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@mcgregorrichard enunciates the Lowry Institute hard line, on China, in the Financial Times. Political Cynic comments.

Anti-Chinese propaganda has become ubiquitous in the Corporate Media: Headline; Australia can teach the UK a lesson in Chinese wrath Sub-headline: London may have to learn the hard way that it cannot have its cake and eat it with Beijing … Continue reading →

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Edward Luce’s faint praise of Joe Biden. American Writer comments.

Headline: Joe Biden’s quietly revolutionary first 100 days Sub-headline: US president’s opening spell has been the most productive and ego-free in recent memory The headline writers looked to Mr. Luce’s ‘opening spell’ comedy, for the sub-headline. Nothing said by Luce … Continue reading →

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Facebook augments reality, in the pages of The Financial Times. Political Reporter comments.

Does the present ‘Brave New World’, in the hands of Ugly Duckling Zuckerberg, and the Larry Summer’s trained ‘Lean In’ guru Sandberg make the reader a bit uneasy, or an even more extreme emotion? ‘The Tradition of The New’ described more … Continue reading →

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The Gavin Newsome recall as ‘reported’ in Politico. Political Observer comments.

From the same people that brought ‘you’ George Deukmejian , Pete Wilson of Prop 187 infamy, ‘Hollywood Republicans’ who advanced the political career of another washed-up ‘actor’ Arnold. Newsom, a NeoLiberal and of Old Money with the wrong pedigree! Howard … Continue reading →

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The ‘Politically Woke’ Janan Ganesh? Political Observer comments.

The opening paragraph of Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay is suffused with humility, of a very special kind , only realized in hindsight. This followed by his announcing that his eyes have been opened by his realization, and in this political … Continue reading →

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In praise of Gene Sperling, in The Financial Times. Old Socialist comments.

Never fear the Technocrats praised, in fact enshrined, by Walter Lippmann are now in control of the whole of politics, as practiced around the world. For reference see the opening page of Karen Horn’s review of ‘The Walter Lippmann Colloquium: … Continue reading →

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Robert Irwin fights his last battle with Edward Said? American Writer comments

Robert Irwin ‘reviews’ Timothy Brennan’s book ‘Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said’ Title :Flawed secular saint Subtitle: The errors of Edward Said Timothy Brennan evidently knew Edward Said very well and has conducted numerous interviews with others who … Continue reading →

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janan.ganesh@ft.com on Freedom House’s ‘Democracy Under Siege’ . Old Socialist comments

How did this explanation of its funders, posted at Freedom House’s website, escape the attention of Mr. Ganesh? Freedom House currently has fourteen offices and conducts programs in over thirty countries in all regions of the world. Primary funding for … Continue reading →

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Michael Stott ‘reporter’ for The Financial Times & employee of Institute of The Americas opines on Lula. Old Socialist comments.

The Financial Times begins its Anti-Lula Campaign with this collection of the comments of ‘Free Marketeers’ , for want of a better term. What might the reader think of Mr. Stott’s membership in the ‘Institute of The Americas’ ? This … Continue reading →

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Weekend reading for March 6 & 7 of 2021. Some thoughts from Old Socialist

Looking for something else, I saw this essay by Perry Anderson: ‘High Jinks at the Plaza’ a review of three books. The British Constitution Now by Ferdinand Mount.Heinemann, 289 pp., £18.50, April 1992, 0 434 47994 2Constitutional Reform by Robert Brazier.Oxford, 172 pp., £22.50, September 1991, 0 19 876257 7Anatomy of Thatcherism by Shirley … Continue reading →

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