EU politics
Middle East Eye: Dissidents shocked after EU labels Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia ‘safe countries’
States known for their human rights abuses are appearing on a new European list used to turn down asylum requests Read HERE
Racism
National Politics
Chris Hedges – American Concentration Camps
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes. Chris Hedges is […]
Economics
Craig Murray – Is This The World We Created?
How did we get to the point where the so-called “Western Democracies” support genocide? Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog It […]
EU politics
Claire Kumar – What Europeans really think about immigration
This data confounds assumption on the right – that Europe is now staunchly anti-immigrant – and on the left – that many European countries are becoming racist hell-holes. Claire Kumar is a Senior Research Fellow […]
Corruption
EU politics
Middle East Eye: France and Algeria rocked by ‘most serious’ diplomatic crisis since end of colonial rule
Rightward shift of the French political class and persistence of ‘colonial unconscious’ are contributing to mounting tensions Read HERE
EU politics
Ivan Kalmar – The myth of Eastern European illiberalism
Until very recently, it was common to hear illiberalism described as a specifically Eastern European phenomenon. Now that it’s clear that it is global, we need serious structural and universal explanations for it. Ivan Kalmar […]
Austerity
David Goessmann – How Germany’s Extreme Centre Fueled AfD’s Success
As they united around neoliberalism and an aggressive foreign policy, mainstream parties created a dangerous democratic vacuum. This vacuum can now be exploited in particular by extremist parties on the right. David Goeßmann is a […]
EU politics
Zachary Gallant – Germany’s Shallow Reckoning With Its Nazi Past
‘Credit Suisse is currently under investigation by the US Senate for obstructing investigations into its servicing of Nazi-linked clients. But the bank is far from alone: many German firms have never given up the monetary […]
Economics
Chris Hedges – The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the deep state presages the formation of something far worse Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as […]