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A long round up of almost all what’s happening Roaming Charges: Sometimes They Choke

 "We wanted to contribute another dimension to these important conversations by encouraging readers to think about asylum specifically in the context of neoliberal capitalism". In addition, it aims to zoom out onto the bigger picture of migration, including long histories of colonial extraction, Western support for oppressive regimes, neoliberal structural adjustment policies, wars for geopolitical and economic gain and the impacts of climate change. "These factors are all tied to profit-making - with flows of money streaming primarily into the West". Asylum for Sale: The intersection of capitalism and migration

After the United Arab Emirates, and Kosovo (another Muslim-majority country), Bahrain might be next in striking a normalisation deal with Israel. القدس عروس عروبتكم؟؟ فلماذا أدخلتم كل زناة الليل حجرتها ووقفتم تسترقون السمع وراء الأبواب لصرخات بكارتها وسحبتم كل خناجركم، وتنافختم شرفا وصرختم فيها ان تسكت صونا للعرض؟؟؟ فما أشرفكم! أولاد القحبة هل تسكت مغتصبة؟؟؟ أولاد القحبة..... لست خجولا حين أصارحكم بحقيقتكم ان حظيرة خنزير أطهر من أطهركم تتحرك دكة غسل الموتى أما أنتم لا تهتز لكم قصبة! الآن أعريكم في كل عواصم هذا الوطن العربي قتلتم فرحي في كل زقاق أجد الأزلام أمامي أصبحت أحاذر حتى الهاتف حتى الحيطان وحتى الأطفال أقيء لهذا الأسلوب الفج وفي بلد عربي كان مجرد مكتوب من أمي يتأخر في أروقة الدولة شهرين قمريين تعالوا نتحاكم قدام الصحراء العربية كي تحكم فينا أعترف الآن أمام الصحراء بأني مبتذل وبذيء وحزين كهزيمتكم يا شرفاء مهزومين ويا حكاما مهزومين ويا جمهورا مهزوما ما أوسخنا ...ما أوسخنا ...ما أوسخنا ونكابر ما أوسخنا لا أست...

“Michael Biggs, Chris Barrie and Kenneth Andrews recently showed  that the Civil Rights Movement had only negligible long-term effects on the attitudes of white Americans, making them no more likely to have liberal views on race or to support the Democratic Party. So if the effects of more ‘respectable’ protests can also be questioned, where does that leave riots.” Are riots counterproductive, and who decides?

A lawsuit seeking reparations for 1921 Tulsa massacre

Even if it was under Obama or Hilary Clinton, a similar action would have been taken because the US regime (or its army) has never committed war crimes and will never ever commit any. International Criminal Court officials sanctioned by US

1961-2020 Caustic Critic of Inequality A Driving Force Behind Occupy Wall Street and author of Bullshit Jobs: A Theory and  Debt - The First 5000 Years

 Very engaging! “I  think that Benjamin has never been as relevant to questions of politics as he is today with the exception of his own lifetime. As I read him, Benjamin offers one of the best explanations both for the ongoing resilience of capitalism, despite all of its predations and all the instability that it creates, as well as the connection between fascism and liberalism that we are seeing being expressed today. He also offers, I think, the best way to understand how to address our contemporary moment and how to resist and upend capitalism, liberalism, and fascism all round.” Histories of Violence: Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today

It’s a good summary. You need a private or institutional subscription to read the whole article. 50 years ago Palestine captured a generation’s dream

Going to War with the Coronavirus and Maintaining the State of Resistance

The bitter taste of Greek strawberries

It sounds a very interesting work. Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia

How did the US’s mainstream right end up openly supporting vigilante terror?

Huda Sha’arawi Begum Rokeya

Infiltrated? Well, may be they have been in the police since their recruitment ... A serious study is required. White supremacists and militias ‘have infiltrated police’ across US

Abolishing oppressive institutions starts at home

“The study found that only 10% of the companies had expanded their renewable-based power generation more quickly than their gas or coal fired capacity.  Of this small proportion that spent more on renewables, many continued to invest in fossil fuels, although at a lower rate.  The vast majority of companies, according to the author, have just sat on the fence. She says that inertia within the electricity industry is one key cause of the slow transition.” But why? Why did only a small proportion of companies spend on renewables? Why is there inertia within the electricity industry? The articles doesn’t answer those questions, and I wonder whether the study itself does. Power companies ‘hindering’ move to green energy

Two views on China: Esteban Mercatante argues that China is capitalist while Richard Smith says it is not. The Contours of Capitalism in China Why China isn’t Capitalist

Here’s is what we learnt about the working class and democracy

Crise au Liban

In the Oxfam language and tone MENA billionaires’ wealth increased by $10 billion

History doesn’t give much reason to be hopeful. “In keeping with the longstanding pattern of political behaviour during pandemics,”  wrote  global health expert David P Fidler of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington DC, in  Science  on 14 August, “vaccines will eventually reach most populations, but only after powerful countries have protected themselves.” How the race for  Covid-19 vaccine is getting dirty Related Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’

A quality analysis Dreams and Nightmares of the World’s Middle Classes