On New Year's Day 2021, we pause to look both backwards and forwards. We identify and discuss four themes: the defeat of Trump and what that means for the global right Internationale, the fragmentation of the left and signs in movements around the world of its incipient re-emergence, the intensifying struggle to control information and particularly the internet, the impact of certain technological developments such as AI and CRISPR. We indicate how these developments are interlocked and how that points towards what is to be done. [Free. 47 minutes.]
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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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TIMES TURNS ON TORIES, STARMER IN THE MAIL: WHAT'S GOING ON?
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