I rarely wake up not worried these days. The threat of fascism is too significant not to do so. I think it is getting very
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There are so many questions, and so few answers
There is a letter in the Financial Times this morning from thirty-six members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Given that this is described
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Fascism does not arrive in a military uniform
Sometimes an article just needs to be read. This is one of them, and yes, it is in The Guardian. I think its author, Dr
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The right-wing threat on censorship is real
As a follow-up to the post I have already made this morning concerning Trump’s attack on US universities, which has the obvious intention of restricting
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Trump v Harvard is a fight over fascism
The Trump regime revealed a core part of its fascist intention yesterday when it announced actions against Harvard University. According to the New York Times:
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Trump’s assault on democracy, the rule of law and dissent
Adversity does sometimes produce amazing outcomes. Take this chart that plots Trump’s 192 steps in twelve weeks that represent assaults on democracy and the rule
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War it is
This was posted in The Guardian, yesterday afternoon: This is what a trade war looks like. We are deep in trouble, most of all with
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Donald and Elon – when’s the fallout?
Trump fell out with almost all his senior staff in his first administration. He will this time, as well. So, what happens when he and
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There is no such thing as the ideal
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I watched the 1995 film, ‘Carrington’. Starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce. It tells the extraordinary relationship
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