Corruption
UKTodayNews: Austrian property billionaires charged with bribing Green party politician
The Greens have become as corrupt as the other parties. No wonder wherever they are in government policies remain the same. Read here
Political Parties
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read, Jem Bendell – The Davosification of Cop: Why capitalism hasn’t got climate covered
Cop26 is many things. Rupert Read and Jem Bendell are co-authors of DEEP ADAPTATION: Navigating the realities of climate chaos. Polity Press, 2021 One of us (Rupert) is in the thick of Cop26 in Glasgow, […]
Corruption
Wolfgang Streeck – Rusty Charley and the Rule of Law
Another brilliant analysis of EU political reality by Wolfgang Streeck Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director of Director the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany Cross-posted from El Salto Translation […]
Corruption
Radio Free Europe: Ukraine’s Top English-Language Newspaper Suddenly Shut Down Amid Owner-Staff Dispute
Ukraine, like Afghanistan, is a festering sore, which the West keeps pouring billions into only to see increasing power of the oligarchy and cleptocracy Read here
Corruption
Albena Azmanova, Bethany Howard – Binding The Guardian
Following recent articles by Carlo Clericetti and Wolfgang Streeck on the political arbitrariness of the “EU Rule of Law”, this is an excerpt from a study that raises the question if the EU Commission is […]
Corruption
Reinhard Heinisch, Annika Werner – The Kurz affair has uncovered the Trumpian dimension of Austrian politics
Another EU Poster Boy caught up in corruption On 9 October, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned following a corruption scandal. Reinhard Heinisch and Annika Werner explain why the rise and fall of Kurz has parallels […]
Corruption
Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst
Famed short-seller is even more concerned with political fallout from Evergrande than economic/financial woes. Interview by Lynn Parramore Cross-posted from the INET Webiste Renowned short-seller Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates, is what you […]
Corruption
Richard Murphy – How Neo-liberal Populism Destroys a Valuable Public Service – Again
In this simple step for step analysis we see once again the 40 years old populist ploy of privatisation – in this case Britain’s health service NHS Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor […]
Corruption
Mathew D. Rose – All Quiet on the German Front
Don’t expect much change after the German elections. The corporate elite still determines policy. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]
Climate Crisis
Global Witness, Corporate Europe Observatory – Piping gas into the Parliament
Rapporteur’s pro-gas views and refusal to reveal lobbying raise alarms over TEN-E revision Read here