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Trump and Johnson aren’t replaying the 1930s – but it’s just as frightening George Monbiot It may not be fascism, but in the US and UK rightwing nationalists are reviving classic myths and resentment ‘Trump and Johnson mobilise their base through polarisation, culture wars, promiscuous lying, the fabrication of enemies and rhetoric of betrayal.’ Photograph: […] More
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the shortcomings of the capitalist and institutionally racist systems that govern our world, but its precedence in the media has drawn attention away from human rights abuses that continue to take place. Worse still, the global lockdowns caused by the public health crisis have been relentlessly exploited by various […] More
The verdict is in. Contrary to what some have maintained, what COVID-19 has provoked is not just another recession in the eternally recurring cycles of capitalism. Not even a Great Recession, like the one the world began wading through 12 years ago. This time, it is clearly our second Great Depression. And, who knows, it […] More
Frankly, with all the bad actors in blue uniforms on the public stage in America at the moment, this old white guy would think twice about calling the police. Which warrior would show up, and how prepared would that warrior really be to address the problem I am having with my neighbor? With this in mind, […] More
The Black Lives Matter movement has been sweeping advanced liberal democracies, from the United States to Western Europe, impacting even those countries, such as Switzerland, comparatively marginally involved in the slave trade. Black Lives Matter confronts all of these societies with their historical role in the trafficking and exploitation of human beings, whose only “defect” […] More
When the COVID-19 disease began to spread in Europe, France and Germany prohibited the export of medical equipment, while Italy asked in vain for supplies of protective equipment under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Neither the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) nor the member states of the EU themselves were aware of […] More
Dear Americans, Allow me to welcome you in your steady evolution into our world. According to your leaders, Democrats and Republicans, you are either “lowlifes” or “deplorables.” There is bipartisan agreement on this. That’s a very good start. Where I come from, the Arab world, we have gone beyond that. Long ago. We are not […] More
The Observer view on the need to know the extent of the Russian threat to Britain Observer editorial A slew of allegations about destabilisation campaigns must not be brushed aside According to a US briefing, agents attached to Russia’s military intelligence agency offered bounties to Taliban-linked extremists for killing American and British troops Photograph: Andrew […] More
