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Mostly Political Economy .
but also the odd yarn! Reposts don't necessarily represent my views.
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Very useful in explaining social class and the rise of the Far Right eg Farrage mobilising the small business base of the Tory Party. Poujade did the same in 1950's France. Le Pen and Meloni represent the same layers. Squeezed between globalists/ monopolists/banks and the state.
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The main enemy is at home!
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Part 2
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Now, we're talking!
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Indeed. The world, especially the Palestinians, have paid a very high price for fossil fuelled capitalism.
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BBC journalists are usually vetted by MI5. Anyone who deviates from Foreign Office policy is booted.
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Oops!
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Yes. But they also come under extreme pressure from their base to act on their behalf. A contradiction!
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What does @TheEconomist know about literature except insofar as it extends the reign of the Market ie the monopolists and Vulture Funds?
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Bang on! He barely mentions Marx and dismisses the Labour theory of value. Good on economic history as you say.
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Not a single mention of the decisive defeat of the Fascists in Lewisham in 1977. Nor of the huge success of the Anti-Nazi League and Rock Against Racism in the defeat of the Fascists. And exactly the kind of sectarian myopia we don't need in defeating them again.
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Surprise!
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Now, hopefully, that can be built into a mighty movement that can defeat the Far Right. As long as DNC Democrats don't control it.