Europe

The Breakdown of the European Union

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2011 The demise of the European Union has begun with riots; scholars afraid of repression are creating alternate Internets; meanwhile, the Occupy Wall Street protests are starting to get some traction with the mainstream. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

EU Slaps a Ban on Syrian Oil

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 The European Union announced Saturday that it is banning purchases of Syrian oil, a first for Europe, which had thus far avoided targeting Syrian industry as a method to stem the government violence there. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sarkozy Urges ‘One Voice’ for EU on Issue of Palestinian Statehood

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2011 French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday in a speech to French ambassadors that he wanted all 27 countries of the European Union to speak with "one voice" in September on the issue of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Russians Are Coming (or Not)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2011 Correction: Back in 2007, a Russian official announced a scheme to build an underwater rail system linking Siberia to Alaska. Such a railway would require the longest tunnel ever built and expenditures of about $94 billion (by one estimate). More than four years later, the transcontinental railway was in the news again. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Les Riches Attempt to Pull a Buffett

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 Sixteen of France's wealthiest people have pulled a Warren Buffett and asked to be taxed more in order to help pay for the nation's growing debt. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.K. Rioters: Young, Poor, Male and Unemployed

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2011 The Guardian put together a database of court cases of those detained during and after the unrest that swept London in early August after Metropolitan Police shot 29-year-old Mark Duggan in the city's Tottenham neighborhood. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein on Riots and Resistance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Britain's riots were not political, we are assured, and looting is simply un-British, but "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein takes a different view: From Iraq to Argentina, when corrupt elites pass the bill to the struggling masses, civil unrest is to be expected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Economy Lags in Second Quarter

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2011 Germany's economy slowed to a crawl during the second financial quarter this year, registering only 0.1 percent growth during that time and dampening the optimism that Germans felt after an exceptionally strong first quarter. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Youth Rules

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2011 Youth-led revolts are shaking up the world; Shepard Fairey gets beaten up in Copenhagen; and people use social media to clean up London after the riots. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

London Riots: They’re Paying Attention Now

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2011 It's day four of riots and madness in the U.K., and if we want to understand what's happening, we'd best pay attention to young journalists like Laurie Penny, who wrote Tuesday: "Angry young people with nothing to do and little to lose are turning on their own communities, and they cannot be stopped, and they know it." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ignoring Iceland’s Revolution

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2011 Iceland's revolution goes unperceived by U.S. media; Greece worries about the China-ization of its country; and Egypt questions the need for a violent uprising. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Irony in Norway

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, leader of the Labor Party whose youth activists were so viciously targeted by right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik, is warning against "a witch hunt on expression." At the same time, the right-wing Progress Party is looking to exploit Breivik's mass murder to revise a few civil liberties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )