“The appearance of federal snatch-squads and anonymous armed groups in Oregon’s largest city since early July represents a new desperation on behalf of the state to repress a movement which has displayed remarkable staying power.”
Donald Trump
The most remarkable thing about US President Donald Trump is not the amount of enemies he accrues. Nasty attacks on opponents is his way of doing politics. The remarkable thing is that he’s willing to throw all his friends under the bus at a moment’s notice; he has no loyalty to anyone. “I’m not a big […]
The US Presidential election will set the tone for post-Pandemic politics
“The Israeli state intends to continue the attack on Palestinian rights and sovereignty because it wants to and because it can. The Palestinians’ only allies in the world will be those for whom this is no justification at all.”
Analysis: West Bank annexations reinforce the impunity of Israeli action
Beyond the Noise is a regular Source podcast with David Jamieson, looking in detail at stories in the headlines. For this edition Jamieson is joined by Michael Billeaux, a sociology PHD candidate at the University of Wisconsin and a participant in the Black Lives Matter movement. They discuss: 1:00 – What is the status of […]
Beyond the Noise: ‘The world is on our side’ – where next for Black Lives Matter?
“The international blast-radius of the BLM movement is substantial. Few western countries remain outside a wave of protests, often linking the death of Floyd to national and local crimes and injustices.”
Analysis: The BLM protests are shaping our post-lockdown world
“US leaders will spend the next decade and more trying to defend their privileged position at the top of the global order. They will marshal national and racial animus to do so. And sooner or later, the diplomatic intrigues and economic blockades will almost certainly turn to chaotic violence.”
The new ‘yellow peril’: Why we should all fear the anti-China drumbeat
The coronavirus pandemic is the latest and perhaps most significant shock to an already unstable global order, writes David Jamieson
Coronavirus: What’s left of the world Brexit Britain and indy Scotland want to join?
“International solidarity is still something extremely important among the revolutionary governments in Latin America, and not just because it is an act of aid or charity, but also of survival.”
Nathália Urban: Solidarity, Covid-19 and Latin America
“The president and his advisers are debating whether it is worth infecting and killing larger numbers of people in order to keep as much of the economy going as possible, and therefore minimise the catastrophic damage to both profits and the wider integrity of the system.”
