We had one central bank – the Bank of Japan – defying the consensus of central banks, the IMF, and taking on the financial markets and holding interest rates unchanged for the duration of this episode to date.
Media
Jonathan Cook: Social media’s erasure of Palestinians is a grim warning for our future
Facebook, Google and Twitter are not neutral platforms. They control the digital public square to aid the powerful – and can cancel any of us overnight Read here
Geopolitics
Johan Grimonprez: ‘The Empire was hidden in Belgium. It was called the Empire of Silence.’
‘Johan Grimonprez speaks about his innovative, Oscar-nominated documentary, which reveals disturbing truths about the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.’ Interview by Stewart Smith, in Tribune. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Euractiv: Conservative MEPs still divided on platform worker status
The centre-right is still trying to find its position on the new rules to classify the status of platform workers, as shown by alternative compromise amendments seen by EURACTIV. Read Here
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