Climate Crisis
Matt Huber – The Class Divide Haunting Climate Politics
Workers are favourable to pro-climate policies that speak directly to their everyday material concerns. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Globalisation
Robin McAlpine: China is so much better than us at manufacturing – and it’s not because of low wages
It might be comforting for us in the global north to tell ourselves that China is dominating high-tech manufacturing because it’s workers are paid a lot less than here, but it’s not true and that […]
Corruption
John P. Ruehl – Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Tests the New Western Order
The protest against Jared Kushner’s property developments is part of a broader anti-corruption movement spreading across the Balkans. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to […]
Solutions
Toppling the AI Empire: Interview with Karen Hao
The author of ‘Empire of AI’, a book about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, discusses technology, power and sovereignty. Alessio Giussani is the editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal. He was formerly contributing editor of Eurozine (Vienna) […]
Inequality
Aleksandar Matković – The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans
‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin. […]
Solutions
Kevin Crane – Frequently Asked Questions about AI
A highly sceptical take on AI. Cross-posted from Counterfire Is AI Going to take my job? Statistically… no, but you’re not supposed to know that. The capacity for AI to eliminate jobs has been greatly […]
Climate Crisis
Al Jazeera – Are Europe’s extreme summers the new normal? What the science says
Climate adaptation is going to be necessary – right now Europe’s economy and society is underprepared. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Robin McAlpine – Life After Oligarchy
Oligarchs are now our greatest threat and they are out of control. The only hope for the good society is to build a world beyond their reach. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at […]
EU politics
Jeremiah Nollenberger – Fewer But Stronger? Workers In An Ageing Europe
Trade union strength has weakened in the baby boomer era partly because the supply workers have been abundant – a tighter labour market in the context of population decline could act as a boon to […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Solving the ‘economic problem’
How we can stop runaway climate breakdown while tackling global inequality is perhaps the great challenge of our epoch. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael […]