EU politics
Peter Beinart: Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitic
All over the world, it is an alarming time to be Jewish – but conflating anti-Zionism with Jew-hatred is a tragic mistake Read here
Racism
EU politics
CNN – Libya: People for sale
Slave trade in Libya. Thank you EU. Thank you Angela Merkel. Thank you Germany. Thank you Hilary Clinton. Thank you capitalism. Making the EU safe for neo-liberalism! Read here
EU politics
Sally Hayden: The EU’s deal with Libya is sentencing refugees to death
I am in daily contact with people in Libyan detention centres. Any hope that the country might be a safe haven has gone, leaving only death and despair Read here
EU politics
Jonathon Meades – On Jargon
In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall – jargon. In a wide-ranging programme he dissects politics, the […]
Austerity
Robin McAlpine – RIP ‘Moderates’ – I’m not sure you’ll be missed
Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine argues the Yellow Vests protests in France marks the end of a 40 years political empire that said it didn’t have an ideology but always ruled for the rich – […]
Corruption
David Jamieson – Viktor Orban is dismantling Hungarian democracy piece by piece – within the EU
The Hungarian autocrat creates new political courts system and attacks workers’ rights – while benefiting from influx of European capital David Jamieson is a CommonSpace journalist based in Glasgow Cross-posted from Common Space Nowhere is this […]
EU politics
Aufhebunga Bunga: High-Visibility Revolt with Aurélie Dianara
The ‘gilets jaunes’ protests have shocked France, expressing a profound exasperation and anger that goes much deeper than frustration at a fuel tax. This is clearly a movement from below, of the people. But it […]
EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty: How would Corbynism work in government? Here’s a clue
The difference between a conservative and social democratic party: A conservative party kicks the people in the teeth, then does it again. A social democratic party kicks the people in the teeth, says “sorry, then […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – The new Italian government is continuing the failed Renzi strategy
This is the English language (original) interview with Arcangelo Rociola, published on the AGI site in Italian, on the Italian government’s clash with Brussels over its budget deficit, the plans for a flat tax (that is […]
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 […]