Finance
Yanis Varoufakis – Forget shares, bonds and tariffs. Here is what you should really worry about
A very short piece but definitely a thought worth thinking about. In Yanis Varoufakis’ blog. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Climate Crisis
Aaron Kirshenbaum, Melissa Garriga – More Environmental Groups Must Join the Call for a Militarism-Free Future
The connection between militarism and environmental destruction is clear and evident, yet many climate action organisations seem reluctant to talk about it. Aaron Kirshenbaum is CODEPINK’s War is Not Green campaigner and East Coast regional […]
Economics
Vijay Prashad – Can we exit from a world of debt?
The external debt levels of global south countries is dwarfing their spending on education and health – a new development paradigm is needed. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing […]
EU politics
How Can We Make AI Work? – Interview with Esther Lynch
Interview with the leader of the European Trade Union Confederation about artificial intelligence and work. Esther Lynch is the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Seden Anlar is a Brussels-based journalist, podcast host/producer, moderator, […]
Solutions
Daniel Kopp – When Belgian University Cleaners Swept Out Their Boss
‘Fifty years ago, women cleaners at a Belgian university went on strike, then set up their own cooperative called the Liberated Broom. A new film shows how they kicked out the boss, starting an experiment […]
Solutions
Michael Roberts – Thinking Systematics
Dialectics is a way of thinking about how change happens which is based on the understanding that nothing is ever static, everything has internal contradictions and that social forces are always in conflict. Michael Roberts […]
Solutions
Marcus Barnett – Making More Mick Lynches
Mick Lynch, who has retired as leader of the RMT union in the UK, is an example to follow for all trade union leaders in the 21st century. In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
This could be the beginning of the end of the permanent state of war and Cold War that has held the world in its grip for more than a century. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of […]
Climate Crisis
Harrison Stetler – Why Environmentalists Are Still Losing
‘Dissatisfaction at established green parties and environmental NGOs has fed the rise of more confrontational forms of activism. The task can’t just be to raise awareness but to mobilize millions of people in fighting for […]
EU politics
Jeffrey Sommers – JD Vance Against Democracy: Munich Security Conference, or Munich Beer Hall?
Both the liberals and the far-right treat democracy instrumentally, but the more worrying question is whether the people actually care about democracy anymore. Jeffrey Sommers is Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy in the Department of African &African […]