By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek Black and Jewish activists say charges of anti-Semitism are being used to undermine the Black Lives Matter movement. Concerns about anti-Semitism in the Black community have been fueled by recent comments from Black celebrities, including Nick…
By Yanis Varoufakis* While the media are reporting the news of the deadlocked EU Summit negotiations over the so-called ‘Recovery Fund’, an eerie silence prevails regarding the Elephant in the Room: The huge wave of austerity the Eurozone is sleepwalking towards. Let’s look at…
By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek “I got him” were the first words uttered by the police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks, according to Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. The killing of Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, during an encounter with two white officers outside a…
By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) Guests : Angela Davis world-renowned abolitionist, author, activist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The uprising against police brutality and anti-Black racism continues to sweep across the United States and…
Editorial The pandemic is an opportunity to tackle the climate emergency by creating productive green jobs for those made redundant by the crisis Britain needs a green job-filled recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unlike Germany and South Korea, it is far from clear…
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the ugly drama of U.S. history.
By Naked Capitalism – Posted by Yves Smith Yves here. Regular readers of this site are likely to have encountered previous interviews with Heiner Flassbeck (*), one of the few German economists who has been a consistent and sound critic of Eurozone arrangements, and in…
By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute The protests are a form of white privilege in action as the virus disproportionately infects and kills African Americans and people of color. When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Americans dutifully stayed at home…
Adam Tooze* – The Guardian The pandemic has necessitated huge borrowing – but post-crisis austerity would be the very worst way to deal with it We do not know how this pandemic will end. We do know that we will be poorer when it’s over: GDP is plunging around the world.
By Rafiqul Islam Last week almost 400 Rohingyas were rescued off the coast of Bangladesh after being at sea for two months after their boat failed to reach Malaysia. But the case is not a new one as each month thousands board boats from refugee camps in Bangladesh in an…
