Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Is there hope for a post neoliberal world?
We are all realising that our political class – the large parties and their lobbying machines – only want power. Something has to give. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen grab
Racism
Geopolitics
Esad Širbegović – Manufacturing Obmana: Noam Chomsky and the Architecture of Deception
Noam Chomsky and genocide Esad Širbegović is a writer and analyst based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a member of the International Expert Team at the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada. In 2022, […]
National Politics
Chris Hedges – The Machinery of Terror
The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a […]
EU politics
Hanna Pfeifer – The Five Ways Germany Denies Genocide
Five distinct forms of genocide denial in German war discourse – showing how Germany explains Israel’s genocide in Gaza away, one concession at a time. Hanna Pfeifer is a political scientist and head of the […]
Geopolitics
Jonathan Cook – Genocide isn’t a mistake. Which is why the media can’t tell you the truth about Gaza
A new film about Hind Rajab’s murder points to a deeply sick Israeli society, driven into the darkest of places by a racist ideology that says Jewish lives count, Palestinian lives don’t Jonathan Cook is […]
Economics
Ndongo Samba Sylla – A Shameful Anniversary: The CFA Franc at 80
CFA franc was introduced in 1945 as the currency of several African countries. After 80 years, are CFA country leaders willing to confront the political & historical realities that uphold this colonial currency? Read Article […]
Geopolitics
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: UN report chronicles intensification of decades of severe racial discrimination by Israel in occupied West Bank
A comprehensive UN Human Rights Office report released today details the asphyxiating impact of Israel’s laws, policies and practices on every aspect of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. […]
Fake News
Alan Rusbridger: A crisis at the Jewish Chronicle shows the toothlessness of the press watchdog
The country’s longest-standing Jewish newspaper ran fabricated stories that have prompted a widespread inquiry in Israel. But at home, the press regulator has show little interest in holding the title Read Article HERE
National Politics
Sian Norris – UK plans add ‘new layer of cruelty’ for asylum seekers, expert warns
The Labour party is determined to introduce all of the policies of Nigel Farage’s Reform party before it comes into power. Sian Norris is a senior investigative reporter at openDemocracy. Cross-posted from OpenDemocracy The government’s […]
EU politics
David Cronin: Von der Leyen and Blair still want to boss Palestinians around
Four words are all that are needed to prove that the West’s supposed leaders are on the wrong side. Those four words are “Europe stands with Israel.” Read Article HERE Photo: European Union