EU politics
Defend Democracy Press: The Plundering of Greece: Now the Creditors (EU, ECB, IMF) steal even Museums and Monuments
Historical Monuments and Museums are transferred to Greece’s Privatization Fund. Read here Is the Parthenon next?
EU politics
EU politics
Politico: Bulgarian investigative journalist murdered
Three investigative journalists have been murdered in EU nations this year. This is not what democracy looks like. Read here
EU politics
Stavros Mavroudeas – Macedonia: The FYROM 2018 referendum and its implications
According to Stavros Mavroudeas the United States and the EU are massively interfering in Macedonian politics in hope of expanding their markets and militar hegemony in the Balkans. The recent referendum confirms this. Stavros Mavroudeas […]
Climate Crisis
Hauke Benner- Germany´s tree-occupiers keep the multinational corporation RWE in check
On Saturday 50,000 protestors participated in a march to the Hambach Forest, one of Germany´s few remaining virgin woodlands. The Energy transnational corporation RWE wishes to destroy it to enable them to surface mine brown […]
EU politics
Michael Roberts: Regulation of banks does not work
There is one big lesson from the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. Regulating the modern banking system does not work. Modern banks are now primarily giant hedge fund managers speculating on financial assets or they […]
EU politics
El Nacional Cat.: Spain withdrew billions of euros from Catalan banks after referendum
The day after the Catalan independence referendum, so on 2nd October 2017, the Spanish state quietly removed the money public companies and authorities held in the two largest Catalan banks, Banc Sabadell and CaixaBank. Read […]
Economics
Nick Shaxson – The Finance Curse
The financial sector is hailed as the crowning glory of the UK economy. But as it blooms, everything else withers. This is true wherever the financial sector becomes dominant in the economy, similar to what […]
Economics
Ashoka Mody: Why the euro failed
A 1700-word summary of Euro Tragedy. So if you do not manage to read this outstanding book, this is the next best thing. Read here
EU politics
Novara Media: The Tories Are Facing Oblivion
A political dam has broken in the United Kingdom as Britons have discovered that austerity is neither good for them or their children, that the free market is not free, but serves the interest of […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – The new Italian government is continuing the failed Renzi strategy
This is the English language (original) interview with Arcangelo Rociola, published on the AGI site in Italian, on the Italian government’s clash with Brussels over its budget deficit, the plans for a flat tax (that is […]