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Dwindling UK sovereignty may push attorney general to back Brexit
Britain’s Attorney General Jeremy Wright may vote for a Brexit amid mounting concern that European courts are whittling away the UK’s sovereignty, it has...
Lies, Damned Lies And Yet More Misleading Statistics On Europe
by Iain Begg
In war, according to the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, truth is the first casualty. Plainly, he had not foreseen the Brexit referendum campaign...
Programme For A Good, More Social And Sustainable Europe
by John Palmer
As the pro-European, left wing British think tank, Compass, has rightly insisted, any serious project for a “Good Europe” must first confront the...
Von der Tragödie des Grexit zur Farce des Brexit
Von Elmar Altvater
War vor gut einem Jahr das Spiel von EU, EZB usw. mit Griechenland in der Hauptrolle noch große Tragödie, so kann das...
Brexit: the challenge for Europe
The following article by John Pedler discusses British prime minister David Cameron’s decision to hold a referendum on whether or not to exit the EU.
http://mondediplo.com/blogs/brexit-the-challenge-for-europe
The internationalist case against the European Union
For the first time in a generation Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union, probably in the autumn of 2016. How...
The EU referendum: The case for a socialist Yes vote
By John Palmer
I would like to preface this discussion with Alex Callinicos, on what attitude socialists should take to the referendum on Britain’s membership...
British Think Tank Complains Russia Might Harm al-Qaeda in Syria
by Jason Ditz
A new report from British think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is warning that Russia’s involvement in the Syrian civil...
Jeremy Corbyn: a Man Who Didn’t Try to Fashion a Career
by Boris Kagarlitsky
This past summer, I was hoping to meet with Jeremy Corbyn at a conference on anti-crisis policy in Ufa, Russia. He asked...
Instead of brutality, hate and hypocrisy, refugees from war deserve our...
IT SEEMS barely credible that the summer of 2015 in Europe has been marked by the biggest refugee crisis that most of us can...