A tradition of loose oversight and regulations has been the hallmark of Anglo-American capitalism, writes Amy Froide.
FTX Mirrors 18th Century British Financial Scandal
Category: International
NHS Price Problem is Big Pharma, Not Striking Nurses
What the nurses are up against when they go on strike should unite us all, writes Tarun Gidwani. Everywhere, the same corporations are hollowing out people’s ability to exercise their right to health.
Health Workers in UK Intensifying Fight
Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen says Prime Minister Sunak “should ask himself what is motivating nursing staff to stand outside their hospitals for a second day so close to Christmas.”
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism
Amid extreme wealth inequality, Vijay Prashad considers the appeal of reactionary new religious traditions that measure salvation in the present balance of your bank account.
Venezuela Condemns US Senate Passage of ‘Bolivar Act’
The Maduro government called the legislation “a violation of economic freedoms and a serious offense to the Venezuelan people.”
Cambridge University’s Course for Spooks
A former MI6 chief and an ex-C.I.A. officer are offering a program for budding intelligence practitioners at Magdalene College, Cambridge — one of several U.K. universities with links to British intelligence, Mark Curtis reports.
US Veterans Join Calls for Ending War in Ukraine
“We want urgent, good-faith diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine, not more U.S. weapons, advisers and endless war,” writes Gerry Condon.
Low-Income World in Multi-Trillion Debt Squeeze
Rising interest rates and slowing global growth risk tipping a large number of countries into crisis, Baher Kamal reports.
Qatargate & the Decline of the European Left
A scandal rocking Europe further undermines trust in politicians nominally on the left, writes Attilio Moro.
Thomas Friedman & The Myth of Liberal Israel
What you now see so publicly demonstrated is, and always has been, Zionist Israel’s true culture and character — a state designed for one group alone and built on the conquest and dispossession of others, writes Lawrence Davidson.