Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined.
While capitalism confines the Global South to raw extraction and cheap exports, democratic planning can break dependence, claim technological control, and turn resources into collective economic power.
That’s the unwritten rule for Britain’s media
The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties. The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) came close to winning a majority of votes, with 43.8%. This was about 4% higher than polls had suggested.
As Mark Carney launches a massive military buildup, Canadians are getting hit with a barrage of pro-militarization propaganda.
Martin Lukacs debunks six myths the country’s elite are peddling to justify this generational theft of public money.
As the Senate returns to Washington for its last week in session until mid-September, it faces a long to-do list. But for many senators, the top priority is not enacting legislation that will help Americans but instead rushing to approve the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, known colloquially as the “Russia sanctions bill.”
By refusing to advocate for negotiations, the West has done Ukraine a disservice.
The Rhine Group, launched and chaired by the former prime minister and former ECB president, rebukes leaders: “Europe is in a harder place than when the competitiveness report was released. Decline is not inevitable, but it is the direction we are heading unless we take urgent action”
