How German Foreign Minister’s Cancelled Trip Due to Plane Problems Is Symbolic of Country’s Decline
The fact FM Baerbock had to cancel trip and fly home commercial is a useful metaphor for Berlin’s recent rash of self-inflicted wounds.
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Memes About Animal Resistance Are Everywhere — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Laugh off Rebellious Orcas and Sea Otters Too Quickly
Are human and nonhuman animals’ struggles against oppression intertwined?
Read more...Vacation for Me, Not for Thee: European Workers’ Hard-Won Summer Vacation Tradition Is Slowly Being Taken Away
An increasing number of workers are unable to afford a summer holiday.
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The Road That Could Ignite a War in the Caucasus
Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the verge of another war – one that would suck in outside actors like Turkiye, Iran, Israel, India, and of course, Uncle Sam.
Read more...What Can Social Movements Learn From Gramsci in Today’s Uncertain Times?
Gramsci encourages movements to pursue wide-ranging interventions, but always to unite them as part of a common program to transform society.
Read more...Links 8/6/2023
The Nationalist Right Tries a New Formula to Sell the European Neoliberal Project
In Italy and elsewhere, the right combines anti-immigrant and chauvinist measures with neoliberal policy.
Read more...‘Renters Are Struggling’: Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
Economists begin to admit that their models are wrong when it comes to anti-rent control arguments.
Read more...The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
The situation also provides another example of the challenges of “derisking” from China.
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Links 7/23/2023
Germany Down the Rabbit Hole
Economics minister is again pressuring India on Russia while foreign minister Baerbock brags children can count on her to promote peace through war.
Read more...Effects of “Unprecedented” Marine Heat Waves May Be Irreversible
The marine heat wave could lead to a redistribution of ocean species that may then also destabilize additional ecosystems.
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