Europe Imperialism Internationalism
Debate on Ukraine: Neither Washington nor Moscow – nor Brussels?
Sean Thompson responds to Alan Thornett’s piece published yesterday, and offers his views on the current state of the war…
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Europe Imperialism Internationalism
Debate on Ukraine: Trump upends the world order
Red-Green Labour does not have a formal position on the war in Ukraine. However, we broadly support the right of…
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Chemical reaction Inside the corporate fight against the EU’s PFAS restriction
From Corporate Europe Observatory The EU proposal to restrict PFAS – or ‘forever chemicals’ – is at serious risk of being hijacked…
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‘Capitalism is anti-us’: ex-GKN workers champion ecological transition
From People and Nature On 9 July 2021, Melrose Industries announced the closure of its GKN Driveline (formerly FIAT)…
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Fiscal Discipline is a Climate Catastrophe
From Tribune Fiscal Discipline is a Climate Catastrophe By Grace Blakeley Germany has blocked billions of pounds of green investment…
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The European Commission proposes to scrap safeguards around new GMOs
The latest GM Watch newsletter Welcome to our latest Review, which focuses on the European Commission’s proposal to scrap safeguards…
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Ukraine: war makes just energy transition more urgent
From People and Nature By Simon Pirani Even in the midst of war, there is a struggle for Ukraine’s energy…
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Big Toxics and their lobby firepower
From Social Europe The chemical giants outspend even Big Tech and Big Energy on lobbying the EU—and it’s working. In…
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Brexit is destroying what’s left of the UK car industry
Alan Thornett writes about another Brexit chicken coming home to roost with a vengeance. The electric vehicle (EV) multinational Stellantis…
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Lessons from Barcelona’s 8-year experiment in radical governance
From Waging Nonviolence An interesting long article with lessons for us. Activists who took over Barcelona’s City Hall have made…