Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Manufacturing in June 2023, stock of orders -3.1% year on year
The calendar adjusted stock of orders was 3.1% lower in June 2023 than in June 2022. Not mercantilism on steroids. Read HERE
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EU politics
Alarmphone: 110 people escaping Lebanon abducted to Libya!
Isn’t the EU just great! Read HERE Map showing position of the boat in distress, received by Alarm Phone
Uncategorized
Heiner Flassbeck, Friederike Spiecker: Fighting recession is hopeless without an analysis of its causes
The months of talk about a “winter recession”, a “technical” or “mild” recession in Germany, which will be overcome in the course of the year, has come to an end. The indicators are now too […]
National Politics
James W. Carden – The Coming Battle: ‘Who Lost Ukraine?’
An effort to rewrite history is happening in real time. Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Ann Pettifor: It’s the Climate System, not the Weather
The race is on to transform the fossil-fuelled climate system. To do that, society must restrain the debt-fueled Money System. Both envelop, and threaten to overwhelm the planet. But to transform, we must first understand […]
Economics
Eurostat: Industrial production down by 1.2% in both the euro area and the EU compared with June 2022
In June 2023, the seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, compared with May 2023, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the […]
EU politics
Kyiv Independent: NATO Official retracts controversial suggestion about Ukraine exchanging territory for NATO membership
If this doesn’t open the dam to a bit more honesty in western media reporting about the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the need to consider diplomatic solutions, what will? Read the article […]
EU politics
Jacobin: European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary Citizens Are Doing It Instead
In June, Italy’s government impounded the Sea-Eye 4 rescue ship for 20 days as part of a crackdown on NGOs that save migrants’ lives at sea. Crew members told Robin Jaspert why they won’t be intimidated by authorities […]
Climate Crisis
Middle East Eye – Cop28: Suspected fake online accounts used to promote UAE minister
Over 100 X accounts are believed to be part of a network to promote Abu Dhabi’s Cop28 president and oil chief, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber Read HERE
Economics
Tim Jackson – From Davos to Reykjavík: decoupling wellbeing from growth
“In seeking to free ourselves from the language of the economy, we risk seeing our task as somehow separate from the social system that guides and shapes our every move, whether we like it or […]