Economics
Isabella M. Weber, Tom Krebs: What Germany’s Economy Really Needs
Merz’s Plans for Rearmament and Austerity Won’t Work Read Article HERE
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Geopolitics
AP: Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work
The International Criminal Court ’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. The Hague-based court’s American staffers have been told that if they travel to the U.S. […]
Corruption
Thomas Fazi: Landmark court ruling against von der Leyen in Pfizergate trial
EU Court of Justice annuls the European Commission’s decision to refuse to disclose the text messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Read Article HERE
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: ‘Europe as a world-shaping power’
Germany’s next head of policy on culture calls colonial conquest of the world a ‘civilizational accomplishment’, laments Europe’s ‘cultural self-destruction’ through ‘immigration’, mourns the loss of Europe’s ‘expansionist power’. Read Article HERE
Climate Crisis
Patrick Bond – Climate sanctions against fossil-addicted capitalists
A critical global south perspective on the western approach to ‘climate action’. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Cornel Ban, Jacob Hasselbach – Green Indicative Planning
Market economies need planning to survive climate breakdown. In ‘Phenomenal World’ Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Politico – Von der Leyen faces critical test as EU court decides on secret ‘Pfizergate’ texts
Wednesday [14 May] will be a big day for (or against) transparency and accountability in the EU. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Branko Marcetic – Trump’s Unimpressive Yemen Cease-Fire Deal
‘With Donald Trump’s cease-fire deal with Yemen, we now have the same outcome that we would have had if Trump had never started bombing Yemen in the first place.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Economics
The Palestine Chronicle: Overwhelming Majority – Norway’s Largest Trade Union Votes for Boycott of Israel
The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during the labor federation’s national congress. Read Article HERE
Economics
Dean Baker: China Adds More than $400 Billion to GDP in Q1, Trump Loses $25 Billion
The decline in US GDP reported for the first quarter is not a big deal, and it is very possible that it will be reversed when the data is revised over the next two months. […]