Finance
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Marshall Plans
Both the US and China are trying to integrate the global south into their economic plans, but neither offer a truly compelling vision. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
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Climate Crisis
Jasper Steinlein and Jonathan Packroff – German industry crashes Habeck’s subsidy party
Robert Habeck, co-leader of the German Greens and Economy minister, is losing the support of German big business as the country de-industrialises at a rate of knots. In ‘Euractiv’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Turkish Minute: Erdoğan blasts UN over Israeli attacks on peacekeepers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, Agence France-Presse reported. Read HERE UN Security Council Chamber, […]
Energy
Balkan Green Energy News: Rio Tinto divides up Jadar lithium project in Serbia to avoid overall environmental assessment
Rio Tinto is attempting to portray the potential environmental impacts of its Jadar project in Serbia as smaller than they are, Read HERE Image: Munjiruld/Creative Commons
EU politics
The Cradle – Spanish PM calls to suspend EU-Israel free trade agreement
“The European Commission must respond once and for all to the formal request made by two European countries to suspend the association agreement with Israel if it is found, as everything suggests, that human rights […]
Geopolitics
Arab News – UK tribunal rules academic’s anti-Zionism beliefs are protected under law
A victory for free speech in the UK. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Dave Smith, Tracy Edwards, Shaun Dey – The Italian Workers Occupying Against Climate Crisis
‘Faced with the threat of mass redundancies, GKN automotive workers in Florence occupied their factory to save jobs and build green technology.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
TRT World: Jabalia’s Palestinians share ‘final’ messages of possible extermination
Besieged and bombarded by invading Israeli military, Palestinians in Gaza’s Jabalia city are posting videos and images on social media, pleading the world they are living their “final moments”. Read HERE
Geopolitics
The Electronic Intifada – Israel is committing the crime of extermination — UN inquiry
Israel is tightening its vise on civilians in both Gaza and in Lebanon, issuing new evacuation orders in both places on Saturday. “The conflict in Lebanon, coupled with intensified strikes in Syria and the raging […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: Germany has come a long way
As Berlin and Vilnius finalise an agreement on permanently stationing a German brigade in Lithuania, Germany underpins its claim to be the leading military power in the Baltic Read HERE