National Politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: If we treat plutocracy as democracy, democracy dies
This is probably one of the finest blogs that Simon Wren-Lewis has ever written. It is a brilliant political and media analysis. Read here
National Politics
EU politics
Anthony Barnett: The Lure of Greatness
Anthony Barnett discusses his new book, The Lure of Greatness, Part 1 – LabourTube
EU politics
John Rapley – Britain’s Slow Suicide Sort of Makes Sense
John Rapley is a political economist and author of ‘Twilight of the Money Gods’, which was reviewed in BRAVE NEW EUROPE Cross-posted from John’s blog brixtonsubversity We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on […]
EU politics
David Whyte – Catalonia: the promise of a republic built on civil disobedience
When many nations in the EU come under pressure one suddenly realises how thin the democratic veneer is. This is of little surprise, as the principal raison d’être of the EU is economic, better said […]
EU politics
Tamara Ehs – Austria: Dawn after the empty night of socialism?
Like so many social democratic parties in Europe the SPÖ in Austria is in crisis. Tamara Ehs asks if the party is capable of regenerating itself and what is the future of democracy in […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – The Tories created two thirds of the UK’s national debt
An essential element of the neo-liberal discourse is that leftist political parties always increase the national debt; parties on the right do not. They are fiscally responsible. In his article Richard Murphy takes the trouble […]
EU politics
Stephen Kinzer on NATO and Turkey
This is short, but to the point.
EU politics
Business Review – Anti-judiciary laws protests in Romania: Tens of thousands call for resignation of government
While we are inundated by reporting in the mainstream press concerning judiciary reforms in Poland, oddly few people know that something similar is occuring in Romania, although in Romania there is much more popular participation […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Catalan Response
This article by Chris Bambery catches up on the developments in Catalonia since it declared independence. Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and commentator, and a supporter of Rise, the radical left wing coalition in […]
EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: The hard-won kinship between Britain and Ireland is threatened by Brexit idiocy
Few understand, or care about for that matter, the existential question concerning the reintroduction of a hard border between Ireland the Northern Ireland. The Irish fear that the EU is selling them down the river […]