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Macron: C’est une cause qui fait monter les travailleurs aux barricades? Almost Marx comments

Headline: A humbler Emmanuel Macron needs to relaunch his agenda Sub-headline: Crisis over the French president’s reforms is a concern for all of Europe Macron in neither ‘humbler’ –imagine a humble enarque? , nor  does he need to ‘relaunch his … Continue reading

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gideon.rachman@ft.com on Macron’s appeasement of The Mob. Old Socialist comments

Mr. Rachman’s little melodrama starring the ‘wounded’ Macron could not qualify for the Spelling-Goldberg treatment on American Network Television, such is its weakness in terms of dramatic kitsch. Forget the stunning fact that in the final election 36.5% of voters … Continue reading

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The Great Unwashed confront M.37%’s ‘Jupertarian Revolution’ episode IV: Almost Marx comments

Place this under the category  schadenfreude: M. 37% is not just an utterly clueless enarque, but an authoritarian under the dull-witted propaganda of ‘Jupertarian Politics’! ‘The Paris Police’ are ,in fact, under the command of M.37%, is an attempt to … Continue reading

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My reply to Pompeo

Thank you for your comment. Aside from the self-congratulation that suffuses your reply, there isn’t anything like convincing argument in the face of the inconvenient evidence: In Brazil, Major New Corruption Scandals Engulf the Faction that Impeached Dilma In Brazil, … Continue reading

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American National Security State Propaganda , episode MMMCCLVII: On the death of Bush The Elder. Old Socialist comments

Mr. Ganesh is a gifted stylist, in this paragraph that seems too steeped in the present rhetorical poverty, he still manages to almost ensorcell. It is the preamble to not just  a meditation on ‘Extremism’ but a homily. Experience of … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: on the episodic crisis confronting Macron. Old Socialist comments

Is this the beginning of the end of M.37%’s ersatz ‘Jupertarian Revolution‘?  He is NOT de Gaulle, although this Neo-Liberal poser, whose unslakable egotism is writing himself into French history! The protagonists in this melodrama: the Sophisticated City Dwellers vs … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: the bad news from Paris. Old Socialist comments

The Neo-Liberal ‘Formula’ is always the same Austerity ,cuts in Social Services, and onerous taxes on vital commodities! While M.37% is in Argentina , Paris is or will be burning? From the good grey Times: Headline :Paris braced for new … Continue reading

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From the pages of The Financial Times: Obrador vs Bolsonaro. A comment by Political Observer

Headline: López Obrador is bigger threat to liberal democracy than Bolsonaro Sub-headline: Mexico’s new president will be unconstrained by institutions, unlike his Brazilian counterpart The opening descriptions of the winners in their respective elections , in which each is described … Continue reading

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@FT: Brian Mefford is an employee of The Atlantic Council!

Headline: Petro Poroshenko sends message with Ukraine martial law plan Sub-headline: Response to Russia boosts president ahead of election and draws west’s attention to conflict What is the regular reader of this newspaper to think of the fact that Oleksandr … Continue reading

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My reply to @behcettin

@behcettin Thank you for posing your comment in a more comprehensible form! My first observation is that the French, for want of more accurate descriptor, flirtation with Neo-Liberalism – I would suggest that you begin here, with The French Way: … Continue reading

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