Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
A world war was declared on 7 October. No news station reported on it, even though we will all have to suffer its effects. That day, the Biden administration launched a technological offensive against China, placing stringent limits and extensive controls on the export not only of integrated (...)
Last week, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges collapsed in spectacular fashion after accusations of improper handling of funds triggered a good old-fashioned bank run. Once valued at more than US$30 billion, the Bahamas-based firm FTX is now on the brink of collapse. This (...)
The world economy is mired in a crisis of stagflation not seen since the 1970s. Economies are slowing or in recession, central banks are jacking up interest rates in an attempt to control inflation, and workers and oppressed people are yet again bearing the cost of the crisis and alleged (...)
A detailed look at Barbara Walter and Paul Mason’s latest works
Having tangled with fascists in the streets and studied them, progressive journalist Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism, thinks he has a thing or two to say about them. To him, the January 6 attack on the US capitol was no (...)
‘The fantasy of an instinctively peaceful world may be comforting, but it is again coming to an end’, Alex Karp, CEO of Peter Thiel’s CIA-funded Palantir, wrote in an ominous open letter to European leaders a few weeks after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A co-founder of the company – and (...)
From the north of France to the Aegean Sea, from the Mediterranean to Mexico, the number of deaths at our borders is rising. More than 24,000 people are officially known to have perished on the perilous Mediterranean sea route alone since 2014. Yet these recurring tragedies produce no reaction (...)
Welcome to an era of two parallel worlds in global business.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has elicited a strong response from China: three days of simulated attack on Taiwan with further drills announced, plus a withdrawal from critical ongoing conversations with the US on climate (...)
From Ukraine to Taiwan, Eurasia has once again become the epicentre of a major confrontation between great powers (the United States, China and Russia). To analyse this, we must free ourselves from the mental software inherited from the Cold War, think anew, and take full account of the (...)
NATO has put its stamp on a new Cold War. The Madrid meeting of this military bloc (June 30, 2022) outlined its vision and tasks for the Euro-Atlantic geo strategy. Since this is a highly inter-connected world, these decisions impact the international security architecture. These moves come (...)
After the costly and patriarchal spectacle of this summit held for the greater glory of US President Joseph Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the main conclusion to be drawn is that NATO has formalised a new leap forward in its old project of establishing itself as a global (...)
Geopolitical realignment and anticolonial solidarity in a time of war
WAR: A FAMILIAR COLONIAL NARRATIVE
While Ukraine and the geopolitics of Eastern Europe were far away from Taiwanese consciousness prior to Russia’s invasion, the war has since galvanized a vibrant discussion on imperial (...)
We often talk about slavery as something of the past. But the truth is, it never really ended — it simply adapted to assume a more palatable form within the changing political system. Modern forms of slavery are so widely prevalent that it is highly likely that the things we consume –- from the (...)
The Russian illegal war in Ukraine has accelerated a shift in the world order forcing a renewed balance of power. Countries and analysts are calculating the implications of re-balancing and positioning for significant changes. Ukraine is ravaged; Russia is the aggressor and will suffer long (...)
‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades’. Thus spoke Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the biggest investment firm in the world which manages $10 trillion in assets. Assuming the situation doesn’t spiral out of control – (...)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked much discussion about imperialism on the left. rs21 member Pete Cannell looks at some of the issues raised, and argues for understanding imperialism as a world system.
The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 was met by huge protests around the world. The (...)
This text was one of three presented to open a discussion on the international situation at the February 2022 International Committee meeting and which we agreed will together form the basis for our future elaboration.
-------------
1. Persistence of a health crisis with uneven effects The (...)
This text was one of three presented to open a discussion on the international situation at the International Committee meeting and which we agreed will together form the basis for our future elaboration. This was a few hours before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. We also refer to the (...)
On February 26, two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, journalist Charlie D’Agata became visibly emotional as he described scenes of civilians running to bomb shelters, or else fleeing the city altogether, only to be caught in miles-long traffic jams. A senior correspondent for CBS,1 (...)
Does hegemony require a grand design? In a world where a thousand gilded oligarchs, billionaire sheiks, and Silicon deities rule the human future, we should not be surprised to discover that greed breeds reptilian minds. What I find most remarkable about these strange days – as thermobaric bombs (...)
Accounting for the descent of the European state system into the barbarism of war – for the first time since NATO’s 1999 bombing of Belgrade – needs more than lay psychiatry. What made Russia and ‘the West’ engage in an unrelenting wrestling match on the edge of the abyss, with both sides eventually (...)
Twitter
Facebook