National Politics
Ronan Burtenshaw: How the NHS was won
Interesting piece on the struggle which was required to establish the UK’s National Health Service, on its 75th anniversary. Read the article HERE.
History
National Politics
Jeffrey Sommers: Russia, the Wagner Insurrection and the Perils of Overwrought Punditry
Comparisons are being drawn between Russia’s internal conflict in WW1 and the present situation – the crisis was far more severe then than now Jeffrey Sommers is Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy in […]
National Politics
John P. Ruehl – Conflict, Migration, and Demography in Russia and Its Border Regions
For centuries, Russian authorities have modified their approach to managing the country’s large, diverse population, held together by an ethnic Russian core. The war in Ukraine has again altered the Kremlin’s strategy of managing its […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Benedikt Hopmann: Germany’s restrictions on the right to strike have their roots in the Nazi-era
Benedikt Hopmann is the lawyer for three Gorillas app-based grocery delivery workers in Berlin, who were fired in 2021 after participating in a wildcat strike. On Tuesday [25 April], the workers challenged their dismissal on […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery: Sleepwalking to war in 2023
As the US builds up its military prowess in the South China Sea, it wouldn’t take much for a ‘Sarajevo’ moment to occur Chris Bambery is a Writer, broadcaster, journalist and author of A People’s […]
EU politics
Mathias Bernard – French governments’ long record of bypassing parliament: a brief history of article 49.3
Many French presidents have used article 49.3 to force through reforms, only to have to backdown later as their legitimacy is undermined and protests grow Mathias Bernard is a historian at the Clermont Auvergne university […]
National Politics
Lily Hamourtziadou: Iraq 20 years on: death came from the skies on March 19 2003 – and the killing continues to this day
The bombs began to rain down on Iraqis in the “shock and awe” campaign – and the killing never stopped Lily Hamourtziadou is a senior lecturer in Security Studies, Birmingham City University. Cross-posted from The […]
EU politics
Luke Stobart: Catalonia’s Independence Struggle Has Deep Roots
Review of A People’s History of Catalonia by Michael Eaude (Pluto Press, 2022). Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia’s Red Lines on NATO Expansion
A long article but important background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that too many want to erase from history Branko Marcetic is Jacobin staff writer and author of ‘Yesterday’s Man: The case against Joe Biden’. […]
Uncategorized
Ben Wray: From decline to leaps?
The global capitalist system is failing society in just about every way imaginable. We have to hope decline is laying the foundations for a great leap forward. Ben Wray is co-ordinator of Brave New Europe’s […]