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.
EU politics
Gavin Rae – Contra Populism?
‘Poland thus continues to drift to the right, no longer as a perceived rebel within the EU, but as a proponent of its political consensus, which is increasingly difficult to distinguish from the ‘populism’ to […]
Climate Crisis
CBC News: Finland’s centre-left and Euro-skeptic populists top parliamentary election
Climate change dominates campaign Here is an analysis written by Heikki Patomäki before the election. Read here
Austerity
Left Voice – The Robin Hoods of France: Electrical Workers Cut Electricity to Sell-Out Union, Reconnect for Country’s Poor
In the past few months the electrical workers of France have taken up the mantle of Robin Hood by cutting power to the rich and reconnecting the poor. Most recently, on January 20, the power […]
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