The Covid-19 crisis, the most serious global health crisis in a century, forces us to fundamentally rethink the notion of international solidarity. Beyond the right to produce vaccines and medical equipment, it is the whole question of the right of poor countries to develop and to receive part of the tax revenues of the world’s multinationals and billionaires that must be asked. We need to move beyond the neo-colonial notion of international aid, paid at the whim of rich countries and under their control, and finally move towards a logic of rights.
Economics
ShareCast: Blackrock doubles Russian Polymetal stake as investors flee over sanctions
Private equity giant Blackrock has taken a punt on beleaguered Russian gold miner Polymetal, doubling its stake to just over 10% even as the stock takes a battering from sanctions imposed against Moscow. Read Here
EU politics
Asean News: Berlin Court Convicts Activist for Leading pro-Palestinian Chant
In a controversial decision, a Berlin court has convicted pro-Palestinian activist Ava Moayeri of condoning a crime for leading the chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – Australian Central Bank shows who is in charge as the speculators are outwitted
The Reserve Bank of Australia – is currently demonstrating what Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) economists have said all along – the financial markets can always be subjugated by the power of government, any time policy […]
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