Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic Games) and Russia (2018 World Cup), the boycott of Qatar would have been interpreted as a new mark of the hypocrisy of Westerners, always ready to give lessons to a few small countries when it suits them, while continuing to do business with all those who bring them enough money.
Economics
Filip Novokmet and Pawel Bukowski: The central Europeans, the bloodsuckers of the European Union?
An interesting analysis of inequality in Eastern European nations. Read here
Austerity
The Guardian: Child poverty in Britain set to soar to new record, says thinktank
Following Gremany’s increase in child poverty, the United Kingdom seems set to follow. Austerity effects those most vulnerable and without a weak voice. Children cannot even vote. This is no coincidence, this is neo-liberalism. Read […]
EU politics
The National: Spanish consul ‘sacked’ after letter about indy Scotland in the EU
The EU is becoming a parody of itself. Read here Nicola Sturgeon with Miguel Angel Vecino Quintana, who was dismissed from his post after the letter appeared in The National Photo: The National
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