Le blog de Evan Jones

Here follows a translation of Bertrand Renouvin's exposure of the hollowness of the so-called Franco-German couple. Germany has always pursued its national interests, a claim that Renouvin has perennially highlighted in multiple editorials. An unacknowledged fragility behind the much vaunted 'German model' has put German interests, indeed those of the European Union in general, in jeopardy.

More carnage in Gaza, with the usual mis-reporting and indifference in the West. Grotesque defense of the massacres by Israel. The criminal state of Israel depends for its impunity and immunity on establishment Jewish institutions internationally. Israel, and such supportive institutions, implicate Jewry in general in Israel's crimes. How can this perfidy persist?

In the wake of yet another outrage perpetrated on the imprisoned Gazan population, and the Israel-firsters in the National Assembly finding anti-Semitism under every rock, it is salutary to be reminded of Uri Davis' contribution to understanding the nature of the beast. What follows is a 6,000 word abridgement of Uri Davis’ Apartheid Israel (2003).

Julian Assange is being slowly murdered by the forces of the US and British states, His crime has been to expose their crimes. His treatment reinforces the lessons of what he has already exposed. But aren't the US and Great Britain the good guys, a moral that we as Westerners have inculcated in our schooling? Cognitive dissonance writ large. Assange is being crucified for our sins.

Here follows a translation of Bertrand Renouvin's background to the dénouement in Ukraine. Europe has acquiesced in its acceptance of US suzerainty, through NATO, of European military policy. Key European states facilitated the bloody dismantling of Yugoslavia and the later destruction of Libya. They have acted as auxiliaries to US military aggression elsewhere.

Australia overnight breaks the contract with Naval Group to supply 12 diesel powered submarines, costing tens of billions of Australian dollars.France suffers double humiliation: one by the US/UK/Australia troika, two due to the wilful subjugation of the French governing class to US imperatives. Here follows a translation of Bertrand Renouvin's condemnation of France's subservience.

Green algae has been a problem on Breton beaches for half a century. So also the nitrates levels in Breton watercourses. Breton intensive agriculture, addicted to nitrogenous fertiliser, produces not merely pig and chickens but nitrates-heavy manure. The situation is at an impasse. Meanwhile, intensive agriculture suffers from its own internal contradictions.

The relatively unsympathetic treatment of La France insoumise is strange. In particular, the orientation of François Ruffin is sympatico with multiple Mediapart journalists. What's going on?

The French public health system, facing ongoing deficits, has long been subject to dismantling in the face of neoliberal ideology and private sector lobbies. Yet this debilitated sector is at the front line in confronting the pandemic, further hampered by Macron's and the government's indifference and incompetence. No lessons have been learned as Macron promises more of the same post-Covid.