Energy
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Dawn of the Electric World Order
Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
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EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most and least at risk?
One in five people in Europe are in poverty, but the picture varies a lot by country and by region. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
A Pro-Palestine Lawmaker Accused of Supporting Terror: Interview with Rima Hassan
‘The recent highly publicized arrest of France Insoumise lawmaker Rima Hassan was the latest step in a campaign to vilify her. She spoke to Jacobin about the criminalization of Palestine solidarity.’ Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Euronews – Meloni urges EU to treat energy crisis like defence emergency, relax fiscal rules
The reality is that no one believes in the EU fiscal rules anymore and to have a carve out only for Defence is not politically sustainable. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
The Cradle: BRICS summit ends with no joint statement amid deepening Iran, UAE row
Tehran has demanded that all members of the bloc condemn the ‘unlawful aggression’ launched by the US and Israel Read Article HERE
EU politics
Electronic Intifada: Italy jails Palestinian over videos on his phone
On 14 April, a court in Campobasso, southern Italy, sentenced Ahmad Salem, a Palestinian asylum seeker, to four years in prison. The decision followed a now-familiar pattern in Italian – and, more broadly, European – […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: What the US Media is Saying About Trump’s Trip to China
I thought it would be useful to highlight the reporting and analysis of the New York Times, the Washington Post and Politico regarding President Donald Trump’s trip to China. I read it so you don’t […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: What is an international imbalance?
In the Financial Times, Martin Wolf noted a few days ago that imbalances in international trade are back on the political agenda. Although Wolf reaches entirely reasonable conclusions regarding mercantilism, he nevertheless states that it is nonsense […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: Which of the Gulf Arab Countries are Most Important to the Global Economy?
As a result of the US and Israeli attack on Iran on 28 February, the world has learned that in addition to oil, there are four other commodities that play a critical role in the […]
Fake News
Ali Abunimah: Israel’s 7 October rape hoax gets a 300-page reboot
Major media outlets are promoting a new report as an evidentiary breakthrough on alleged mass rapes of Israelis by Hamas on 7 October 2023. It is nothing of the kind. Weighing in at almost 300 […]