May 2, 2020
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Cold War of Trump/Navarro vs China
The blind horseman, who hates China intuitively, without knowing hardly anything about it, is leading the pack, pushing his president into a confrontation with the most populous country on Earth. His name is Peter Navarro. Continue reading
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NEW! NEW! NEW! – Mid-April ColdType (Number 204) is now online
April 2020 — Coldtype ColdType: Great Reading to Keep the Boredom at Bay Continue reading
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The scarring
Optimism reigns in global stock markets, particularly in the US. After falling around 30% when the lockdowns to contain COVID-19 virus pandemic were imposed, the US stock market has jumped back 30% in April. Why? Well, for two reasons. The first is that the US Federal Reserve has intervened to inject humungous amounts of credit… Continue reading
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Neo-liberalism and how it has disrupted the bourgeois state
The incompetent and disorganised response by the US and UK government to the pandemic poses a deeper question than simply the personnel involved. Is this response accidental or predictable in so far as it has occurred in the two countries where neo-liberalism is most advanced, financialization most extreme and the state most disrupted. This article… Continue reading
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No Going Back – The COVID-19 Pandemic Theses
Public Reading Rooms is publishing these theses – on the pandemic, the nature of the crisis and the necessary next steps. We want to initiate a wide-ranging discussion on the left. Please send us any comments, thoughts or longer pieces to transform@prruk.org Continue reading
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Slavoj Zizek: May 1 in the viral world is a holiday for the NEW working class
1 May, 2020 — RT Maybe the moment has come to take a step back from our exclusive focus on the pandemic, to allow ourselves to consider what coronavirus and its devastating effects reveal about us as a society. Continue reading
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Annihilation Utopia
1. You’re heroes, don’t you know? You’re heroes for doing all the things you do when you’re scorned, ignored, mocked, abused, harassed, and exploited. Now you’re heroes for delivering food by bicycle, by cart, by hand; for delivering packages by truck or dolly or backpack. You’re heroes now for filling prescriptions; for selling paper towels;… Continue reading
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WATCH: How Bill Gates Monopolized Global Health
1 May 2020 — Off Guardian Who is Bill Gates? A software developer? A businessman? A philanthropist? A global health expert? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 