April 22, 2021
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IRR News 22 April 2021: A report for neoliberal times
Whilst the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) has been derided by many individuals, academics, historians, trade unions, health professionals, MPs and most recently UN human rights experts, what has been muted in discussions is the wider historical context in which the report exists. This week on IRR News, Jenny Bourne provides a… Continue reading
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EVENT Friday, 1:00 PM: “Sensing Injustice” book launch
JOIN MICHAEL TIGAR, AUTHOR OF SENSING INJUSTICE: A LAWYER’S LIFE IN THE BATTLE FOR CHANGE, IN CONVERSATION WITH…. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: US exit is with caveats
The United States and NATO are yet to begin the withdrawal of their forces from Afghanistan but the eyes are cast over the horizon at what lies after the ‘forever war’ formally ends. The US exit strategy in Afghanistan assumes the look of that random arbitrariness of a lottery that was the case with its… Continue reading
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A Bit of Hope That Doesn’t Come from Miami: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2021)
22 April 2021 — Tricontinental Mohsen Taasha Wahidi (Afghanistan), Rebirth of the Red, 2017. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. After twenty years, the United States government – and the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) – will depart from Afghanistan. They said that they came to do Continue reading
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When Did the “Cold War” End? Part II
Back in October of 2020, I wrote an essay called The Covidian Cult, in which I described the so-called “New Normal” as a global totalitarian ideological movement. Developments over the last six months have borne out the accuracy of that analogy. Continue reading
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The Covidian Cult (Part II)
Back in October of 2020, I wrote an essay called The Covidian Cult, in which I described the so-called “New Normal” as a global totalitarian ideological movement. Developments over the last six months have borne out the accuracy of that analogy. Continue reading
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Football: a people’s sport?
The collapse of the attempt to form a ‘super league’ of top European soccer teams by the billionaire owners of the big clubs is only an interrupted chapter in the story of the commodification of sport into profitable capitalist enterprises, owned and controlled by capital. It is no accident that JP Morgan was the fund manager for… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 