8 June 2017 — investigating imperialism
I have to admit I took my eye off the ball. My desire to see the back of this awful government overwhelmed my powers of reasoning but hopefully it’s only temporary.
That’s the problem: We want Corbyn to be real.
19 May 2017 — WSWS
Tuesday saw the official launch of the Labour Party’s manifesto for the June 8 snap General Election. The manifesto contained a number of highly significant amendments from the draft version leaked just days earlier.
The draft, produced by the team around Labour’s nominally left leader Jeremy Corbyn, was subject to ratification by the party’s top officials on May 11. It sought to marry a watery commitment to certain social reforms and a slight relaxation in the Conservatives’ austerity agenda with a raft of measures demanded by the Blairite right wing. In particular, it committed Labour to the £200 billion renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system, and to supporting NATO, and included a declaration that Corbyn would be prepared to launch a nuclear attack—albeit while being “extremely cautious” about it.
8 June 2017 — notsoloonyleft
I said that this election was a matter of life and death to someone the other day. I was accused of being over dramatic.
I thought for a moment am I? Am I making everything more important that it really is?
7 June 2017 — Information Clearing House
Terrorism in Tehran: Reality Confounds Rhetoric
By Paul Pillar
It appears the most immediate American response to the attacks will be sanctions on, not sympathy for, the victim. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 