The Race to the Bottom continues – the Trump school of deregulation most certainly has its fans – including within the UK government – they certainly agree on supporting constant Israeli genocide – but also on deregulation as the key to growth
Finkelstein on Trump – Ugly but not Fascist
In which Professor Finkelstein claims that the Trump administration doesn’t have to be fascist like Hitler was. This is because not threatened by the left.
Dave Chapelle on not being invited to Puffy’s Freak Offs
Mr Chapelle urges Donald Trump to show empathy to Palestinians.
Trump said no more foreign aid, except for Israel, Egypt and Jordan.
He’s also just signed off on letting immigration officials make arrests in schools and churches.
I saw the new Errol Morris film “Separated” on Saturday. It’s about the kids who were separated from their parents by the Trump administration in 2017 & 2018. It’s very timely. I can’t recommend it enough.
I’ve started to realise that Zionism is basically an anti-Jewish cult and that there may be a bit of a split between atheist anti-Zionists and orthodox anti-Zionists. But this is definitely not my area of expertise.
The Jews by Hilaire Belloc is definitely not for the faint hearted. I’ve enjoyed Belloc’s writing and this is certainly well written. But it’s very angry. And though he is highly articulate and perceptive in so many ways – he basically refers to Jews as Aliens and as a parasitic virus and I don’t believe he allows for any redeeming features whatsoever. This is going a bit far for me. But worth a listen all the same. Character forming.
Davos is happening and Ursula and Volodymyr are having the usual love-in
A friend told me about a socialist historian event yesterday – listening to the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain while Trump was delivering his inauguration speech felt like a good use of my time…
This is from 2016 – feels like it’s from another era altogether
