Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – First Insights into an EU Vaccination Contract
There is much material missing still, but what is visible is not good. Read here
Corruption
Climate Crisis
Positive Money – Post COVID: Big corporations dominate government’s Build Back Better council
This is being replicated in the EU By Hannah Dewhirst, Campaigner at Positive Money Cross-posted from Positive Money The government’s new Build Back Better council – meant to help the UK recover from the impact […]
Corruption
GPEnewsdocs – Dean Baker On Beating Inequality & COVID-19: Tackle Patent and Copyright Monopolies
Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is part of the story why so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker discussing the high cost of policy choices that make the rich […]
Corruption
Jonathan Cook – Trump may be on trial, but the system that produced him will be acquitted
Jonathan Cook keeping his eye on the political ball. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s website To read the tweets in this article in […]
Corruption
Vila Web: Spain’s Social Democratic Party rejects investigating former king for illicit credit cards
Socialists vote alongside Right PP and Far Right Vox against initiative put forth by coalition partners Read here
Austerity
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – One year into Spain’s “most progressive government in history”
What more should one expect from an EU social democratic and “leftist” party than the same politics from an EU conservative party? Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – EU Citizens: “We do believe in fairies. We do! We do!”
What few seem to register is the complete failure of Europe’s political class in 2020, not to mention the missed opportunities that the COVID crisis offered. This is not only with regard to health, but […]
Austerity
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Un any de “Govern més progressista de la història”
You can read the article in English here Pedro Sánchez s’ha vantat, en els darrers temps, de dirigir “el govern més progressista de la història d’Espanya”. Encara que només sigui amb l’excusa que aquest govern […]
Climate Crisis
Pia Eberhardt, Fabian Flues, Cecilia Olivet: Busting myths around the Energy Charter Treaty
This week, members of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) will hold their annual conference and assess ongoing attempts to reform the controversial agreement. Amidst growing concerns that the ECT undermines urgent climate action, its corporate […]
Corruption
Jaume Portell Caño – Five Reasons Why 20,000 Senegalese arrived in the Canary Islands
What is the point of having so many eyes watching if they only observe the victim on the ground? Jaume Portell Caño is a freelance journalist specialised in economy and international relations, always in relation […]