August 22 A photo provided by the Russian government said to show investigators at the site of a car bombing outside Moscow.Russian Investigative Committee/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A brazen attack near Moscow rattles Russians Russia has opened a murder investigation into the car bombing that killed Daria Dugina, 29, a hawkish political commentator whoContinue reading “Stories from The New York Times for the 4th week of August 2022”
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The Telegraph looking at the 4th week of August 2022
During Brexit negotiations, it was clear that the UK was not willing to pay the painful economic price Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Britain must show the EU it’s not all talk and no trousers when it comes to ‘no deal’ Britain is yet to follow through on a single “no deal” threat it has madeContinue reading “The Telegraph looking at the 4th week of August 2022”
The Independent looking at the 3rd week of August 2022
August 15 Keir Starmer unveils £29bn Labour plan to freeze energy price cap Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today unveils his plan to freeze the energy price cap, vowing that his party “wouldn’t let people pay a penny more” on their gas and electricity bills this winter. Halting price rises in both October andContinue reading “The Independent looking at the 3rd week of August 2022”
The New York Times from July 04 – July 10
The headlights for the 1st week of July by the New York Times
Police investigation into “partygate” “incredibly serious” – Whips and advisers not above the law
In Great Britain the Speaker has said that Government whips and advisers are “not above the law”, following one minister’s claim that several MPs who oppose Boris Johnson had been subjected to “pressures and intimidation”. The Prime Minister has stated that he will not quit if the rebels force a no confidence vote. However, fiveContinue reading “Police investigation into “partygate” “incredibly serious” – Whips and advisers not above the law”
The Principles of Communism – Friedrich Engels
Originally posted on Lyle Hausman:
1. What is communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. 2. What is the proletariat? The proletariat is that class in society which lives entirely from the sale of its labor and does not draw profit from any kind of capital, whose sole…
Gang Fascism: How Capital Weaponizes the Social Ills It Creates
Originally posted on Left of Left:
By Rainer Shea In?The Peasant War in Germany, Friedrich Engels wrote: The lumpenproletariat, this scum of the decaying elements of all classes, which establishes headquarters in all the big cities, is the worst of all possible allies. It is an absolutely venal, an absolutely brazen crew. If the French workers,…
Some View on the World 