Borrowing a metaphor from Chris Hedges, I consider the UK body politic as rather like a bulk of dry tinder waiting for a random spark to ignite a conflagration of unrest. I suggest that both Brexit and the COV19 pandemic are intensifiers of this flammability. I treat the matter as having economic and cultural-ideological dimensions, particularly lighting on recent trade union activity in the UK. The recent UK budget receives some attention, particularly the 1% pay rise offer made to health service workers and the angry response that the health professionals made to it. I make suggestions as to how the broad left might not be caught disorientated the day after the inevitable sublime moments that are now waiting in the wings. This involves the judicious use of the utopian imagination to co-ordinate the many strands of progressive activism. [Free. 43 minutes.]
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE ECONOMY - INTERESTING TIMES 7
BRITAIN-TRUMP, PORTLAND, YELLOW-HAMMER - INTERESTING TIMES 6
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EMPOWERMENT - INTERESTING TIMES 5
WEAPONISED HISTORY - INTERESTING TIMES 4
RACISTS EXPOSE THEMSELVES - INTERESTING TIMES 3
HOLLOW SYMBOLS - INTERESTING TIMES 2
A STATUE DIES - INTERESTING TIMES 1
STATE OF THE WORLD JUNE 2 2020
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ON DEMONIC SHORTCOMINGS: WHEN A SPAD BREAKS THE LAW WITH IMPUNITY
LOCK-DOWN PROTESTS AND LIBERTARIAN ABSOLUTISM
THE CONVERSATION OF HUMANKIND
CONSPIRACY THEORIES: EPISTEMOLOGY, POLITICS & SELF-CARE
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