EU politics
Catalan News: Spain adopts controversial digital decree
Measure presented by Spanish Socialists to stop Catalonia developing “digital republic” grants authorities in Madrid “exceptional” powers Read here
Media
Climate Crisis
Hayley Stevenson – Global Climate Governance in an Age of Bullshit
Holding leaders to account for their lack of ecological integrity requires greater local and global democratic engagement. Hayley Stevenson is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina Cross-posted […]
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
Economics
Fundraising 2019 – Yes, please do read this
When we had the idea for BRAVE NEW EUROPE it was clear that a number of crises were on the horizon: the climate catastrophe, the next financial disaster, and a new economic recession. We did […]
EU politics
Felicity Ruby: Assange Behind Bars
I have only ever known Julian Assange in detention. For nine years now, I have visited him in England bearing Australian news and solidarity. To Ellingham Hall I brought music and chocolate, to the Ecuadorian embassy […]
EU politics
Robin McAlpine: Welcome to ‘Frame Wars’ – Where Powerful People Decide What Words Mean
Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine argues that elites have manipulated language in such a way as to obliterate critique of their own political power and control Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think […]
Media
NEON: Press Officer Handbook
This could be very useful as a guide to press work in social movements. Read here