Corruption
Racism
EU politics
Middle East Eye: France and Algeria rocked by ‘most serious’ diplomatic crisis since end of colonial rule
Rightward shift of the French political class and persistence of ‘colonial unconscious’ are contributing to mounting tensions Read HERE
EU politics
Ivan Kalmar – The myth of Eastern European illiberalism
Until very recently, it was common to hear illiberalism described as a specifically Eastern European phenomenon. Now that it’s clear that it is global, we need serious structural and universal explanations for it. Ivan Kalmar […]
Austerity
David Goessmann – How Germany’s Extreme Centre Fueled AfD’s Success
As they united around neoliberalism and an aggressive foreign policy, mainstream parties created a dangerous democratic vacuum. This vacuum can now be exploited in particular by extremist parties on the right. David Goeßmann is a […]
EU politics
Zachary Gallant – Germany’s Shallow Reckoning With Its Nazi Past
‘Credit Suisse is currently under investigation by the US Senate for obstructing investigations into its servicing of Nazi-linked clients. But the bank is far from alone: many German firms have never given up the monetary […]
Economics
Chris Hedges – The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the deep state presages the formation of something far worse Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as […]
EU politics
Esad Širbegović – The Normalization of Islamophobia in Austria
After World War II Austria was able to wrangle that they were an occupied nation by Nazi Germany. Whoever knows anything abouut the Nazi era knows that the Austrians were 110% Nazis and many still […]
Inequality
Catherine Liu, Chris Hedges – Virtue Hoarders and the Rejection of Liberalism
12 February 2025 The material needs of working class people in America continue to be obscured and co-opted by politicians and people claiming to know what’s best on both sides of the political aisle. While […]
EU politics
Andrea Pettrachin, Matteo Bassoli: The Italy-Albania migration deal – a policy failure?
Meloni wants to be seen to be fighting with liberal judges and NGOs for control over the migration and asylum issue. In that sense, the fact the Albania migration deal hasn’t worked is not a […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: Far-right flying high
The number of racist attacks on refugees is soaring in Germany. Far-right offences average 100 per day, while the AfD are further boosted by a CDU anti-immigrant motion in the Bundestag. Read HERE