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.]
WHAT IS FASCISM? 3 - THE CORPORATE-GOVERNMENTAL ECONOMY
TRUMP'S REFUSAL TO CONCEDE - INTERESTING TIMES 15
US ELECTION AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - INTERESTING TIMES 14
EHRC REPORT & CORBYN SUSPENSION - INTERESTING TIMES 13
REVOLVING DOORS & COSY CABALS - INTERESTING TIMES 12
LAO TZU 29
LAO TZU 28
JOHNSON'S POST-TRUTH SPEECH TO TORY CONFERENCE - INTERESTING TIMES 11
WHAT IS FASCISM? 2 - THE PRESENT DAY UK & USA
WHAT IS FASCISM? 1 - HISTORICAL EXAMPLES
LAO TZU 27
COVIDIOCY: WHO BENEFITS? - INTERESTING TIMES 10
AGAINST FLAG-SHAGGING - INTERESTING TIMES 9
WHY HAS SOCIALISM BECOME A DIRTY WORD?
GRASSROOTS AND ASTROTURFING
STUDENTS WIN! INTERESTING TIMES 8
WHAT CAN WE DO?
LAO TZU 26
RICHARD WOLFF ON THE ECONOMY - INTERESTING TIMES 7
BRITAIN-TRUMP, PORTLAND, YELLOW-HAMMER - INTERESTING TIMES 6
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