Geopolitics
Politico – NATO should flex its nuclear muscles, Stoltenberg says
The madness goes on – where will it end? Read the full article HERE.
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EU politics
Victor Goury-Laffont – Forget the far right. It’s the left that may squeeze Macron out of power.
France’s National Assembly election is undoubtedly one of the most important elections in Europe for many years. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck: Greens down, this is an opportunity for reasonable and globally orientated climate policy
The Greens have crashed brutally in the European elections. In Germany, their share of the vote has almost halved and in France, at 5 per cent, it has even fallen to almost a third of […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: IMF holds a religious gathering in Tokyo – to keep the troops in line
The IMF joint hosted a conference in Tokyo last week – Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt – and the continues its misinformation campaign on the ‘dangers’ of public debt. The conference claimed that it brought […]
EU politics
The Electronic Intifada: Denmark finds Israel’s war crimes acceptable
Denmark: a reactionary little land and a true representative of EU values Read HERE
Geopolitics
The Maple: Canada Says It Won’t Give Arms To Azov, Despite U.S. Policy Change
“Our position remains that we are not – nor will we – be providing support to Azov and affiliated entities.” Read HERE
EU politics
Al Jazeera – EU threatens tariff hike of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles
The EU is mirroring the United States’ tariff policy on Chinese electric vehicles, despite Germany’s opposition. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Chris Dite – In Finland, the Left Alliance Just Trounced the Far Right
‘Europe’s elections saw gains for anti-immigration parties — but the breakthrough act in Finland was the Left Alliance, with 17% support. Its leader, Li Andersson, told Jacobin about why it did so well and how it defeated […]
EU politics
Irish Mirror: Clare Daly loses MEP seat as Dublin Election count goes down to the wire
It is with the deepest sadness that we post this link. This is a great loss for the European Left and the European Union as a whole. Norman Finkelstein honoured Daly by referring to her […]
Austerity
Ann Pettifor: Passing the Buck & Losing… by imposing the cost of the Green Deal on Europe’s insecure 99%
In this short interview segment I talk about two issues I’m really passionate about. Read HERE