Corruption
Direkt 36: How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power
If you still had any illusions of how the EU functions under its German hegemon, this article will remove these. A brilliant piece. Read here
Media
Environment
DeSmogUK: Rachel Sherrington – These Agribusiness Groups With Ties to Climate Denial are Trying to Influence the US-UK Trade Deal
Some US lobby groups are becoming increasingly influential in trade talks and other international negotiations. They pose a risk to environmental and food safety rules and a threat to the outcome of a US-UK trade […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent?
The role of the Guardian in the prosecution of Julian Assange is ignominious, as is the case in so many other matters. To see the complete Tweets in this article just click on them. Jonathan […]
Economics
Thomas Klikauer, Nadine Campbell – The Anti-Racist Feminist and the Corporate CEO
The myth of the “Great White Male Manager” Thomas Klikauer teaches MBAs at the Sydney Graduate School of Management, Western Sydney University, Australia. Nadine Campbell is the founder of Abydos Academy Cross-posted from Counterpunch In […]
EU politics
Craig Murray – Media Freedom? Show me the Mainstream Media Journalist Opposing the Torture of Assange
The affair around Julian Assange is of course an attack on freedom of the press, but not on mainstream media, whose goal is to end democracy. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, […]
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – Is ‘disaster capitalism’ why no-one is taking Scotland’s economic crisis seriously?
Many of you are probably wondering why BRAVE NEW EUROPE keeps posting these articles about Scotland? Who cares about Scotland, it is not even a nation? The reason is that Scotland is a microcosm of […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – The communicative incapacity of German politicians
Why are so many Germans frustrated and resigned? One cannot spare politicians and the mainstream media the accusation that they are primarily responsible for this. Their inability to communicate with citizens has reached a new […]
Media
Juan Passarelli – The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange
Journalists are under attack globally for doing their jobs. Julian Assange is facing a 175 year sentence for publishing if extradited to the United States. The Trump administration has gone from denigrating journalists as ‘enemies […]
Climate Crisis
Investigate Europe: The truth behind the EU’s National Energy and Climate Plans
A litany of evasions, missed deadlines, questionable claims and ignorance…real and feigned. Some member states even openly state that they do not plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Read here
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – How the Guardian betrayed not only Corbyn but the last vestiges of British democracy
This proves once again that liberal democracy is only about entitlement. The real surprise is that those we follow on Twitter, all “progressives”, round 20% of their tweets are articles from the Guardian. They see […]