Economics
George Monbiot: Honourable Theft
How one young woman broke down the gates of knowledge Read here
Media Concentration
EU politics
Politics Theory Other – Tom Mills on reforming the UK media
Tom Mills joins Politics Theory Other to discuss the problems of the UK media, the Labour Party leadership’s proposals for media reform, and the media class’s aversion to workplace democracy. Listen here
EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Jeremy Corbyn and Balance
Simon Wren-Lewis who is not a corbynite, has long been an astute critic of British media. Once again he turns to his attention to how the British media incessantly trashes the Labour Party leader. Read […]
EU politics
Yiannis Βaboulias: “Orientalising” Greece in the international press and how we’re missing the coming threat.
This is a pan-European problem, unfortunatley reported in a national perspective. Read here
Media
Fintan O’Toole: The slide into ‘post-truth’ is not inevitable
Why is it surprising to find one of the great political writers of the 20th century so doleful about the state of political controversy in 1944? Read here
EU politics
Save Your iInternet: Filternet
Explains the new internet law, Article 13. that corporate media is trying to purchase at the EU. Informative , yet with humour and charm – takes a moment to get going. The European Union […]
Fake News
Caitlin Johnstone: Mass Media Is The Enemy Of The People Like The Cage Is The Enemy Of The Bird
There is not much to say about this piece. It speaks so powerfully for itself. Read here
Corruption
The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Book review by Mathew D. Rose Andrea Capussela has a tale to tell – and he does it well. This book could not have appeared at a more opportune moment as it seeks to illuminate […]
Media
Tom Mills – We need Democratic Media, not State Media
Europe needs democratic media, not state media. The case made by Tom Mills is relevant for most state media in Europe. State media has become synonymous with established political parties and business interests, alienated, when […]
Austerity
John Weeks – Free markets and the decline of democracy
What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]