America at the precipice
Mass protests against ICE need to evolve into popular assemblies to protect communities and crowd-source a new US constitution.
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Trump’s coup is watershed moment
In a matter of weeks, “disloyal” officials from the government machine have been sacked while Trump is remaking the federal state in his image. This is a coup.
Trump’s path to dictatorship
Dictatorship makes its appearance in all sorts of guises, even through the ballot box, as Americans are likely to find out sooner rather than later.… Read More »Trump’s path to dictatorship
A decade after the crash, a fairer, kinder capitalism is simply delusional
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… Read More »A decade after the crash, a fairer, kinder capitalism is simply delusional
Arturo Ui is everywhere – thanks to Trump
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,… Read More »Arturo Ui is everywhere – thanks to Trump
Galileo for the Corbyn-voting generation
The text of Bertolt Brecht’s play Life of Galileo was started in November 1938 only a couple of months after Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax… Read More »Galileo for the Corbyn-voting generation
When Trump calls “fake news”, remember who his friends are
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… Read More »When Trump calls “fake news”, remember who his friends are
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… Read More »Dark Matters
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… Read More »Trumplandia and the world of the surreal
Make 2017 the year of real democracy
By the RDM editorial collective
This will undoubtedly be a decisive year in the struggle for real democracy. The crisis of the system – political and economical – leaves us no choice but to act in an organised, collaborative way to create a different, truly democratic future.
In case there is any doubt about how serious things are, then the fact that climate change has passed a tipping point and has met with inaction on the part of world governments is proof enough that we are in a dangerous political void.
The break-down of the old order – the neo-liberal form of limited democracy – became apparent in 2016. Trump’s victory followed the shock and awe of Brexit. Voters in Britain and the US voiced the upset felt by tens of millions hit hard by years of corporate globalisation and frustrated by the lies and broken promises of the political elites.Read More »Make 2017 the year of real democracy