Economics
Ann Pettifor: Technocrats as handmaidens to authoritarianism
Central bank technocrats are not ‘independent’ Read Article HERE This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
National Politics
Economics
Antonia Zimmermann – Europe’s ‘century of humiliation’ could be just beginning
Donald Trump is using America’s military and technological superiority to force one-sided deals on Europe. Read Article HERE This file is from the Audiovisual Service website of the European Commission and is licensed under the […]
EU politics
Mihail Evans – We need to talk about Latvia
While the Baltic States and the EU revel in the delusion of defeating Russia militarily, they are increasing tensions with their Eastern neighbour Dr Mihail Evans is Research Fellow at the New Europe College, Bucharest. […]
EU politics
Portugal Resident: Israelis make up 40% of new Portuguese nationals; 60% ‘don’t even live in Portugal’
In the last five years, 73,449, Israelis received Portuguese nationality under the special ‘amnesty’ that has since been terminated (due to perceptions that even this was being ‘manipulated’). Read HERE
Economics
Michael R. Strain: The (non) effect of tariffs on manufacturing employment
American manufacturing is not in crisis and manufacturing jobs do not deserve special attention, and that the trade war is likely to decrease manufacturing employment rather than increase it. Read the article HERE This photo […]
EU politics
The German Question and Europe’s Future – Interview w/ Wolfgang Streeck
Walden Bello speaks to Wolfgang Streeck about German politics and society. Wolfgang Streeck is director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Walden Bello is a columnist for Foreign Policy […]
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Dutch foreign minister resigns over Gaza
The resignation came after government failed to agree on additional sanctions against Israel Read Article HERE Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp Creative Commons Public Domain Mark
Economics
Craig Murray – Ukraine: Humiliation for Europe
Europe is caught between the realpolitik of the US and Russia and being humiliated Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog This […]
Economics
Corruption
Vladimir Radomirović – Buy Me a Government or Buy Me a Riot: The Role of Tycoons in Serbian Politics
Oligarchs everywhere in the West are buying political power and the politicians are only too happy to take their money. Vladimir Radomirović is the editor-in-chief of Pištaljka, a whistleblowing platform in Serbia Photo: Wikipedia Wealthy […]