EU politics
Bill Mitchell: British legislation must be able to override EU law – that is what independence means
Let us be honest, the EU perpetually breaks rules, laws, and treaties. Bill Mitchell lists many of these. Read here
Racism
EU politics
Jonathan Hearn – Remembering Hume
“We live in an age in which the relationship between science and morality, between objective empirical knowledge and our moral intuitions, is deeply problematic.” Jonathan Hearn is Professor of Political and Historical Sociology at the […]
EU politics
Niamh Ni Bhriain – The Deadly Politics of Colonial Borders during the Covid-19 Pandemic
There is a concerted effort by EU leaders to keep people seeking asylum out at all costs, & far too often they pay the ultimate price. At least six people have died each day trying […]
EU politics
Jule Goikoetxea – Violence
The word violence has been institutionalised to serve the interests of capitalism, racism, and patriarchy. Jule Goikoetxea is a Basque professor, writer, and feminist activist What is violence? Starving when there is food. Dying from […]
Climate Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis – What’s wrong with capitalism?
Another interesting interview with Yanis Varoufakis.
EU politics
Branko Milanović – Living in Own Ideology
We all live in our ideological worlds and imagine that everybody else inhabits the same one too. Until things change. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, […]
EU politics
Valeria Alice Colombo – EU: Black Lives should Matter in the Mediterranean too
Malta’s fatal strategies to counter the growing number of refugees are part of the EU’s systematic racism and violent border regime. Valeria Alice Colombo is an Italian Doctor and Crew member on Open Arms, Alan […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – Symbols are Invested with Power. Don’t Dismiss the Importance of Toppling a Statue
Jonathan’s returns to the topic of toppling of statues following his brilliant article “Tearing Down Statues isn’t Vandalism. It’s at the Heart of the Democratic Tradition” (read here). Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist […]
EU politics
Gary Younge – What Black America Means to Europe
From the vantage point of a continent that both resents and covets American power, and is in no position to do anything about it, African-Americans represent to many Europeans a redemptive force: the living proof […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – Tearing Down Statues isn’t Vandalism. It’s at the Heart of the Democratic Tradition
There is much discussion in Britain about the removal of a statue of a slave trader standing in the middle of the city of Bristol by the citizens of the city. As always democratic efforts […]