Economics
Michael Pettis: Europe’s wage paradox
European leaders should find inspiration in Keynes’ insight – that the world becomes richer when economies raise productivity and allow wages to keep pace. Read Article Here
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Economics
Ann Pettifor: Trump is Threatening to Take Us All Down
Having catastrophically lost the war on Iran, he now declares economic war on the world. Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license Gage Skidmore
National Politics
Aleks Szczerbiak: How will the Law and Justice split affect Polish politics?
The biggest-ever split within Poland’s main right-wing opposition party is a serious self-inflicted wound, signalling a more fragmented conservative landscape and complicating the right’s path back to power. While it provides a tactical boost for […]
Geopolitics
BBC – China hits out at ‘illegal’ new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners
It’s difficult to believe the US would actually go through with cutting China off from the Dollar for trading with Iran, given the consequences for the US economy would be devastating. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Gerhard Klaas – Three months of mass protests in Albania
The media has stopped paying attention but the protests against Jared Kushner’s luxury resort continue. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Euronews – French election 2027: Poll puts Mélenchon in contention for run-off
A Mélenchon presidential victory next year would be a turning point in French and European political history. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
David Jamieson – Social Democracy Upside Down
‘With Labour’s working class base eroded, its old stabilising service to British capitalism can no longer be performed. There is little prospect of durably reversing this fracture.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Radio Free Europe: Ukraine’s Drone War Exposes An Uncomfortable Reliance On China
Beijing remains Kyiv’s largest trading partner, while Ukraine is a key supplier of agricultural goods to China. China is also the largest exporter to Israel. Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
Volodymyr Ishchenko: ‘Ukraine is no longer a sovereign country’
Volodymyr Ishchenko explores scenarios of the war in Ukraine, emphasizing the need for the international left to resist the austerity-and-armament agenda driving the catastrophe. Read Article HERE Photo: President of Ukraine
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: Feeding the Enemy: How Washington’s Obsession With Iran Subverted Its Own War on Sunni Terror
For a quarter century the United States has told the world, and itself, a simple story about its role in the Middle East. On September 11, 2001, it was attacked by Sunni jihadists, and it […]