December 31, 2019

  • Collapse of UK National Health Service threatened as Johnson government readies further onslaught

    The National Health Service (NHS) faces collapse after decades of underfunding, staffing cuts and privatisation. Even before the onset of the NHS’s now-annual “winter crisis,” a heightened expression of a year-round crisis, senior doctors’ representatives warned that the health service was “on its knees.” Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 26-31 December 2019

    31 December 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Washington escalates Mideast war threat with strikes on Iraq, Syria http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/iraq-d31.html The Syrian War: America’s “War on Terror” Exposed http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-syrian-war-americas-war-on-terror.html Continue reading

  • Bolivia News Links 30-31 December 2019

    31 December 2019 • 10:30  — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Exterminating Angels Left-wing MAS Leads Voting Intentions In Bolivia https://popularresistance.org/left-wing-mas-leads-voting-intentions-in-bolivia/ The Coup in Bolivia: Lessons for our Movement https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/the-coup-in-bolivia-lessons-for-our-movement/ Continue reading

  • An Improvisation 2004 – The Andrew Hill Trio

    Andrew Hill (1931-2007) was a masterful pianist and a very original composer whose music fell into the avant-garde but was really in its own category. Continue reading