By Peter Schwarz | 09-08-2022
Resistance is growing across Europe to the massive price hikes being used to pass the costs of the proxy war that the US and NATO are waging against Russia in Ukraine onto working people.
No to war and surging prices!
As many as half of British households may be facing fuel poverty because of the inexorable rise in energy prices, EDF, the French utility that also has business in the UK, has warned.
Half Of UK Households Will Be In Fuel Poverty By January
The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain’s next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of “extreme neoliberal policies,” says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country’s model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has “Extreme Neoliberal” Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
Over 70,000 citizens of the Czech Republic gathered at the heart of the nation’s capital Prague in a protest against their government’s failure to control soaring energy prices. The protesters also openly voiced their anger against NATO and the European Union.
Explained: Why the EU, NATO were in the crosshairs of a huge protest in the Czech capital
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been warned by intelligence officials to expect and prepare for an autumn of rage amid the cost of living.
German intelligence warns Scholz to prepare for an ‘autumn of rage’ with ‘explosive’ riots amid cost of living
Europe’s impending depression is not to be discounted in terms of its relevance to this side of the Atlantic pond. Since the turn of the century, US exports to the European Union have soared from $12.3 billion per month to $30.4 billion. That latter amounts to $365 billion on an annual basis.
Needless to say, when European GDP descends into a double-digit slide, demand for US exports will plunge, causing declines in production and employment on this side of the Atlantic.
Europe’s Coming Winter From Hell: Thanks for Your Sanctions War, Washington!
Ukraine is planning to tour an exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles across Europe, as it strives to maintain public attention on the conflict.
Destroyed Russian Tanks to Be Paraded in Europe by Ukraine
International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol has warned of a triple energy crisis that could be “much bigger” and longer lasting than the 1970s.
IEA chief warns of summer fuel shortages and a triple energy crisis that will outstrip the oil shocks of the 1970s
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