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Analysis: The rise of the Israeli far right poses new problems for western allies
03.06.21June 3, 2021

“Intense religious nationalism, chauvinistic violence, and law-bounded racial particularism have completely destroyed the carefully cultivated image of a secular, progressive Israel.”

Analysis

Analysis: The rise of the Israeli far right poses new problems for western allies


David Jamieson: How BLM undermined pro-Israel propaganda
20.05.21May 20, 2021

“From the viewpoint of the ruling elite, the convergence of a language used to describe domestic US racism and foreign policy objectives is pernicious.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: How BLM undermined pro-Israel propaganda


Analysis: The post-lockdown settlement is here, and it looks like ‘fire and rehire’
30.03.21March 30, 2021

“The reality of post-pandemic labour discipline is here, now.”

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Analysis: The post-lockdown settlement is here, and it looks like ‘fire and rehire’


Analysis: Social movements can beat attacks on the right to protest
19.03.21March 19, 2021

“The gradual lifting of lockdown may well spell a new dawn for protest movements, as they struggle for their very right to demand change in a pandemic-ravaged social order.”

Analysis

Analysis: Social movements can beat attacks on the right to protest


David Jamieson: The EU is helping Spain crush democracy in Catalonia
09.03.21March 9, 2021

“Taking swipes at democratic social movements, like the one in Catalonia, or Syriza’s drive to resist EU-backed austerity measures, are some of the only decisive action ever taken by the European Parliament.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: The EU is helping Spain crush democracy in Catalonia


Analysis: Is this the ‘independence election’?
04.03.21March 4, 2021

“How firm do we all think support for independence is, and what bearing might this have on this coming election – apparently believed by some, but seldom ever announced to be an ‘independence referendum’.”

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Analysis: Is this the ‘independence election’?


Analysis: The ‘western independistas’ are yet to win their battles, but the Catalans are trying
17.02.21February 17, 2021

“The Catalans have been both talking and acting, with mixed and confusing results. But even their confusions are more fruitful than baseless certainties, and unexamined problems.”

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Analysis: The ‘western independistas’ are yet to win their battles, but the Catalans are trying


Analysis: As the world protests the slaughter of Yemen, Scotland has a special responsibility
26.01.21January 26, 2021

” As in the 2003 global anti-war protests, internationalism from below contrasts sharply with an international conspiracy of powerful states and their clients.”

Analysis

Analysis: As the world protests the slaughter of Yemen, Scotland has a special responsibility


Analysis: The Republicans are down but far from out
19.01.21January 19, 2021

“Only the course of coming years will tell us if Trump’s experiment in erratic anti-politics in power leaves a legacy of disorientation, or renewal on the right.”

Analysis

Analysis: The Republicans are down but far from out


David Jamieson: Impeachment politics won’t solve America’s problems
14.01.21January 14, 2021

“Trumpism will prove rather harder to exorcise from US society. And the Democrats showed little interest in doing so.”

Opinion

David Jamieson: Impeachment politics won’t solve America’s problems


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