EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – What is the point of NATO?
NATO is still serving its purpose of keeping the United States in Europe, the Russians out, and the Germans down. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.
Europe
EU politics
Manuel Hassassian – How the collapse of western moral values is fuelling genocide
Europe’s failure to stand up for justice for the Palestinians is a sign of the continent’s moral and intellectual degeneration. Manuel Hassassian is the Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye There is […]
EU politics
Francesca De Benedetti – Europe’s Left Needs a Wake-up Call
Left-wing parties in Europe, with few exceptions, remain completely marginal, while the far-right’s rise continues. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Edward Hunt – The Ukraine war has been a ‘great bargain’ for US in the Black Sea
“U.S. officials view the war in Ukraine as a way of achieving geopolitical objectives in the Black Sea.” In ‘Responsible Statecraft’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – How the War on Gaza Has Stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
The grand economic design of the United States to cut out China and Iran while drawing Saudi Arabia and Israel closer together is in tatters. Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is The […]
Gig Economy
The voices of ‘The Great Delivery’, in their own words
Piero Valmassoi, journalist and platform transport policy expert, asked the participants and supporters The Great Delivery, which finished on Friday, about their experience of the unique 400 kilometre protest, and their hopes and ambitions for […]
EU politics
Euronews: Europe ‘aiding and assisting’ Israel’s war in Gaza with key weapons
‘Now information shared with Euronews shows European states are likely “aiding and assisting” Israel’s offensive directly.’ Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico: Ukraine ‘fatigue’ prevalent in Europe, Meloni tells Russian prank callers
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said about the Ukraine war: “We [are] near the moment in which everybody understands that we need a way out.” Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
João Camargo – Hydrogen as a threat to decarbonization
We hear “green hydrogen,” but it’s mostly industry-backed propaganda when 99% of all hydrogen produced in the world comes from fossil fuels. João Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and […]
EU politics
Notes from Poland – Exit poll: ruling party win Poland’s election but opposition government more likely
In most elections at the moment, the governing parties are losing. Poland appears to have continued that trend, as although the right-wing Law and Justice party has won the election, it doesn’t look like it […]