EU politics
Stephen Kinzer on NATO and Turkey
This is short, but to the point.
National Politics
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 […]
Corruption
Miguel Guerra – Law & Order: Spain
Miguel Guerra criticises the state of law and order in Spain, but this is applicable to most European nations South of Scandinavia: Law and order does not apply for the corrupt political elite. He might […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Franco’s shadow over Catalonia
The conflict between Catalonia and Spain is portrayed in the mainstream media as an attempt by the wealthy Catalonian region not to share its wealth with the poorer regions of Spain. This conflict however has […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – Catalonia is a European problem demanding a European solution
The Catalonia crisis is an opportunity for Europe to re-define sovereignty, statehood and European democracy Cross-posted from DiEM25 The EU’s response to the crisis in Catalonia has been hypocritical and logically incoherent. It […]
EU politics
John Weeks – Towards a definition of populism
When the right-wing Wall Street Journal, the stolidly respectable Financial Times and centre-left Guardian all refer to “populist” parties the question of definition looms large. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African […]
Energy
DeSmog UK – Fracking Company Cuadrilla Pushed Lancashire Council to Remove ‘Biased’ Community Group Chair
Large corporations spend billions a year in purchasing political decisions – lobbying- from governments and politicians throughout the world. This policy of interfering in the democratic process however permeates down to the lowest levels of […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – It’s time to borrow Mr Hammond
Following six years of austerity in the United Kingdom and the suffering it has caused millions of households and will cause millions more, Richard Murphy believes not only is it time to alter course, but […]