Austerity measures are integral to the current economic policies of the US and UK. They amount to an all-round attack on wages and the social wage while there is a temporary boost to demand. That is why it is extremely foolish and misleading to compare them to the policies of Corbyn, McDonnell or Keynes.
Johnson’s decision to take Britain into a new cold war against China is against the interests of both the Chinese and British people. Billions of pounds is going to be wasted on weapons of mass destruction to support the US’s military build-up against China.
The material context in which legalisation of assisted suicide is contemplated is one of a retreating welfare state, reduced health and social care provision, increasing inequality and poverty and even a stalling of life expectancy and increased inequalities in life expectancy.
To normalise the idea of ending life as a response to pain, disability or terminal illness would be extremely dangerous and should not be supported.
The suppression of the British broadcasting rights of CGTN is damaging not only to China but to the British people. In the context of the threat of a new cold war against China, it is crucial to accurately comprehend the positions of the chief actors in the global situation. Denying a voice to China’s CGTN hampers this.
Open letter opposing Ofcom’s ban on CGTN and defending free speech.
No roadmap to a cliff edge:
End lockdown only when it’s safe
Online public meeting
11.30am Saturday 6 March
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