It is now clear that Ukraine’s eagerly anticipated counteroffensive has been a colossal failure. After three months, the Ukrainian army has made little progress pushing back the Russians. Indeed, it has yet to get beyond the so-called “grey zone,” the heavily contested strip of land that lies in front of the first main line of Russian defenses.
Economics
Paul Tucker and Mark Blyth – Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
Listen here Watch accompanying talk at the Watson Institute at Brown University: youtu.be/R-Dxrs7dj0w Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. […]
Austerity
Pavlos Roufos – A deep look into Greece’s bottomless debt crisis
Writer Pavlos Roufos reviews eight years of managed disaster for Greece under Europe’s austerity regime – from the roots of the crisis in both internal politics and international finance, to the perverse structure of EU-imposed […]
Geopolitics
Angela Davis – South Africa standing up for Palestine has created new hope in the world
1 February 2024 Scholar and activist Angela Davis joins Frank Barat to discuss the importance of solidarity with Palestinians as they face a genocide in Gaza by Israel. Prof. Angela Davis is the Distinguished Professor […]
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