Spain at odds with European neighbours: “Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country,” Pedro Sánchez told parliament on Wednesday. “It’s as simple as that.” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Pedro Sánchez unveils plans to help migrants settle in Spain

Prime minister champions migration in stance at odds with European neighbours

3/3 result is unequivocal: it is now in tatters, like the Arab world." End.

2/3 other than the law of the strongest. It is the last nail in the coffin of a liberal order, contested by many global or regional powers, of which the West wanted to be the guardian. From Iraq to Gaza via Syria, this order has never been so trampled by those who claim it as in our region. The...

1/3 A nuanced and profound reflection a year after October 7 by the editor-in-chief of the independent Lebanese L'Orient Today Anthony Samrani. "The Gaza war marks the end of an illusion: that of a Western desire, sometimes sincere, to build an international order based on something... llk.dk/iv89f0

The Gaza war marks the end of a world

History did not begin on October 7, 2023. All those with the Palestinian cause at heart like to make a reminder of this to counter a dominant narrative that makes it the alpha and omega of...

1/2 Når man i Danmark taler om ”svenske tilstande”, tales der næsten aldrig om væksten i ulighed, som ellers er vigtig og markant! Privatisering af velfærdsydelser (fx. skoler, børnehaver og ældrepleje) skattereformer, der gør det mere attraktivt at eje end at arbejde www.zetland.dk/historie/sOP...

Sverige har mange flere superrige end Danmark. Og de bliver rigere og rigere

I løbet af de seneste årtier er antallet af superrige i Sverige eksploderet. Og ifølge en meget debatteret og prisvindende bog er det ikke kun, fordi svenskerne er gode til at lave virksomheder. Det h...

An important reflexion by Israeli-American historian of genocide and former IDF soldier Omer Bartov. What brought him to change his mind as he now thinks that Israel is committing a genocide? www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel

The long read: This summer, one of my lectures was protested by far-right students. Their rhetoric brought to mind some of the darkest moments of 20th-century history – and overlapped with mainstream ...

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No more fiscal favours? Calls to tax super-rich gain traction around world

Even rightwing governments are joining in with G20-led push to make wealthy pay, with Italy doubling flat tax on foreign income

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The roots of the UK's unrest lie in the warping of genuine working-class grievances | Kenan Malik

Mainstream politicians have legitimised the far right to rebrand racism as white identity

"The minimum tax is now on the agenda... We already have the tools needed to make the world’s billionaires pay their fair share of taxes. It’s now up to the governments to act fast and effectively." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/b...

Taxing the Superrich Is More Possible – and More Necessary – Than Ever | by Gabriel Zucman - Project Syndicate

Gabriel Zucman welcomes recent international progress toward taxing the wealth of billionaires.

"hvorfor forsvarer en erfaren dansk politiker de medier, der fungerer som voldsparate racisters våben til at mobilisere de vrede briter? Har han afskrevet de faktabaserede journalistiske medier som rygraden i en fornuftsbaseret offentlig samtale?" Gavelink: politiken.dk/del/uesz6KAE...

Kommentar: Har du opgivet troen på nyhedsmedierne, Morten Messerschmidt?

De sociale medier er den mobiliserende motor under den racistiske voldsbølge i Storbritannien. Hvorfor stoler en folkevalgt dansk politiker mere på dem end på nyhedsmedierne?, spørger Søren Schultz Jø...