Economics
Ann Pettifor: Capitalism’s Attack on Time & Nature
Why governments and big oil cannot face the future. Read HERE Pie in the sky – photo: Jonathan McIntosh/Creative Commons
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Energy
Balkan Green Energy News: Europe is facing energy crisis in winter because of Ukraine
About half of Ukraine’s power generation capacity isn’t in operation, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), so the country has turned from a net exporter of electricity to an importer. Read HERE Photo: State […]
Geopolitics
Ilan Pappe´ – Israel after October 7: Between decolonisation and disintegration
It is difficult to predict what will happen in Israel, but history may give us a clue Read HERE
Geopolitics
Chris Bambery – The Wildfire of Imperialism
On the United States and the importance of military, economic and financial power in assessing geopolitical primacy. In ‘Counterfire’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Anton Jäger – National Lockstep?
On Belgium’s shift to the right. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Automotive industry records 4.7% decline in sales in the first half of 2024
Sorry, this was only in German, but we have translated parts: Nominal sales fall from record level in the 1st half of 2023 to €269.5 billion Exports of new cars in the 1st half of […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: New orders in manufacturing in August 2024: -5.8% on the previous month
New orders in manufacturing: August 2024 (in real terms, revised): -5.8% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -3.9% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) July 2024 (in real terms, revised): […]
Geopolitics
The Cradle: Iraqi drone attack leaves behind over two dozen Israeli military casualties
Resistance factions in Iraq have intensified attacks against strategic Israeli and US targets in support of Lebanon and Palestine Read HERE
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Western Sahara: ECJ ruling against EU-Morocco trade deal hailed as ‘legal victory’
Polisario responds after European Court of Justice rules that fisheries deal violated right to self-determination of Western Sahara’s people Read HERE
EU politics
The Irish Times: Israel Defense Forces tells Ireland and Unifil to remove peacekeepers from Lebanese border outpost, but the Irish are remaining
The Isreali Zionists want no witnesses to their barbaity Read HERE