Why Russia’s political capitalists went to war – and how the war could end their rule
- Russia’s political capitalists waged war in order to survive as a class, to continue accumulating wealth through the exploitation...
Year: 2022
How Toxic Universities Kick Out People
Thomas Klikauer, ZNet, 24 July 2022 Many, if not most, universities have become managed, neo-liberalized, managerialized, and very toxic places. Since...
Russia as a “battering ram”? China carefully separates the political and economic sides of the war in Ukraine
Why does China respect Western sanctions and what it means for Russia? Veronika Sušová-Salminen has noticed some of the nuances...
Great Britain: now, rail workers’ strike. Then, a general strike!
- At the beginning of pandemic, when rail companies struggled to meet their ends, the government bailed them out. At...
Gavin Rae: After Brexit the UK undergoes intensive Americanization
Cross-border Talks spoke to the Poland-based sociologist and activist from the Naprzod foundation (transform! europe's Polish partner) about the fall...
G7 and BRICS: the clash of the worlds
The tension between two blocks is rising, the cauldron of opposing interests is ready to bear a new cold war,...
Why do Bulgarians and Romanians fear having a dynamic identity between themselves?
David Bisset is a specialist in child poverty and deprivation. He is one of the founders of Equilibrium, which is...
In the shadow of war, Ukraine slashes workers’ rights to welcome transnational capital
Ukrainian authorities claim that maximum freedom for business and a minimum state is a universal way to prosperity - and...
50 shades of Lapid
Who is Yair Lapid, former journalist, actor, songwriter, singer, boxer and TV showman? No less than the brand new prime...
The West is experiencing a contraction of its power, not necessarily its decline
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute, Other News What Westerners call the West or Western civilization...
