Economics
The Guardian – Facebook: Key points from parliamentary inquiry into disinformation
At 108 pages and covering a wide terrain, comprehensive report damns Facebook Read here
Media Influence
EU politics
The Local fr: ‘They tell nothing but lies’: France’s ‘yellow vests’ reveal their hatred of the media
The two most effective state weapons against democracy are the police and the media. As Serge Halimi wrote in his billiant article Forgotten France rises up (read here) French journlaists have been warned ‘Journalists must […]
Corruption
Tabe Bergman – Fixing the problems of politics and media as usual: not with a media revolution, but ending economic insecurity
With increasingly corrupt state and corporate media, as well as growing inequality, with people having three jobs to survive and little time for politics, democracy is being rapidly eroded. New politics and new media are […]
Finance
Kieren McCarthy: Mark Zuckerberg did everything in his power to avoid Facebook becoming the next MySpace – but forgot one crucial detail…
No one likes a lying asshole Read here
EU politics
Mohamed Elmaazi and Max Blumenthal – Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War
A good piece of research. It is becoming ever clearer where this is heading. Only an academic could raise the question of legality. First the facts – and we are onlyat the beginning. Read here
EU politics
Daily Record: Institute for Statecraft’s Integrity Initiative
In state and commercial media we are constantly bombarded with reports of purported fake news being launched by the Russians. Here is a clear case, where Britain’s own government spooks are doing exactly this to […]
Media
George Monbiot: How US billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain
This is not only US billionaires, but those in Europe as well. The winners of neo-liberalism are pumping money into neo-racist party because democracy and sham democratic liberal parties are no longer working for them. […]
Economics
Aufhebunga Bunga – Numbers Are Too Powerful featuring William Davies
We discuss Nervous States with its author: How has debate became so angery!1!! and fractious? Why don’t we trust institutions any more — or better, which institutions do we still trust and why? How has war […]
Austerity
Pavlos Roufos – A deep look into Greece’s bottomless debt crisis
Writer Pavlos Roufos reviews eight years of managed disaster for Greece under Europe’s austerity regime – from the roots of the crisis in both internal politics and international finance, to the perverse structure of EU-imposed […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Why interest rates are low and Italy needs our support
The political causes of ultra low interest rates in Europe is still being ignored. While those who fail to comprehend that we have to support Italy are promoting nationalism there and in Germany. Heiner Flassbeck […]