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Expenses scandals, bank bailouts, and Brexit provide a smokescreen for politicians of the status quo, but they can’t use them to “bury bad news” for much longer.
Why do Americans continue to insist on speaking about their political options – particularly Democrats and Republicans – as “liberal” or “conservative”? The answer is in the question.
The term “Broad Church” has been used in Labour circles for years. There’s a sinister reason for that.
“I’m the bad guy? How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.”
The broken window pane is STILL the most valuable argument in modern politics, but not in the way Emmeline Pankhurst believed. Just ask Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents.
Rather than rallies mobilised by words, some care more about how words are said than what they mean or provoke.
An inside look into the grim reality of the Labour party.
Focusing on Jeremy Corbyn’s commitment to the crown, how he dresses, or his “leadership” qualities is all establishment media distraction from what really worries them: his polices.
The Western media celebrates the grizzly death of another enemy who wouldn’t play ball.
The time is right for building momentum against the dominant neoliberal order.
Riots erupt in the wake of lootings by a government using austerity as its excuse to pillage and plunder the poor.
There are signs that old media is dying, new media being the next battleground – but recent scandals have only accelerated this collapse.