‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
Mapping Bob Dylan’s mind
Generative AI sheds new light on the underlying engines of metaphor, mood and reinvention in six decades of songs- by Prashant GargRead on Aeon
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Der Cervelatkomplex oder: die Schweizer Extrawurst
Der Cervelat fehlt in der Schweiz auf keiner Schulreise, keinem Vereinsgrillfest und schon gar nicht am Nationalfeiertag – trotz vermeintlich vegetarischem Zeitgeist. Als Barthes’scher Mythos naturalisiert die Brühwurst eine bestimmte Schweizer Nationalidentität.
Whip restored to welfare rebels
Rachael Maskell, Chris Hinchcliff, Brian Leishman and Neil Duncan-Jordan will now sit as Labour MPs again
Trump considers a Russian oil sanctions exemption for his good chum seeking reelection in Hungary. Meduza breaks down today’s biggest Russia-related news stories, November 7, 2025
President Donald Trump confirmed he is “looking at” an exemption for Hungary from recently imposed U. S. sanctions on Russian oil. The discussion took place during his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on November 7, 2025.
Krieg im Sudan: Schutzlos ausgeliefert
Das Ausmass des Massenmords lässt sich erst erahnen. Bereits aber ist klar: Was nach der Einnahme der Stadt al-Faschir in Darfur geschah, wird zum Denkmal internationalen Versagens. …mehr
Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Part III: “Leave While We Are Still Polite”
“Ozren is not for sale! ” Author’s photo. Editors’ note: This article is published in a six-part series. You can read the others here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6. Interethnic cooperation and resistance to mining around Mt.
Ruedi Widmer: Unten links
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Die Moral ist egal
Billie Eilishs Aufforderung an Milliardär*innen, ihr Vermögen zu teilen, ist zwar sympathisch – politisch aber irreführend. Selbst wenn Überreiche die grosszügigsten Menschen der Welt wären, würden Spenden die Strukturen nicht antasten, die ihren Reichtum und ihre Macht überhaupt erst hervorbringen.
Der Demokrat Zohran Mamdani wird Bürgermeister von New York
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Key words: Dual Power
Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism The post Key words: Dual Power appeared first on Red Pepper.
How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
Turkey issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli ministers
The investigation concerns the treatment of Sumud flotilla activists during their detention.
In Latin America, people’s movements are democracy’s last defence
Despite the region’s progressive values, authoritarianism remains a threat. And it’s people, not politicians, fighting it
Chaos and corruption take hold as thousands of trucks remain stranded at the Russia-Kazakhstan border
For nearly two months, the Russia–Kazakhstan border has turned into a parking lot. Thousands of trucks loaded with goods worth millions of rubles have been stuck there since early September, when Russia suspended freight crossings citing falsified customs declarations.
Putin’s envoy ‘doesn’t want to boast,’ claims he fought off a Ukrainian armored vehicle with a sniper rifle
Yury Trutnev, Russia’s deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, doesn’t want to brag. “It would be wrong and dishonest,” he told Russian milblogger Semyon Pegov on November 6.
Ukrainian soldiers' rotations on the front line are growing ever longer
The Cross of Military Merit, awarded by President Zelensky to two soldiers who held their position for 165 days, highlights the rising difficulty of rotating infantrymen under constant threat from Russian drones.
'With Grokipedia, AI will be trained using the world as Elon Musk describes, perceives and desires it'
In an op-ed for Le Monde, Julien Malaurent, the deputy managing director of ESSEC Business School, warns of the consequences that could result from the launch of Grokipedia, Elon Musk's encyclopedia. Entirely generated by artificial intelligence, the platform heralds an epistemological revolution.
Einblicke in die Exekutive – Kommissionsbericht zum Polizeieinsatz am Peršmanhof
Drei Monate nach dem Polizeieinsatz am Peršmanhof gibt es nun einen Bericht der eingerichteten Untersuchungskommission. Der Bericht wird als “vernichtend”, “deutlich und klar” bezeichnet. Dennoch lässt er grundlegende Probleme unberührt.