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Jonathan Cook - Dr Abu Safiya symbolised humanity in Gaza. Israel and the West are destroying it

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Israel isn’t eradicating ‘the terrorists’. It’s turning Gaza into a wasteland, a hellscape, where doctors no longer exist, aid workers are a memory, and compassion a liability

The hypocrisy and blatancy of Western geopolitical policies and propaganda seems to know no bounds

Craig Murray - Will Section 12 Die of Shame?

https://braveneweurope.com/craig-murray-will-section-12-die-of-shame

Ian Proud - The cancellation of mainstream debate in the west on Ukraine

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There has been an enormous cancellation of debate on Ukraine in the mainstream western media. Google does its part too, making it difficult in the west to search for and find genuinely independent reporting on key events. When you search for issues, such as Ukrainian casualty rates, ultra-nationalism in Ukraine, presidential elections or the state of Ukraine’s economy, the computer will normally say no

Ukraine loses billions in transit fees, Europe faces soaring energy prices, with Russia largely insulated from the fallout

Mike Fredenburg - Who pays for Zelensky’s gas cut-off gamble?

Mike Fredenburg - Who pays for Zelensky's gas cut-off gamble? - Brave New Europe Ukraine loses billions in transit fees, Europe faces soaring energy prices, with Russia largely insulated from the fallout Mike Fredenburg has been writing on defense policy and politics for over 30 years Cross-posted from Responsible [...]

An overview of new thinking among radical economists

Michael Roberts – ASSA 2025 part two: the radical – climate, labour and imperialism

Michael Roberts - ASSA 2025 part two: the radical – climate, labour and imperialism - Brave New Europe An overview of new thinking among radical economists. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog In part two of my report on the proceedings of [...]

Jean-Marie Le Pen was a whacky fringe figure for decades, but Macron’s failed Presidency may have paved the way for his daughter to take power

Aurelien Mondon - Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France

Aurelien Mondon - Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France - Brave New Europe Jean-Marie Le Pen was a whacky fringe figure for decades, but Macron’s failed Presidency may have paved the way for his daughter to take power. Aurelien Mondon is a Senior Lecturer in politics at the [...]

As neoliberal principles are abandoned, so is any conception of a set of global economic rules which serves everyone

Branko Milanović - How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles

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Branko Milanović - How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles - Brave New Europe As neoliberal principles are abandoned, so is any conception of a set of global economic rules which serves everyone. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: [...]

Economist Michael Hudson argues that this is as good as it is going to get for the global economy, as the US moves into chaos mode.

'I think the United States, Europe, and the Near Eastern economic and political situation is, obviously, it’s unstable. And almost any specific forecast we make is likely to be wrong because there are so many variables at work and competing interests at play. But actually, this is what mathematicians call an optimum position. That may sound optimistic, and I’m never one to be optimistic, but an optimum position is technically one that, wherever you move, it’s going to be worse.

'This is mathematically as good as it is. And that’s pretty much the situation you have today. You could say we’re now in the best of all possible worlds, given the policies that have led to the conflicts that we’re seeing: the conflict of national interest, the conflict of domestic interest, the conflict between the United States and Europe, and the United States against all the rest of the world. And I think that this year is going to be more than just change. I think that chaos is now official US policy. And that’s what you do when you’re trying to stop the world from moving in a direction that’s not in your interest.'

Watch/Read the full interview here: https://braveneweurope.com/michael-hudson-nima-alkhorshid-cracks-in-the-empire-is-the-american-superpower-fading

Caitlin Johnstone
takes aim at Bono, who has received 'the Presidential Medal of Freedom' from Joe Biden.

'If neoliberalism was a person, that person would be Bono — one of the wealthiest musicians alive. It just says so much about how gross things are in this warped and twisted civilization that such a creature is viewed as an artist and beloved by millions throughout the western world, and is being presented with an award by a president who is currently facilitating a genocide.

'Speaking of the Gaza genocide, to this date the only thing Bono has had to say publicly about the current spate of violence in the middle east was to mourn the victims of the October 7 Hamas attack who were killed whilst raving outside a concentration camp, changing the lyrics of the song “Pride (In the Name of Love).”

'“Early morning, October 7, as the sun is rising in the desert sky, Stars of David, they took your life, but they could not take your pride,” the singer crooned emotionally.

'Whenever I’m sad about a musician I like having died before their time, I comfort myself with the thought at least they didn’t live long enough to become another Bono.'

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Caitlin Johnstone - Meditations On Bono Receiving The Presidential Medal Of Freedom From Joe Biden - Brave New Europe If neoliberalism was a person, that person would be Bono Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium. Articles are re-posted from Caitlins Newsletter Cross-posted from Caitlin’s [...]

Chris Hedges
on the new normal of genocide.

'Joe Biden’s parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza.

'This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.

'This is a permanent, endless war designed not to destroy Hamas, or free Israeli hostages, but to eradicate, once and for all, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

'It is the final push to create a Greater Israel, which will include not only Gaza and the West Bank, but chunks of Lebanon and Syria.

'It is the culmination of the Zionist dream. And it will be paid for with rivers of blood — Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian.'

Read the full article here: https://braveneweurope.com/chris-hedges-genocide-the-new-normal

Branko Milanović
argues that Trump's inauguration will be a historic turning point.

'January 20, 2025 marks a symbolic end to global neoliberalism. Both of its components are gone. Globalism had now been converted into nationalism, neoliberalism has been made to apply to the economic sphere only. Its social parts—racial and gender equality, free movement of labor, multiculturalism—are dead. Only low tax rates, deregulation and worship of profit remain.'

Read the full article here: https://braveneweurope.com/branko-milanovic-to-the-finland-station

Former Italian diplomat Alberto Bradanini on the EU hanging on to the coattails of American empire.

'We have said several times about the gloomy European Union, a colonized entity accustomed to the violation of relevant principles of public and private ethics.

'It helps to alleviate depression the consciousness that the EU has long ceased to be a protagonist on the international scene.

'A noteworthy aspect is the care that its leaders reserve in polishing the buttons of the butler’s livery, which they wear, however, with great dignity!

'It is a source of relative consolation that the Global South – the resistant and emerging nations – is looking for other horizons, towards a plural and multipolar world, no longer subservient to globalist finance led by American corporations and the warmongering deep/permanent state of the declining American Empire.

'The BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and other continental groupings constitute an encouraging manifestation of the recovery of sovereignty by the Global South that could one day project a beneficial influence even on the West.'

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Alberto Bradanini - The West rejoices: Democracy and human rights are advancing everywhere! - Brave New Europe Many in the West chose to ignore the moral rot of neo-liberalism, unleashed by unfettered capitalism, that has overrun our societies. Alberto Bradanini is a former diplomat. Among the positions he held, he was Ambassador [...]