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Joe Gill – Is Burnham just Starmer with vibes? The same lobby groups funded both
Burnham promised to end neoliberalism, but he has already U-turned on his most ambitious policies. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Venezuela and Oman, for newspapers including Financial Times, Morning Star and […]
Austerity
Richard D. Wolff – Why Europe’s Leaders Provoke War with Russia
The decline and self-destruction of the United States Richard D. Wolff is an American Marxian economist known for his work on economic methodology and class analysis. He is a professor emeritus of economics at the […]
Corruption
Chris Hedges – Requiem for America on the Fourth of July
The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU Corporate Lobby League 2026
Corporate lobby spending in Brussels has risen by 50% since 2020, and the number of registered lobbyists has grown by 30%. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising […]
Corruption
Asbel Bohigues – PSOE’s corruption scandal is the weak link in Spain’s left-wing government
Spanish Prime Minister and PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez has been the great political survivor, but the constant corruption scandals may finally push him out of power. Asbel Bohigues is professor of political science at the […]
Corruption
Karl Hansen – The Hasan Piker Ban Exposes the Power of the Israel Lobby
‘The decision to ban Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from the UK marks further escalation in the clampdown on critics of Israel.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Politico – Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU
If Big Tech can build data centres and hide the energy consumption of those data centres, transparency is dead in the EU. Read the full article HERE.
Corruption
Des Freedman – Don’t let Zionists crush the right to protest
The conviction of two Palestine solidarity protest organisers in the UK, after lobbying by the Zionist lobby, is indicative of rising authoritarianism in Europe. Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communications in the Department […]
Corruption
Nico Schmidt, Ella Joyner – How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
‘Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can […]