We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Why Football Is One Capitalist Product the Fat Cat Billionaires Will Never Fully Control
Football, by far the most popular sport in the world, occupies a strange but interesting place in how we understand contemporary capitalism – as the recent Super League debacle revealed.
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UK’s 5-day Hiatus from Christmas Lockdown May Pave the Way for Ill-Fated New Year for Britain's Poorest
The government’s scientific advisory group has warned that the easing of restrictions over the holiday period could cause an increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases.
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Trump, Johnson, Bolsonaro: This Rightwing Coronavirus Troika Fails to Respect Human Life
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
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Britain's Covid-19 Economic Recovery: Looking Beyond Austerity and Johnson’s ‘Big Gesture’ Politics
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
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Why Jeremy Corbyn’s Legacy Will Live On
Corbyn might not have won the votes at UK polling stations earlier this month. His resolute politics founded on equality did, however, inspire a generation.
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Green New Deal, Part IV: Britain's Snap Election Offers a Life or Death Choice
Britain's fast approaching General Election on Dec. 12 represents a life or death decision for the country's two major parties – and, of significant more consequence, for the planet. Voters can back Labour's Green New Deal and act on the climate emergency, or they can elect the Conservative Party pushing an ever more destructive form of capitalism.
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‘Political Manipulation, Bullying and Lies’: Why BoJo’s Reign Is Melting
Did Boris Johnson really think he could suspend parliament as a way to get his no-deal Brexit through, threaten to sack Tory rebels for voting to block a no deal default scenario, then get away with it?
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Whaley Bridge Dam Collapse Brings Climate Change Home to Britain
As a small Derbyshire community struggles to regain normalcy after a devastating dam collapse, the event is being linked to climate change and the volatile, extreme weather in the UK.
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BoJo and the 'Most Right-Wing Cabinet Ever' Is Poised to Heighten Britain’s Crippling Inequality
Broken Britain has met its breaker.
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Public Acrimony Meets Political Circus As Tories Consider Next UK Prime Minister
“The only way to give the people of Britain the respect and democracy they deserve is to have a general election and let us decide who is going to lead us through profoundly turbulent times.”
