Economics
Richard D. Wolff – The Real Drivers of Inflation
Is it Covid? Is it China? Is it supply chain disruption? Is it consumerism gone mad?
Fake News
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News: World’s largest companies promise much more climate action than they deliver
Large companies emphasize intentions to reduce carbon emissions to net zero, but according to the results of the latest analysis of corporate climate responsibility, 25 of the biggest ones in the world are on a […]
Climate Crisis
Oil Change International: Climate hypocrite: Norway has opened up billions of barrels of new oil and gas resources
Norway claims to be one of the climate leaders and it was among the first countries to ratify the Paris Agreement. The Scandinavian country is pursuing an “aggressive policy of expanding its oil and gas […]
Economics
Hubert Horan – Uber’s “Academic Research” Program: How to Use Famous Economists to Spread Corporate Narratives
This is the third and final in a series of three articles from the end of 2019 that we have dug out of the archives in support of the Barcelona taxi drivers’ current conflict with […]
Fake News
Patrick Cockburn – Ukraine the Powderkeg Story: Always Smoking, Never Quite Exploding
The Ukraine conflict is becoming a media spectacle. Who needs a real war when this sort of stuff is available. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
Economics
Craig Murray – Cry “Havoc!” and Let Slip the dogs of war
Following the pummelling we have taken concerning Ukraine from mainstream media in the past week, we thought it might be interesting to hear another opinion. Alone the video contained in this article is worth posting […]
Austerity
Chris Dillow: Strategic Impotence
We can call it strategic impotence – using a claim to be unable to do something as means of pursuing one’s advantage or cementing privilege. Read here
Fake News
Patrick Cockburn – Putin is Playing a Strong Hand on Ukraine…as Long as He Doesn’t Invade
While we in the West are warned daily that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent any moment now, not much is happening. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McKibben: What happens if you greenwash greenwash?
It’s hard to go lower than net zero…. Read here
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – My dummy spit over The Guardian and Don’t Look Up: climate change & 50 years of media degeneration
Just a few opportunistic comments: We began our boycott of the Guardian over two years ago for similar reasons (about the same time David Graeber decided to stop writing for the Guardian). Steve is an […]