Iceland’s fight for press freedom | Alda Sigmundsdóttir | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
I thought the idea of creating this sort of haven in Iceland – a country struggling with the exposure of massive amounts of corruption, not to mention a severely restricted media sector – was both novel and intriguing. It also seemed perfectly [...]

Proinnsias Breathnach | Competitiveness myths unsupported by the evidence
"The preoccupation of many economists with labour costs as the key to export competitiveness is difficult to fathom given the minor role played by such costs in the overall cost structure of Ireland’s main export sectors. In manufacturing as a whole, labour costs amounted for just 15.5% [...]

Iceland aims to become an offshore haven for journalists and leakers » Nieman Journalism Lab
On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a measure aimed at making the country an international center for investigative journalism publishing, by passing the strongest combination of source protection, freedom of speech, and libel-tourism prevention laws in the world.
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Paul Mason | Greece: “The PIGS Fight Back”
Paul Mason, Newsnight economics reporter, gives a low down of events on Wednesday.
The question of the day is: will Germany and maybe France step forward to guarantee Greece’s future loans, allowing the cost of borrowing to fall and greater certainty that it will roll-over the debts in a [...]

Europe prepares to help Greece out of crisis — EU Business News
EU leaders are under increasing pressure to lend support to cash-strapped Greece when they meet in Brussels Thursday, with attention increasingly on offering financial guarantees to soothe the markets.
On Wednesday, finance ministers from the European single currency area planned phone talks with European Central [...]

Socialist Project | Consolidating the Coup in Honduras?
A country of sharp inequality and class polarization, Honduras recently returned to the frontlines in the battle for Latin America’s soul. The terrain of struggle has shifted on multiple occasions over the last seven months, following the military coup against the democratically-elected President, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya. The battle [...]

Rep. Dennis Kucinich v. Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court’s Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling on Corporate Money
A new poll has found nearly two-thirds of respondents oppose the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Citizens United to allow corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates. Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Glenn Greenwald offer [...]