EU politics
Anadolu Ajansi: EU member states approve €90 billion support loan for Ukraine
Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia opt out of taking part, while package agreed among 24 member states Read Article HERE Photo: EU
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
The Bristol Cable: Palestine Action’s ‘Filton 6’ cleared in ‘huge victory for moral courage in face of political pressure’
A jury has refused to convict the six activists, who broke into and disrupted operations at an Israeli arms firm in Filton, after a high-profile and politically-charged trial Read Article HERE Credit: Palestine Action /Laurence […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Gaza reconstruction; Ukraine reconstruction – ‘It’s all business’
Everything is ‘business’ in Trump’s geo-politics Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal President Donald Trump and attorney Steve Witkoff […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – Trump, Pirate of the Caribbean
After a week in Venezuela Craig Murray reports on what he has seen. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog I have […]
Geopolitics
Jewish Currents: Researchers at Human Rights Watch Resign Over Blocked Report on Palestinian Refugee Return
The departures have roiled the prominent watchdog group over a decision one staffer called “unprincipled and cowardly.” Read Article HERE
EU politics
Rayan Freschi – In France, the word intifada is on trial
When words are mischaracterised and those mischaracterisations can be upheld by courts and lead to people going to prison, freedom of speech is under serious threat. Rayan Freschi is a CAGE researcher based in France. […]
Geopolitics
Politico – EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
The EU is making it easy for the US state to persecute Europeans and block people they don’t like from entering the country. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Iran’s battle for survival is the Arab world’s fight too
Netanyahu is pushing Trump to bring down Ayatollah Khamenei to accelerate Israel’s divide and rule policy in the Middle East: Arab states would be foolish to play along. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of […]
Geopolitics
Robert Skidelsky – Much ado about a Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London
The more Britain is subordinated to the US, the more it’s paranoia grows about ‘the threat’ of Russia and China Robert Skidelsky is a British political economist and historian, author, and crossbench life peer in […]
Geopolitics
Rob Lucas – Stranglehold?
On Cuba, which is currently being isolated to death by Trump. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.