EU politics
Marina Forti – In Genoa
Piece about the remarkable general strike for Gaza in Italy and the struggle of dockworkers in the country against genocide. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Austerity
Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich
Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Social Contract or Expert Rule: Capitalism, Democratic Politics, Economic Expertise, and the Battle against “Populism”
The German Wirtschaftswunder was not the result of economicexpertise applied by Ludwig Erhard to postwar West Germany. There is no uni–versally applicable theory-cum-practice of a “social market economy.” A capitalisteconomy is a political economy that […]
EU politics
Lorenzo Forlani: From docks to cities, Italians challenge Meloni’s complicity in Gaza genocide
This week’s general strike for Gaza, led by unions and dockworkers, draws on a long tradition of antiwar resistance – and puts growing pressure on Italy’s right-wing government Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos – Israel wins TikTok
Larry Ellison and a constellation of billionaires will finally get their way, buying the very app they wanted to kill a year ago for being too ‘pro-Palestinian’ Kelley Beaucar Vlahos is the Editorial Director of […]
EU politics
Politico: Dockworkers from across Europe gather to plan trade squeeze on Israel
Dockworker unions are fast becoming an important factor in exerting pressure over the war in Gaza. Read Article HERE
EU politics
Palestine Chronicle: Spain Cancels Third Arms Deal with Israel Following New Embargo Law
Spain has canceled a €207 million arms deal with Israel as part of a new royal decree imposing a comprehensive embargo in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
BBC: Kneecap rapper’s terror case thrown out
The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out following a technical error in the way the charge against him was brought. He was charged in May after allegedly displaying […]
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne: How Britain’s contempt for the UN enables Gaza genocide
Beyond empty rhetoric, the Starmer government is doing nothing to stop Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians Read Article HERE
Economics
Michael Hudson – The Great Soybean Divorce: How China Moved On from America
Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at […]