It appears democracy is catching up with the Spanish central government in Madrid. First in Catalonia now in the Basque conuntry.
Read here
EU politics
Al Jazeera: Spain makes U-turn, will now sell 400 missiles to Saudi Arabia
Social Democrats simply cannot change their spots. First magnanimously declare that you are not selling weapons to a criminal dictatorship, enjoy the accolades, then kick human rights in the teeth. Read here
Climate Crisis
Matthew James Seidel: How Right-Wingers Hijacked Green Politics in Norway
Review of The Paradox of Svalbard: Climate Change and Globalisation in the Arctic by Zdenka Sokolíčková (Pluto Press, 2023). In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Merkel failure
An excellent summarisation of what everyone knew, but few dared to say until Merkel was gone. Read here
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