"Half of the increase in France’s overall debt since 2017 was due to [Macron's] permanent tax cuts, with crisis support accounting for the other half, estimated Xavier Ragot, who heads the OFCE think-tank."
How Emmanuel Macron’s France became Europe’s fiscal problem child
Dire finances reflect pandemic and energy crisis largesse but also president’s early tax cuts
www.ft.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Half of the increase in France’s overall debt since 2017 was due to [Macron's] permanent tax cuts, with crisis support accounting for the other half, estimated Xavier Ragot, who heads the OFCE think-tank."
"We need to mobilise and continue to fight. If we start to give up and say that it's pointless, unfortunately things will never change, and that's why we're here.” I spent the day following the "Bloquons tout" protests across Paris – protests that were met with a heavy police response.
‘Our voices just aren’t heard’: ‘Block Everything’ protesters meet heavy police response in Paris
Police came down hard on scattered groups of protesters trying to block critical roads and infrastructure in Paris on Wednesday to protest government austerity measures as France's fifth prime ministe...
www.france24.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"We need to mobilise and continue to fight. If we start to give up and say that it's pointless, unfortunately things will never change, and that's why we're here.” I spent the day following the "Bloquons tout" protests across Paris – protests that were met with a heavy police response.
“If the federal government starts weakening public sector bargaining rights, it sets a precedent that makes it easier for states to follow suit. And if public sector unions lose their standing, it will almost certainly spill over into the private sector."
Trump’s assault on federal worker union rights is just the beginning
Since returning to office, US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders stripping more than a million federal workers of their right to collective bargaining – a move that unions warn likely…
www.france24.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“If the federal government starts weakening public sector bargaining rights, it sets a precedent that makes it easier for states to follow suit. And if public sector unions lose their standing, it will almost certainly spill over into the private sector."
“I like talking about discipline,” Gabor said. “The biggest problem we have now is around how to discipline private capital. The politics behind the revival of the state is based around short-term electoral-cycle politics."
Daniela Gabor: “Nobody is defending free markets any more”
The radical economist on why the West needs a complete overhaul.
www.newstatesman.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“I like talking about discipline,” Gabor said. “The biggest problem we have now is around how to discipline private capital. The politics behind the revival of the state is based around short-term electoral-cycle politics."
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An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...
cpj.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.
#NotATarget
Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...
"I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification – so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification – so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The nightly visions of emaciated children turned out to be the straw that broke the camel's back."
I spoke to Martin Kear about the Albanese government's decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. Full interview here: www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
I spoke to Martin Kear about the Albanese government's decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. Full interview here: www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Why Australia is risking US anger to recognise the state of Palestine
Australia will formally recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, centre-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, adding that the situation in the besieged Gaza…
www.france24.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"The nightly visions of emaciated children turned out to be the straw that broke the camel's back."
I spoke to Martin Kear about the Albanese government's decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. Full interview here: www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
I spoke to Martin Kear about the Albanese government's decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. Full interview here: www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
"In making Palestine Action a proscribed terrorist organisation, the government has added it to a list that includes al-Qaida, the UDA and the neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Division, all of which advocate murder to achieve political ends. Palestine Action advocates direct action to destroy weapons of war."
‘What does it mean to advocate non-violence to a people who are at risk of death from above, morning, noon and night?’
Huw Lemmey on freedom of conscience and the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey on freedom of conscience and the proscription of Palestine Action: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"In making Palestine Action a proscribed terrorist organisation, the government has added it to a list that includes al-Qaida, the UDA and the neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Division, all of which advocate murder to achieve political ends. Palestine Action advocates direct action to destroy weapons of war."
"Trump’s trade negotiations style might be highly erratic, but his is a clear-cut end goal: To upend the world economic system, replacing rules which were already unfair with the absolute dominance of the biggest bully." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Now that countries have capitulated on tariffs, Trump will be back for more
Governments should stop handing Trump unnecessary victories and stand up to him. This is the only way to defeat him.
www.aljazeera.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Trump’s trade negotiations style might be highly erratic, but his is a clear-cut end goal: To upend the world economic system, replacing rules which were already unfair with the absolute dominance of the biggest bully." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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"Stephen Miller: how an anti-immigrant crusade is remaking US policy"
I talked to @paul-millar.bsky.social from @france24.com about how high-profile moves like the Alien Enemies Act & military planes likely aren't the ones that will lead to the deportation of large numbers of people over time
I talked to @paul-millar.bsky.social from @france24.com about how high-profile moves like the Alien Enemies Act & military planes likely aren't the ones that will lead to the deportation of large numbers of people over time
Stephen Miller: how an anti-immigrant crusade is remaking US policy
Top adviser Stephen Miller has urged US President Donald Trump to take a harsh line on immigration starting with the infamous "Muslim ban" of his first administration. Now, Miller's insistence that IC...
