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
Media Influence
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 […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – Antisemitism Claims have One Goal: To Stop Jeremy Corbyn Winning Power in Britain
The Jewish community’s alienation from Labour has been years in the making – but it is Johnson’s Conservatives who have embraced hostility to minorities Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, […]
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck – Hatred and the Decline of Politics
Politicians the world over are ill-equipped to deal with the biggest threats facing society, hatred and extremism of all kinds including the climate. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of […]
Media
Penalty Shot Panic
Google Analytics brings certain interesting phenomenon to light concerning our website, some of which we do not understand. The newest of these is an apparent “Penalty Shot Panic” among our readers. As you know, we […]
Climate Crisis
Mike Small – Why Aggressive Media Attacks on Extinction Rebellion Should Concern Everyone
We are posting this as it is uncanny – and probably no coincidence – that the arguments being used by British media to attack proponents and activists of the Climate Crisis movement are the same […]
Fake News
HuffPost: Monsanto’s Spies
The agri-chemical giant has a storied history of using shady tactics to attack critics and influence the media. Read here