Media
Ken Loach and Paul Laverty’s Final Show: Interview with Paul Laverty
Who will produce cinema about the working class when Ken Loach is gone? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
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Geopolitics
Al Jazeera: ‘At war until you die’: Ukraine scraps service limit, angering tired troops
Facing manpower shortages, officials have scrapped a measure to pull servicemen from the front lines after extended periods. Read HERE
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Production in February 2024 -4.9% year on year
Production in industry February 2024 (in real terms, provisional): +2.1% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -4.9% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) January 2024 (in real terms, revised): +1.3% […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor: The Sucker-Covered Tentacles of Private Equity … and Labour’s embrace of NHS privatisation
On Monday morning I woke to a furore caused by Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary’s suggestion that a Labour government would use “spare capacity in the private sector to cut the waiting lists.” And that he, […]
Media
Sky News – US ‘considering’ dropping Julian Assange prosecution, Joe Biden says
Potentially a major development in the Assange saga. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Nancy Fraser: Germany Cancelled Me for Supporting Palestine
‘Cologne University has cancelled philosopher Nancy Fraser’s planned visiting professorship after learning she signed a pro-Palestine letter. In her first interview after the cancellation, Fraser says she won’t let Germany stop her from standing up […]
Environment
Saeed Bagheri: The Silent Victim of Israel’s War on Gaza
More than 2,000 agricultural sites, including farms and greenhouses, have been destroyed in Gaza since October. Read HERE Photo: RafahKid Kid/Creative Commons
Sustainability
Middle East Eye: Saudi Arabia ‘scales back’ goals of megacity project Neom
Straight-line desert city The Line was scheduled to have 1.5m living there by 2030, but officials now expect less than 300,000 residents Read HERE Photo source Neom
Climate Crisis
ETUC/NEF: Examining the Impact of EU Fiscal Rules on Social and Green Investments
Just three EU countries out of 27 can meet their social and climate commitments under new EU Fiscal Rules. New joint report by the ETUC and NEF. Read the report HERE.
Geopolitics
AP: Palestinians want April vote on UN membership despite US saying peace with Israel must come first
The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians must first […]