11+ hour, 46+ min ago  (428+ words) In its latest review'of the impact of the Middle East conflict on the world's economies, the IMF summed it up: "Although the war could shape the global economy in different ways, all roads lead to higher prices and slower growth....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (548+ words) NEU conference commenced this week in Brighton on a Sunday buffeted by coastal winds. Delegates crammed into hotels to prepare for the three and a half days that would shape the activities of the largest education union in Europe for…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (425+ words) The Guardian notes that governments in five EU member states are "consistently and intentionally" eroding the rule of law, Europe's leading civil liberties group has warned, while democratic standards are deteriorating in six more, including historically strong democracies.' The state…...

2+ day, 15+ min ago  (449+ words) Germany's Jewish Problem reads rather like a slow-burn thriller. The first two hundred pages track the author's thoughts as a Jewish anti-Zionist activist in Germany between October 2020 and July 2023. The reader knows there's a time bomb ticking, set to go…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (453+ words) Today's guilty verdicts in the case of Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop the War vice-chair Chris Nineham are extraordinary and shocking and a huge setback for civil liberties. The pair have made clear that they will be…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (503+ words) The far-right AfD took around 20 per cent of the vote, polling best among workers. In fact, it won nearly 40 per cent of manual workers in both states (40 per cent of those who could be bothered to vote, that is). The…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (656+ words) The Western media's abiding refrain is that Ukraine is, militarily and economically, on the point of collapse. It is part of whipping up anti-Russian feeling on the one hand, and encouraging a more rapid pace of militarization on the other....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (690+ words) Last weekend saw the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas Texas. It brings together key figures from Donald Trump's Maga movement, where attendees are supposed to rally round the great man. This year, Trump and other administration figures were…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (690+ words) Last weekend saw the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas Texas. It brings together key figures from Donald Trump's Maga movement, where attendees are supposed to rally round the great man. This year, Trump and other administration figures were…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (320+ words) Last Saturday was a riposte to that. It massively outnumbered the far-right march last September, showed that very significant forces were prepared to turn out on the streets, and gave confidence to anti-racists everywhere. It also showed that there is…...