19 March 2020 — Global Justice Now
Although we’ve had to postpone our conference, Together We Are Powerful on 28 March, our campaign work continues and that includes events!
We’ll be trying out a two hour online event discussing some of the pressing global justice issues raised by the coronavirus crisis, and I’m pleased to say that Shalmali Guttal, who had planned to come over for our conference, will join this online discussion live from Thailand.
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19 March 2020 — Wrong Kind of Green
Questioning the ruling class narrative should never be seen, nor framed, as reckless. It should never be subjected to shaming. Rather, it should be a prerequisite and respected as such. The imperative to always question the ruling class narrative is not the responsibility of a small handful of individuals, but the responsibility of a thinking society as a whole. A working class society. With media, global institutions, NGOs, academia, and science, all in the pocket of capital, as draconian measures set in, this prerequisite has never been more important or more urgent.
19 March 2020 — Moon of Alabama
The Justice Department dropped its case against a Russian company which was alleged of influencing the 2016 elections. But as one false claim about Russian influence campaigns is now thoroughly debunked new nonsensical claims about alleged Russian influence campaigns arise.
19 March 2020 — Michael Roberts Blog
Forecasts of a global slump in the rest of 2020 are coming in droves from mainstream economists – it’s now the consensus that there will be a contraction in global real GDP in at least two consecutive quarters (Q1 and Q2), in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and the ‘lock down’ in response.
19 March 2020 — The New Dark Age
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A Tale of Two Foreign Policies: The Train-Wreck Abroad Is Bipartisan
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/03/19/a-tale-of-two-foreign-policies-the-train-wreck-abroad-is-bipartisan/
New Evidence of US Ties to Terrorists
https://journal-neo.org/2020/03/19/new-evidence-of-us-ties-to-terrorists/
18 March 2020 — Off Guardian
Let’s try a little thought experiment. Just for fun. To pass the time while we’re indefinitely locked down inside our homes, compulsively checking the Covid-19 “active cases” and “total death” count, washing our hands every twenty minutes, and attempting not to touch our faces.
The New Dark Age 