Europe’s political instability is rooted in its economic crisis
The arrival in office of new prime ministers, Giuseppe Conte in Italy on 1 June and Pedro Sánchez in Spain on 2 June, reflect the increasing turmoil that has entered European politics.
International
The blockage of Qatar – marking the anniversary
3pm-5pm Tuesday 5 June Trafalgar Square London
Rally – called by the Arab Organisation of Human Rights and supported by the Stop the War Coalition
No new troop assignment to Afghanistan!
In May reports in the British press indicated that the government is planning to increase its troop deployment in Afghanistan from 600 to over 1000. These reports suggested that Prime Minister May will make an announcement at the NATO summit in July.
Notes from the front of 30-05-2018
*** Ireland repeals anti-abortion 8th amendment
*** North Korea talks back on… or perhaps not
Remembering 1968 – Transform Issue No 4 Launch Event 31 May
Transform – a journal of the radical left – is launching its special issue to mark the 50th anniversary of 1968’s dramatic events on 31 May in London.
The US is attempting to impose an international ‘economic dictatorship’
The US issuing almost simultaneously a series of economic ‘demands’ to China, and withdrawing from the nuclear arms agreement with Iran and re-imposing sanctions on that country, has now led to very wide layers understanding that actions by the US administration are at present attempting to de facto impose an international ‘economic dictatorship’.This is a sharp turn in international opinion because this understanding goes far beyond those who are opponents of the US or are in general favourable to China.