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Trump could not have been more rude to Spain, in recalling 1898. And he could not have been more accommodating to ISIL’s narrative
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Arrufat: The struggle for Catalan independence
Born in the rural Seu d’Urgell in 1982, People’s Unity...
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Fisk: Dunkirk ignores of black and Muslim soldiers
Even in this early stage of the Second World War, ethnic minority British citizens did show enormous courage – one of the bravest ARP men during the Blitz was black, although we have yet to see a film about him
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Prashad: Revolution of Ordinary People
This tidal wave was lifted by ordinary people – factory workers, landless peasants, housewives, soldiers, students and those who barely found the means to survive
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What should be our political tactic? To make unity, political alternative and the overall project a mass discussion, one that brings us closer to the demands of citizens
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Contributors: La Via Campesina: Euskal Herria Declaration
“We feed our peoples and build the movement to change...
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On one day in May, Italy met 87% of its electricity production needs from renewables
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Chemblette: Reclaiming Public Services
Cities across Europe are increasingly deciding to reclaim public services, spearheading a growing movement for "remunicipalization,"
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Yugoslavia’s “self-managed” socialism appeared to be a real alternative to the Soviet model. Why did it collapse so suddenly?
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Baker: No Shortage of Economic Policies
There are many areas in which the French government could implement policies that would both boost growth and reduce unemployment and inequality
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Grossman: Fire and Riddles at Hamburg
I wonder whether those so horrified today were sickened then at US attacks on others’ sovereignty
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Otegi: Alternative social policies
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (or ETA, “Basque Homeland and Freedom”) a...
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It is crucial to understand not only how the failures of neoliberalism give rise to neofascism, but also to connect these developments to the structural crisis of monopoly-finance capital
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Horvat: 100,000 Take to Streets
Mass demonstrations have erupted across Hamburg, Germany, as world leaders...
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Grossman: Big Shots in Hamburg
The current policy is to suffocate Russia economically, blocking its vital oil and gas export routes to western Europe and ruining the economy with sanctions
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Bond: Challenging corporate power
'Welcome to Hell': 100,000 Protesters Aim to 'Kettle' G20 Over Inequality, War and Climate Change
ZMag Europe
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Coleman-Adebayo: “Negroes Need Not Apply:” The EU-Africa Malta Conference
Theresa May, the British Home Secretary, offers the solution of pouring “hundreds of millions in additional aid into Africa to try to discourage hundreds of thousands of people from heading to the EU.”
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Musto: The Threatening Advancement of the Far Right in Europe
We should mention that neo-Nazi organizations have spread in some parts of Europe. The biggest of them is Golden Dawn, which has become the third political force in Greece.
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Glazebrook: Refugees Don’t Cause Fascism, Timmermans, You Do
Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, following recent negotiations over the so-called refugee crisis, remarked to reporters: “We have to patrol our borders better.
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Posey: Mainstreaming Domestic Terrorism
In April 2009, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report leaked to the public entitled “Right Wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” was released within months of President Obama’s inauguration, sketching the broad strokes of a nascent white nationalist backlash
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Rasmus: The Greek Debt Interim Agreement
Greece and Syriza have not sold out. To declare such is premature at best and counterproductive politically at worst. Yes, Greece blinked at the February 28 deadline. If it hadn’t what would have been the consequences?
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Johnstone: Ukraine and Yugoslavia
Up to now, I have remained speechless in the face of what appears to me to be utter madness.
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Herman: Srebrenica: The Star Witness
Book by Germinal Civikov, translated from the German by John...
Europe Video
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Varoufakis: Europe’s hidden agenda
What happened in Greece during the crisis? And what happens when you take on the establishment?
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Chomsky: I would vote for Jeremy Corbyn
Interview on Donald Trump, populism in Europe and Julian Assange
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Rasmus: Labor Uprising in France
Massive labor actions have been roiling France, as unions protest the policies of the nominally Socialist government
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Cohen: Why Is The Western Media Ignoring The New Cold War?
Interview on Russia, NATO, and our mainstream media's refusal to report on the New Cold War
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Varoufakis: Privatization, Human Rights & Capitalism
Interview on privatization, human rights, media, experience with the EU and capitalism’s ability to reform
Europe Audio
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Rasmus: Oil Deflation, Russia’s Recession, and Ukraine Depression
Reviewing the continuing collapse of global oil prices and its effect on the emerging recession in Russia, continuing economic stagnation in Europe, and the deepening Depression in the Ukraine economy
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Rasmus: Europe’s Continuing Epic Recession
A talk on how Europe’s ‘stop-go’ recovery and its version of an ‘Epic recession’ (i.e. short, shallow recoveries followed by economic relapses and double dip recessions) is proving worse than the USA’s experience with ‘stop-go’ recovery since 2009
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Barrett: March for the Alternative – Peoples Assemblies
Mark Barrett shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March...
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Davies: March for the Alternative – UK Uncut
Liam Davies shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March...
Europe Blogs
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Bohmer: Thomas Herndon’s Dismantling of Study Justifying Austerity
April 20, 2013 Thomas Herndon studied economics and political...
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Wilson: Bread Crumbs for the World: The Failure of Hunger and Church Groups to Support Farm Justice
“A little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 11:6d “In truth...
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Wilson: Commodity Crops Vs. Vegetables? Data Slides Fix the Myth
(Authors note, 8/12/14: This blog introduced a new “Photo album”...
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Greeman: Scrooge Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
Brussels, Chrismas Eve, 2012. (From our Special Correspondant). Reactions...
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: England v Serbia Racism & European football
At a recent under 21 football match between Serbia and...
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Greeman: The horrors of socialized medicine in France
I have reached a hoary age where more and more...
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Wilson: Slides: The Dairy Crisis and the Farm Bill
The US (and beyond) dairy crisis is an enormous tragedy...
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Hahnel: Some Quick Thoughts on Recent Greek Tragedies
The Greek economy and society have been unraveling for well...