Climate Crisis
Chris Hedges – American Psychosis
Chris Hedges on the US empire of narcissism and psychopathy
Media Influence
Economics
Dean Baker – Trump Crazy and Intellectual Crazy
At the most basic level, anyone in a policy position is almost always, by definition, on the winning side of the inequality gap. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]
Fake News
William Callison, Quinn Slobodian – Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol
Defying conventional political labels and capitalizing on widespread distrust, a range of new movements share the conviction that all power is conspiracy. Read here
Finance
Branko Milanović – L’éducation idéologique
Who needs too clever by half corporate media political analysts when there are blogs like this one Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – How the left is being manipulated into colluding in its own character assassination
We are continuing with the series of outstanding articles by Jonathan concerning the case of Julian Assange. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001 Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s website […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – EU Citizens: “We do believe in fairies. We do! We do!”
What few seem to register is the complete failure of Europe’s political class in 2020, not to mention the missed opportunities that the COVID crisis offered. This is not only with regard to health, but […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – The US and UK may not will Assange’s death, but everything they are doing makes it more likely
Freedom of the press and human rights always seem to be one of the main topics in politics and corporate media, but simple cases like Assange prove how empty that is Jonathan Cook is an […]
EU politics
Chris Myant – France: War of Images in Paris
Like the Gilets jaunes the authorities hope to grind this coalition down by police intimidation, scare stories of violence and the appearance of concessions. Chris Myant started as a journalist in 1968 working for the […]
Lobbying
Jonathan Cook – Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror Across Europe
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has called time on the growing witch-hunt on sincere activity that is frequently stigmatised as antisemitic. Jonathan Cook applauds that move. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, […]
Fake News
Jonathan Cook – Establishment Journalists are piling on to smear Robert Fisk now he cannot answer back
The problem is that most journalists are propagandists, which they will vehemently deny. They do not ask the most basic question of why billionaires and international corporations are paying them good money to write what […]