National Politics
The Kyiv Independent: Decoding Prigozhin’s Rebellion
Three positive factors and four negatives lay behind the rise and fall of Prigozhin’s rebellion Read HERE Fargoh/Wikimedia Commons
Articles by David Shirreff
Environment
Daniel Ross: Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely
A major source of contamination continues to get short shrift by those charged with protecting the nation’s waterways and the public’s health: pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Read HERE Kondah/Creative Commons
Energy
Stan Cox – Needed: Either Degrowth or Two Earths
The only way to reduce emissions fast enough to prevent climate catastrophe is to phase out the burning of oil, gas, and coal by law, directly and deliberately. Stan Cox is the author of The Green New Deal […]
Media Influence
Craig Murray – Daniel Ellsberg, and the “Good” and “Bad” Whistleblower
The reason Dan Ellsberg attained a folk hero status denied to Assange, Snowden or Manning is that Vietnam has full Establishment acceptance as an error, but the 21st century invasions, interventions and the population mass […]
Tax
Telita Snyckers – Switzerland’s tax referendum is a choice between tax havenry and more tax havenry
Corporate taxation in Switzerland has about as many holes in it as its famous cheese. That is possibly about to change (although whether for better or for worse is up for debate.) Telita Snyckers is […]
Media Influence
Other News: The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange & The Death of Journalism
Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out. He could be extradited to the U.S. this week. Should he be convicted, reporting on the inner workings of power will become a crime. Read HERE Cancillería […]
Gig Economy
Zahra Rahmouni: Undocumented black migrant workers are caught in a vicious cycle of racism in North Africa
Employers who wish to regularise the status of workers from other African countries must go through tedious procedures to obtain a visa or work permit, even a temporary one. Read HERE Creative Commons
Environment
Stéphane Arditi, Marco Musso and Roberta Arbinolo – Lost in Transit: EU Waste Management Fees fail to follow Second-Hand Exports to Africa
The fees paid by producers to support waste management costs often fail to travel that far. A new study highlights what this means for African economies. Stéphane Arditi, Marco Musso and Roberta Arbinolo are contributors to Meta […]
Energy
Bela Galgóczi: A Fight for Every Job – De-Carbonising Europe’s Cars
The shift to electric cars is gaining momentum, with huge implications for millions of workers. The priority for trade unions is to secure jobs and workers’ rights. But what will a just transition mean for […]
Economics
Wyn Grant, Alan Greer: How has UK agricultural policy changed since Brexit?
Processes of de-Europeanisation in the British agricultural sector have been uneven following the UK’s exit from the EU, with significant divergence in some areas and continuity in others. Read HERE Des Blenkinsopp/Wikimedia Commons