Economics
Dean Baker: NYT Does Public Relations Work for Emmanuel Macron
One probably calls this international reactionary solidarity. Read here
Media
Media
Jonathan Cook – How we stay blind to the story of power
A long but fascinating read about “Power”. So treat yourself to a great read this weekend. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan’s website If one […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – BP is responsible for the oil it sells. No one else is. And on that basis it is clear it has no intention of being a net-zero carbon company
There is no lie too small or too large that corporations will not use to increase profits. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues […]
Media
Jonathan Cook: Antisemitism has been used to smear the left, while the right targets Jews
Israel may emerge stronger by playing politics with antisemitism, but not without severe repercussions for Western Jews Read here
EU politics
Vicent Partal – The Spanish Police Frame-Up that should be a Lesson to Everyone
One can see how desperate the Spanish government (Social Democrats) is to justify its brutal repression in Catalonia. The Committees for the Defence of the Republic, or CDR, previously named Committees for the Defense of […]
Austerity
Maurice Glasman – Britain: How Boris Johnson Broke the Brexit Interregnum
Boris Johnson resolved the Brexit impasse through transforming the class basis of the Conservative Party, renewing his party for a generation, ripping into the Labour heartlands by aligning Brexit with national renewal, and exposing the […]
EU politics
In Defence of Marxism: Britain after the election defeat
A different take on the recent British general election. Very long, so make yourself a mug of tea. Read here
Media
Branko Milanović – Who are we?
We do not normally muck about with other people’s texts, but would like to add this quote from Alexis de Tocqueville (knowing Branko, he will not mind): “Fetters and headsmen were the coarse instruments that […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – Corbyn’s Defeat has Slain the Left’s Last Illusion
This is the third analysis of yesterday’s British general election that we are posting. We hope it will assist our readers inside and outside Britain in comprehending yesterday’s UK general election result. See the other […]
Fake News
Valerio Alfonso Bruno – Do We really Need Expertise in Politics?
There are many good reasons to rebel against so called scientists, as in the case of neo-classical economists, who have proven to be anything but scientists. On the other hand, it can be a dangerous […]