www.france24.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Stephen Miller: how an anti-immigrant crusade is remaking US policy"
I talked to @paul-millar.bsky.social from @france24.com about how high-profile moves like the Alien Enemies Act & military planes likely aren't the ones that will lead to the deportation of large numbers of people over time
I talked to @paul-millar.bsky.social from @france24.com about how high-profile moves like the Alien Enemies Act & military planes likely aren't the ones that will lead to the deportation of large numbers of people over time
"Through deliberate choices, the architects of the current consumer internet have created a thoroughly commercialised, surveilled and authoritarian space where basic functions are seconded to the extractive appetites of the monopolies overseeing the system." www.ft.com/content/5d06...
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
www.ft.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Through deliberate choices, the architects of the current consumer internet have created a thoroughly commercialised, surveilled and authoritarian space where basic functions are seconded to the extractive appetites of the monopolies overseeing the system." www.ft.com/content/5d06...
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My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"The most important features of mercantilism are that it regards trade, and perhaps the economic activity in general, as a zero-sum game, and creates the world which is never in full peace nor in full war." From @brankomilan.bsky.social branko2f7.substack.com/p/capitalism...
Capitalism of finitude: pessimism and bellicosity
Review of Arnaud Orain’s "Le Monde Confisqué"
branko2f7.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"The most important features of mercantilism are that it regards trade, and perhaps the economic activity in general, as a zero-sum game, and creates the world which is never in full peace nor in full war." From @brankomilan.bsky.social branko2f7.substack.com/p/capitalism...
"Si Donald Trump veut lancer une guerre commerciale en représailles, cela nuirait d’abord aux Etats-Unis. La meilleure réponse à Trump, ce sont des tarifs pour les oligarques américains – et ceux des autres pays, d’ailleurs." www.alternatives-economiques.fr/gabriel-zucm...
Gabriel Zucman : « Débattons sérieusement de la taxation des milliardaires ! »
Porteur d’une proposition de taxe internationale sur les milliardaires à hauteur de 2 % de leur patrimoine, l’économiste fait le point sur les avancées de ce projet et répond aux objections qu’il soul...
www.alternatives-economiques.fr
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Si Donald Trump veut lancer une guerre commerciale en représailles, cela nuirait d’abord aux Etats-Unis. La meilleure réponse à Trump, ce sont des tarifs pour les oligarques américains – et ceux des autres pays, d’ailleurs." www.alternatives-economiques.fr/gabriel-zucm...
"Trump n’est au fond qu’un chef colonial empêché. Comme l’Europe du passé, il voudrait que la pax americana soit récompensée par des subsides versés par le reste du monde reconnaissant, de façon à financer éternellement ses déficits." www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Thomas Piketty : « La réalité est que les Etats-Unis sont en train de perdre le contrôle du monde »
CHRONIQUE. Le président américain voudrait que la pax americana soit récompensée par un tribut versé par le reste du monde, de façon à financer éternellement ses déficits. Le problème est que la puiss...
www.lemonde.fr
April 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"Trump n’est au fond qu’un chef colonial empêché. Comme l’Europe du passé, il voudrait que la pax americana soit récompensée par des subsides versés par le reste du monde reconnaissant, de façon à financer éternellement ses déficits." www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
"Le protectionnisme s’inscrit dans une tradition, celle de Jean Jaurès, pour qui il y avait le bon protectionnisme, de protection de l’Etat, qui servait à l’ensemble de la communauté, et le mauvais, qui ne servait que les intérêts de quelques-uns," analyse Ali Laïdi. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
La gauche française, partisane d’un « bon protectionnisme », embarrassée face à la guerre commerciale de Trump
La France insoumise, qui rêve d’instaurer un « protectionnisme solidaire », a cherché à marquer sa différence avec la méthode du président américain, tout comme le député François Ruffin, qui pourfend...
www.lemonde.fr
April 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"Le protectionnisme s’inscrit dans une tradition, celle de Jean Jaurès, pour qui il y avait le bon protectionnisme, de protection de l’Etat, qui servait à l’ensemble de la communauté, et le mauvais, qui ne servait que les intérêts de quelques-uns," analyse Ali Laïdi. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
"Globalisation cannot simply be reversed at the stroke of a pen. Its unravelling would involve much more than simply imposing tariffs; it would require an array of capital controls as well as a comprehensive industrial policy." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Steve Maher & Scott Aquanno, New Order? — Sidecar
On Trump’s tariffs.
newleftreview.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Globalisation cannot simply be reversed at the stroke of a pen. Its unravelling would involve much more than simply imposing tariffs; it would require an array of capital controls as well as a comprehensive industrial policy." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
US President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching tariffs have come crashing down on countries that rely heavily on the export of low-cost garments and textiles to the US. The result could be devastating for millions of low-wage garment workers already living hand to mouth. www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...
