France 24: Christmas plans threatened as French strike drags on

The German chancellor is sending some heavy weapons to Ukraine but is hesitant to do more — here’s what’s behind his reluctance. Read Here A Romanian Gepard (Creative Commons)

There was too little reporting and analysis of the elections in Chile this week. Here a good piece by Franck Gaudichaud Read here

It is a paradox: the centre-right and centre-left parties with their neo-liberal policies have lost democratic credibility and have opened the gates to the ultra-right and fascist parties. These same political elements are now supposed […]