Economics
George Monbiot: Honourable Theft
How one young woman broke down the gates of knowledge Read here
Media
EU politics
David Jamieson – 5 reasons ‘Fascism of the left’ speech is dangerous and historically ignorant
What the darling of the Remain Movement claimed in her speech is surely familiar to Europeans in many nations, where the neo-liberal media and politicians put right-wing politicians like Trump, Le Pen, and Geert Wilders […]
Fake News
Fintan O’Toole: ‘Adults in the room’ are not the resistance – they are Trump collaborators
Yes, this is about Trump and the USA, but mainly in the title. O’Toole addresses a problem that plagues Europe, as many find excuses for being the henchmen and henchwomen of neo-liberalism (“It could be […]
EU politics
Politics Theory Other – Tom Mills on reforming the UK media
Tom Mills joins Politics Theory Other to discuss the problems of the UK media, the Labour Party leadership’s proposals for media reform, and the media class’s aversion to workplace democracy. Listen here
EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Jeremy Corbyn and Balance
Simon Wren-Lewis who is not a corbynite, has long been an astute critic of British media. Once again he turns to his attention to how the British media incessantly trashes the Labour Party leader. Read […]
Economics
George Monbiot: We won’t save the Earth with a better kind of disposable coffee cup
We must challenge the corporations that urge us to live in a throwaway society rather than seeking ‘greener’ ways of maintaining the status quo Read here
EU politics
Yiannis Βaboulias: “Orientalising” Greece in the international press and how we’re missing the coming threat.
This is a pan-European problem, unfortunatley reported in a national perspective. Read here
Austerity
Huffington Post – Austerity Bites: Westminster Is Brexit Blind But Across The Country People Are Struggling With More Tangible Problems
They just dont learn. At the end the coporate media mentality wins the day. Read here
EU politics
CommonSpace – Rebuttal: The story the media missed on ex-chief rabbi Sacks
It appears that the “liberals” in Britain are have taken a lesson from the alt-right with regard to their media policy to counter a rising wave of progressives in the UK. Read here
Media
Fintan O’Toole: The slide into ‘post-truth’ is not inevitable
Why is it surprising to find one of the great political writers of the 20th century so doleful about the state of political controversy in 1944? Read here