Everything that people depend on for their daily lives has not just been disrupted, it’s been absolutely destroyed. So said Mark Bowen, head of emergency management for Bay County, Florida, after Hurricane Michael passed through the Florida Panhandle. Looking to the bigger picture, the last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise of 151% in […]
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A decade after the crash, a fairer, kind...
Ten years ago, the world economy ground to a halt in the wake of the biggest financial crash in the history of capitalism. The vastly overinflated atmospheric layer of global credit had burst. The banks and the entire financial system were in trouble, big trouble. Bear Stearns and Northern Rock led the collapse. Then on […]
No to bombing Syria!
Statement by the RDM supporters planning group The US, UK and French airstrikes are an attack on the Syrian people first and foremost. Whatever the source of chemical weapons, brutal bombing and military intervention will worsen their already desperate situation. Syria is a killing field for warring big power interests – the UK, France, US, […]
Time to dump Trump
Trump’s comments about the conflict in Charlottesville at yesterday’s news conference – if it can be called that – have sent shock waves around the United States. Veteran presenters on CBS television said they had “never seen a news conference like this one” after the POTUS returned to his original stance of equating alt-right and Nazi demonstrators […]
Arturo Ui is everywhere – thanks to Trum
Review: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Friday 9th June 2017 On the night of this performance in Glasgow, by final year students of West College Scotland, Bertolt Brecht’s play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui was also being staged in London, at the Donmar Warehouse with Lenny Henry […]
After Manchester give Corbyn a chance
Last night’s bombing in Manchester was on a soft target – young teenagers enjoying the music of pop idol Ariana. The survivors and their parents will never forget the scenes of horror at Britain’s worst terror attack since 2005. Whoever carried out the attack – now being claimed by Islamic State – it was an […]
When Trump calls “fake news”, remember w
Penny Cole, a member of the National Union of Journalists Glasgow Branch, marks May 3, World Press Freedom day Three of Trump’s global friends have their own solution to “fake news” – jail or murder the journalists. In Russia, Turkey and the Philippines journalists critical of the regimes of Putin, Erdogan and Duterte face prison […]
Dark Matters
Legendary jazz musician, composer and poet Joe McPhee visited London earlier this month. He played with Rodrigo Amado, Chris Corsano, Kent Kessler at Cafe Oto in Dalston. A few days later, he gave a sell-out performance at the Tank music space in Lewisham – a unique venue currently struggling against destruction by developers. Joe has kindly shared […]
Trumplandia and the world of the surreal
The destabilisation of the American political system under the Donald Trump presidency reveals the fragility of the entire edifice of the country’s government and state system. Built around its famous checks-and-balances constitution – the first legal document in history to set out the principles of modern government – the system is heading for a traumatic […]
Trump: from democracy to tyranny
So, Donald Trump is now President of the United States of America, and its Commander-in-Chief. In his inaugural speech, Trump made no reference to his party, Congress, or any other means by which he expects to accomplish the sweeping change he promised. Instead, he once again promised that he personally will deliver a national restoration: […]