Stunned by Trump’s tariffs, world clothing suppliers are preparing to squeeze workers
US President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching “Liberation Day” tariffs have come crashing down on countries that rely heavily on the export of low-cost garments and textiles to the US. But while the levie...
www.france24.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
US President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching tariffs have come crashing down on countries that rely heavily on the export of low-cost garments and textiles to the US. The result could be devastating for millions of low-wage garment workers already living hand to mouth. www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...
"One of the most powerful and enduring lessons of Socrates’ life is precisely this: that what one ought to do, even unto death, is inextricably related to questions of connection and solidarity."
"The very first line of Open Socrates admonishes the reader, “There is a question you are avoiding.” For Callard, that question is: Why are you living this way? But this only points to a host of questions that Callard herself avoids..."
me for @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
me for @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
www.thenation.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"One of the most powerful and enduring lessons of Socrates’ life is precisely this: that what one ought to do, even unto death, is inextricably related to questions of connection and solidarity."
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“It’s not just about changing the government. It’s about showing people that they should have a say in the decisions that affect them.
It’s not just about voting. You have to have responsibility for the industry you work in, your neighbourhood, your city."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/were-not-b...
It’s not just about voting. You have to have responsibility for the industry you work in, your neighbourhood, your city."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/were-not-b...
"We're not Backing Down": The Serbian students toppling a corrupt regime
What Can We Do #13
graceblakeley.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“It’s not just about changing the government. It’s about showing people that they should have a say in the decisions that affect them.
It’s not just about voting. You have to have responsibility for the industry you work in, your neighbourhood, your city."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/were-not-b...
It’s not just about voting. You have to have responsibility for the industry you work in, your neighbourhood, your city."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/were-not-b...
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European funds. Last November, I wrote about what such a ruling could mean for the Rassemblement National's chances in the 2027 presidential election. 🧵
March 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European funds. Last November, I wrote about what such a ruling could mean for the Rassemblement National's chances in the 2027 presidential election. 🧵
"The China Labour Bulletin recorded 452 protests in the manufacturing sector last year, the highest in almost a decade, driven by factory closures, relocations and wage arrears. That followed a tenfold increase in manufacturing strikes and protest actions the year before."
www.ft.com/content/7640...
www.ft.com/content/7640...
China is suffering its own ‘China shock’
Labour-intensive manufacturing is vanishing and millions of jobs could be lost, with repercussions for stability and growth
www.ft.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"The China Labour Bulletin recorded 452 protests in the manufacturing sector last year, the highest in almost a decade, driven by factory closures, relocations and wage arrears. That followed a tenfold increase in manufacturing strikes and protest actions the year before."
www.ft.com/content/7640...
www.ft.com/content/7640...
“The EU has chosen to prioritise business interests, which are not necessarily conditioned by political liberalisation, over freedom and democracy in Serbia,” political scientist Branislav Radeljic said. My latest for @en.france24.com www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Why has the EU kept silent on Serbia’s massive protest movement?
As hundreds of thousands of Serbians take to the streets of Belgrade to protest what they describe as rampant corruption and cronyism in President Aleksandar Vučić’s government, the European Union is…
www.france24.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“The EU has chosen to prioritise business interests, which are not necessarily conditioned by political liberalisation, over freedom and democracy in Serbia,” political scientist Branislav Radeljic said. My latest for @en.france24.com www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
"In 2023, Sharaa threw many of his top lieutenants in jail, where they were tortured, triggering widespread protests." An intimate look back over the little-known life and works of Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. www.ft.com/content/8aa8...
The secret history of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa
Is the man once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani intent on moderating or a brutal strongman?
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"In 2023, Sharaa threw many of his top lieutenants in jail, where they were tortured, triggering widespread protests." An intimate look back over the little-known life and works of Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. www.ft.com/content/8aa8...
"Absent the institutions to enact military Keynesianism, the only way Europe can rearm is by shifting funds from its crumbling social and physical infrastructure – further weakening a Europe already reaping the bitter harvest of popular discontent."
The Case Against European Rearmament - Project Syndicate op-ed www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...
The Case Against European Rearmament | by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
Yanis Varoufakis argues that Europe's security depends above all on forging the democratic union that true strength requires.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Absent the institutions to enact military Keynesianism, the only way Europe can rearm is by shifting funds from its crumbling social and physical infrastructure – further weakening a Europe already reaping the bitter harvest of popular discontent."