September 26, 2019
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 26 September 2019
26 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Britain: political crisis deepens as Supreme Court intervenes http://www.marxist.com/britain-political-crisis-deepens-as-supreme-court-intervenes.htm Odds cut on Boris Johnson being shortest serving PM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/qugs91lT_lU/ Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2019
26 September 2019 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Undercover Policing & Trade Unions Conference, London 2. Stop Nato – December 2019 INSTORE EVENTS 3. ‘Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse’ 4. ‘Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined’ with JJ Bola 5. ‘Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture’ with Amelia Continue reading
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Hong Kong Protests: “Return” to the British Empire and the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing… ? By Manlio Dinucci
Hundreds of young Chinese, in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing the God Save the Queen and shout “Great Britain Saves Hong Kong”, a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians who ask that British citizenship be given to residents of the former colony. In this way, Britain is emerging in world… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 25 September 2019: The Austerity Race to the Bottom / Freedom Rider: Black Misleaders’ Phony Outrage / Imperial Mindset: The Real Enemy / BAR 13th Anniversary, Tribute to Bruce Dixon / 2016 Ballot Questions / Poetry: Save the Children
26 September 2019 — Black Agenda Report Drop the Term “Austerity” – It’s the Race to the Bottom Glen Ford, BAR executive editor In the corporate-organized Race to the Bottom, withdrawal of health care is a weapon to discipline workers and their families, as is the whole “austerity” regime. Continue reading
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“Extinction Rebellion”, “Green New Deal” and the “Rebranding of Global Capitalism” By Julian Rose
On 20 September students will be mobilizing in a global protest against climate change. Who is supporting this Worldwide endeavour, who is funding it? Is this a real rebellion? Continue reading
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The Irreversible (but Laborious) Construction of a Multi-Polar Order
Ismael Hossein-zadeh, an Iranian-born Kurdish economist and professor emeritus at Drake University (Iowa) wondered in a recent post why China, India, Russia and other countries do not challenge the tyranny exerted by the US over the institutions that monitor, regulate and control the functioning of the international economic and financial system such as the IMF,… Continue reading