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.
Solutions
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 […]
Climate Crisis
“An eco-socialist strategy questions the power of capital”: Interview w/ Ulrich Brand
A new book, Capitalism at the Limit, explores how the socio-ecological dimension of our planetary crisis interacts with capitalism. Zeynep Öztürk is a PhD researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of […]
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – Palestine Action: Judge refuses recusing self from sentence hearing amid bias claims
Shocking that these protestors of good conscience could be sentenced as if they are terrorists, despite not being charged with a terrorist offence. Read the full article HERE.
Environment
Matt Broomfield – Albanians Are Against Jared Kushner’s Israel-Linked Venture
The massive resistance in Albania to Jared Kushner’s attempt to destroy one of the country’s island’s is an inspiration. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Chris Hedges – Tyranny or Revolution
We face a choice. Tyranny or revolution. 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 the Middle East Bureau Chief and […]
Solutions
Kevin Guillas-Cavan – Reflecting on Socialism Through the Lens of the Paris Commune
The Paris Commune took place 155 years ago and only lasted 72 days but it still has valuable lessons to offer anyone thinking of making a revolution happen today. Kevin Guillas-Cavan is the France Research Fellow […]
EU politics
Alison Wolf – Europe’s universities face mounting financial and political challenges
The university system faces questions over its funding, value and purpose. Professor Dame Alison Wolf DBE, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, is the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King’s College London, and […]