Fake News
Wolfgang Munchau – Why pundits get it wrong
The left-right-centre model of political analysis has long ceased to be useful Read here
Media Influence
Media
Jonathan Cook – We can defeat the corporate media’s war to snuff out independent journalism
A good look into the work and challenges of independent journalists Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s website My talk at the International Festival […]
Climate Crisis
Mathew D. Rose – Angela Merkel: The End of Hopey, Changey EU
Just as Angela Merkel’s reputation as the world leader of Liberal Democracy – not difficult while Donald Trump was in office – is fading following a series of fiascos, she has been outflanked by the […]
Climate Crisis
New Weather Institute – How advertisers got people shopping in two-tonne trucks
A new study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in towns and cities and calls on ad agencies to drop polluters The New Weather Institute is a co-op and a think-tank, created to […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – How the IHRA antisemitism definition became a pro-Israel cudgel
New research charts a five-year campaign by highly partisan, pro-Israel lobby groups to mislead the international community about the nature of what has been widely described as the “gold standard” definition of antisemitism. Read here
Fake News
Patrick Cockburn – Focusing Purely on Injustices in China and Russia with a Cold War Mindset Damages Human Rights Everywhere
The real purpose of this gambit from the point of view of those waging information wars is to impose a convenient silence over wrongdoings by our side while focusing exclusively on theirs. Patrick Cockburn is the […]
Economics
Wolfgang Münchau: So much for the Brexit scare stories
Apart from a short-lived disruption of trade flows Brexit has been a macroeconomic non-event. Read here
Climate Crisis
Michael Mann – The New Climate War
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses his new book, The New Climate War, in which he outlines the many ways in which powerful interests deflect, divide, and delay, to prevent real action that would avert the […]
Austerity
Post Growth: Life after Capitalism by Tim Jackson
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose On Monday, 12 April at 8pm CET, BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be presenting a Webinar with Tim Jackson about his book Post Growth. There will be a simultaneous Translation […]
Austerity
Tonia Mastrobuoni – Interview with Philipp Heimberger: Why I launched the Campaign Against Italy Nonsense
Public discourse about Italy is very distorted, and we should thrive to change it Tonia Mastrobouni is the Berlin correspondent, La Repubblica The original article in Italian in La Repubblica is here (paywall) Tonia Mastrobuoni […]