Geopolitics
Jeremy Scahill, Jawa Ahmad – The Unbreakable Nael Barghouti
After 45 years in Israeli captivity, the longest-held Palestinian prisoner speaks about his fight for liberation. Read the article HERE.
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Solutions
Evelina Johansson Wilén – To Give Birth or Not to Give Birth
A stimulating exploration of the causes and consequences of the crisis of reproduction and the dilemmas which pro-natalism bring for progressive politics. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
UNN: German military personnel fled Greenland without explanation
Hardly has Trump threatened with additional tarifs and Germany flees Greenland. So much for Make Germany Great Again Read Article HERE
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov: Germany’s grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?
Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it’s just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one Read Article HERE Photo This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Is there hope for a post neoliberal world?
We are all realising that our political class – the large parties and their lobbying machines – only want power. Something has to give. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen grab
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: Vladimir Putin Puts Donald Trump and NATO on Notice
On January 15, 2026 (Thursday), Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed 32 newly appointed foreign ambassadors during a formal credentials presentation ceremony in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. This was his […]
Geopolitics
antiwar.com: US Seizes Sixth Venezuela-Linked Tanker
The tanker, named Veronica, was boarded by US forces in the Caribbean Read Article HERE
Economics
Eurostat – EU Recession: Euro area international trade in goods surplus continues to decline
The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €9.9 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in November 2025, compared with + €15.4 bn in November 2024. The euro […]
Geopolitics
Kyiv Independent: 2 million Ukrainians evading mobilization, another 200,000 soldiers AWOL, new defence minister says
Two million Ukrainians are wanted for evading mobilization, and another 200,000 soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Jan. 14. Speaking in parliament where he was appointed […]
EU politics
Hungary Today: Only Austerity Measures Can Provide More Funding for Ukraine, EU Affairs Minister Warns
The government has published the report on EU funding for Ukraine and the European Commission’s demands for tax increases and austerity measures, the Minister for EU Affairs announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Read […]