As Trump and Biden lay out their climate agendas, the choice could not be more clear

February 1, 2024 Oliver Milman If there was any lingering doubt over what’s at stake in this year’s US presidential election when it comes to the climate crisis, the past week has thrown the matter into stark relief. Joe Biden, facing mounting pressure from climate activists increasingly grumpy with his ongoing embrace of oil and

Germany’s top court banned public funding for neo-Nazi party

Germany’s top court banned public funding for neo-Nazi party The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany stripped the neo-Nazi party Die Heimat, which means the Homeland, of the right to public financing and the tax advantages normally extended to political organizations. The decision could provide a blueprint for government efforts to head off a resurgence of

The Guardian looking at the world the first week of 2023 June

June 01 Headlines Kyiv strikes   Three die in early morning attack by Russia Two children were among the dead, according to Ukrainian officials, in one of the most deadly attacks in recent weeks Macron   Negotiating with Putin may have to take priority over war crimes trial, says French president French president calls for

How willing are people to stand up for their values and beliefs

One can find several people doing violence against the truth. Similarly, there is Richard Martin who claims that fascism and communism are twin brothers.

Growing contradiction between North American and north European capitalism

Italy’s newly elected Prime Minister and leader of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, heads a political party which is rooted in ideologies of the far-right and has a history of being against LGBTQI rights. That choice for the far-right is followed by other countries in the European Union, bringing democracy, free expression and free choice in danger.

Headings for the weekend of 2022 November 06-07

What was in the news this weekend Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian acknowledged for the first time on Nov. 5 that his country had provided drones to Russia, but claimed that it happened before Russia’s full-scale invasion. Iran exploits Russia’s dependence on kamikaze drone supplies. The Institute for the Study of War said in its

Economic pain for all or for the poorer majority

We can not allow the capitalist governments and central banks in Europe to follow the US Fed’s lead in willing to throw the economy into a recession, destroying millions of more jobs.

This is Europe: The Guardian looking at the chaos in Italy and Ukraine

Italy has had 67 governments in almost as many years. Ukraine is a fault line in Italian politics: and a far-right coalition that includes Putin-fan Salvini could derail the EU’s consensus on the war, particularly in an energy squeeze. Observers think Meloni, although a hardliner, may not be as keen to cosy up to Putin (she admires the American right), but together they could align with Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán in opposing immigration, abortion and LGBT rights.

The Observer end of July 2022 overview

Hi all, Truly can’t imagine a hotter summer. With heat waves in Europe, an ever changing political sphere, and wars still ongoing abroad, it’s a surreal time to be alive. No one can deny that yet we still find ourselves time and time again drawn back to art of all kinds. We make sense of

Christian nationalism is shaping a Pennsylvania primary — and a GOP shift

After the failed attack on the Capitol, Trump is now trying to get even more people behind him and is looking for all possible means to convince the people through others that he is the best man for the next presidency. Certain conservative Christian groups, such as Thursday Night Patriots, are therefore eagerly used by Trump’s supporters, who want to strike home with their hate speech against Americans who think differently.