Geopolitics
Politico – EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
The EU is making it easy for the US state to persecute Europeans and block people they don’t like from entering the country. Read the article HERE.
Link
Geopolitics
Rob Lucas – Stranglehold?
On Cuba, which is currently being isolated to death by Trump. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Pablo Castaño – Spain Shows Another Immigration Policy Is Possible
Spain’s regularisation of undocumented migrants, introduced on the back of a major grassroots campaign, is an important victory for equal rights and against racism. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ali Abunimah: Across the West, speaking for Palestine is now a crime
All of this is being carried out under governments that claim democracy, free speech and human rights as their highest values – yet readily sacrifice those rights to protect a genocidal apartheid settler-colony whose leader […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: Trump’s Plan to Economically Bully China Has Failed… Scott Bessent is Clueless
Donald Trump’s Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Scott Bessent, is lost in a delusion. Bessent’s recent public comments on tariffs and China illustrate his detachment from reality. He emphasizes that using high, targeted tariffs as leverage […]
Economics
German Foreign Policy: EU free trade agreement with India
EU free trade agreement with India is to offer alternatives to business with the US. With Europe in trouble as Trump’s extortionate tariffs bite, experts advise greater autonomy from the US. Read Article HERE
Economics
German Recession: German jobless numbers hit 12-year high, inflation edges up
Unemployment rate rises to 6.6% in unadjusted terms German GDP grew by 0.3% in Q4, beating expectations Inflation slightly above ECB’s 2% target in January Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera: Ukraine receives bodies of 1,000 soldiers from Russia, only 38 dead Russians
Ukraine says it has received the bodies of 1,000 soldiers from Russia in the latest exchange of those killed in the war as the nearly four-year-old conflict continues to exact a heavy toll on both […]
EU politics
Decode 39: The EU designates the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, driven by Italy’s push
The European Union has added the IRGC to its list of terrorist organisations following Iran’s crackdown on protests, marking a major political turning point. The unanimous decision reflects a push led by Italy, subsequently embraced […]
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: Three Scenarios for a US Attack on Iran
Based on recent statements by Donald Trump and various members of the Iranian government and military sectors, we are headed to a new war in the Persian Gulf. But it is not just the words […]