The victory of the right-wing candidate George Simion in the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential election has been celebrated by some on the right as a populist victory. By this account, the EU- and NATO-aligned forces that overturned the country’s previous election in November have failed to turn back the growing backlash against the establishment. But a deeper analysis suggests a more complex and troubling picture.
Geopolitics
relief web: Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce
Israel’s escalation of its violent bombing and deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip since last Friday, following the collapse of the one-week temporary humanitarian truce, was strongly denounced by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today. Euro-Med […]
Climate Crisis
Tim Jackson: Care Over Growth
In short order, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to recognize that our capitalist economic system privileges second-order priorities like wealth at the expense of first-order ones like health. The question now is whether we will […]
Environment
San Francisco Chronicle – Court upholds $25.2 million in damages in Bayer Roundup herbicide cancer case
A federal appeals court upheld $25.2 million in damages Friday for a Bay Area man who contracted cancer after spraying Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on his property for more than 26 years, the first federal court […]
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