“Power to the people!” Unless, of course, it interferes with the profits of public utilities which should never have been privatised in the first place.
Guest with a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in their rear-view mirror, alarmingly finds at fifty that they are staring at the green shoots of fascism in their headlights.This is not where any progressive expected to be. But for the left, there is also no discounting fascist action by offering up the reasoning of the aggressor.
Rather than signaling the end of hostilities, Putin may announce a widening of the perimeters of a war he no longer controls. The invasion [of Ukraine] has led to an unexpected strengthening of creaking political and military bonds among Western powers
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I was born, grew up and have lived in Russia all of my 45 years. This means that I belong to a state that was established by force, expanded by force and is maintained by force. In this, of course, Russia is not alone: this fact is true of several countries. But the world has