolitics

Mel Gurtov – Two Wars with No Way Out

July 30, 2024 David Shirreff 3

Most wars do end in some fashion, but plenty of wars—and the wars in Ukraine and Israel appear to be among them—drag on indefinitely, with no prospect for a cease-fire much less a peace settlement. […]

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Tax

Alex Cobham – Why the new Labour government should reverse the UK’s opposition to the UN tax convention

July 30, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The UK is among the biggest revenue losers to the cross-border tax abuse of multinational companies and wealthy individuals.  Alex Cobham is an economist and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network Cross-posted from Tax Justice Network […]

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Economics

Gemma Dale and Matthew Tucker – Bosses are increasingly forcing workers back into the office – but evidence suggests it could backfire

July 30, 2024 David Shirreff 0

A growing number of companies are trying to force employees back to the office after several years of remote working. They’re likely to be in for a battle. Gemma Dale is Lecturer, Faculty of Business […]

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Geopolitics

Turkish Minute: Erdoğan’s ‘threat’ against Israel sparks war of words

July 30, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Recent remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, have been interpreted by Israel as a threat of military action, igniting […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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