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The Curious Case of Geert Vanden Bossche

Tony Broomfield0
I would like to introduce and welcome Rosemary Frei, MSc. to the pages of the Dangerous Globe. She caught my attention on Social Media at a time when I was also puzzling over the recent video featuring Geert Vanden Bossche. What Rosemary had to say gave a very clear voice to what I was thinking. Something about the whole thing smelled fishy, and while I felt the need to explore
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The bumpy road to freedom

Dave Middleton0
There are two stories that have dominated the news this week. The main news has been totally dominated by the announcement by Boris Johnson that all Covid restrictions would be lifted by June 21st - very handily just in time for Wimbledon the quintessential English sporting event which nobody English ever wins. The other news, of rather less interest to the media is that in what appears to be a
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A short conversation about the economy

Luke Andreski0
1: Enemy Let’s talk about the economy. You agree: “A logical next step.” Would you mind if I’m blunt? “Fire away.” It’s shit. “The economy?” Yes. “Well, that is blunt.” You ponder for a moment, then ask, “Is this another of your enemies?” The economy? “Yes.” An enemy to humanity and the biological world? “Yes.” I hope, by the time this conversation is complete, you’ll tell me.   2: Taking the good
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Punk Media Insurrection

Mic Wright0
This is a sentence. This is another. Now write a column: Why can't the media fight corruption? Because it won't cut its own deadwood! We're stuck with a prog press when we need a punk insurrection.   In 1977, Tony Moon produced a fanzine called Sideburns and, to fill space, scrawled out a drawing showing three guitar chords (A, E and G) and captioned: “This is a chord. This is another. This
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Not another manifesto?

Mike Stanton0
This post is inspired by the work of Dave Middleton, especially his most recent blog. I offer it as a contribution to the discussion on what we should do now that it is not necessarily the time when all good men (and women) should come to the aid of the (Labour) party. BETRAYAL Labour’s lacklustre performance under Starmer is no cause for delight. It benefits the Tories not the left.
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The spectre haunting the left

Dave Middleton0
In 1844 Marx and Engels wrote “A spectre is haunting Europe...” as the opening line of The Manifesto of the Communist Party. They continued “The spectre is communism”.  If I was to repeat those words today I might say: “A spectre is haunting left politics in Britain. The spectre of the Labour Party.”  It is clear that the Labour Party, like one of the dementors in Harry Potter, suck the oxygen
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We can’t go back

SoapBoxJury0
Sorry to have to point this out again but centrists/moderates/grown-ups or whatever they want to call themselves seem a little hard of hearing. Centrists want to return to the third way politics of the Blair era and talk about New Labour’s three successive election victories. They choose to ignore the way the UK political landscape has changed and the effect that has had on Labour’s success. Of course what matters
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