Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Sovereign Africa?

Surprise! Surprise! Rejecting apartheid label for economic, security and technological ties Related Keir Starmer’s complicity in oppression at home and abroad تم تخصيص جزءً صغيراً في المقال الآتي للإجابة على سبب تأييد بريطانيا الفصل العنصري

The Apocalypse and the End of History and An interview with the author

Another of the BBC’s failures I would say. 20 years on and the Corporation feels it must repeat a lie. The intelligence argument is an argument that reinforces the belief among many that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. The BBC is actually reinforces a lie. It is an argument to justify past and present British involvements in wars and conflicts: “our intention has always been the intention of a good player that supports ‘democracy’ and ‘freedoms’ all over the world.” Removing geopolitics, the political economy and American hegemony and ‘imperial’ functioning , help provide a narrow picture that reinforces the belief in the government and the ideology behind  interventions, ‘regime change’, aid, etc. The fact is that Britain is a junior player and has material and geopolitical interests with the US, the decisive power. A criminal needs an alibi . That is what happened prior the invasion of Iraq. Previous criminal actions also required alibis. Think of British support of Saddam i...

Contemporary transformations in ownership and control

Unlike Putin, in the current global power relations they are not considered war criminals because they belong to the ‘democratic, free world’. “The men and women who launched this catastrophic, criminal war have paid no price over the past two decades. On the contrary, they’ve been showered with promotions and cash. There are two ways to look at this. The following list doesn’t include anything about the Iraqis who’ve died since 2003. Partly, this is because it’s traditional for the U.S. media to pay no attention to the lives of foreigners.” For context one should read Howard Zinn Peter Gowan Ellen Meiksins Wood David Keen Andrew Bacevich

The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine There is a preview here

Deadly sea crossing to Europe

“In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of Socialism as the belief that Russia is a Socialist country.” —George Orwell, Preface to the Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm George Orwell

Rethinking the absurd

What more does it need for the French government to react and correct its indulgence, or rather its complicity, with Israel? The president’s policy follows the same line as that of François Hollande who lamented, in the presence of Netanyahu, that he could not sing aloud “all his love for Israel and for its leaders”, asks Alain Gresh. Friends in state terror  – a very liberal article that does not put Macron’s action as part of French imperialist actions and interests. There is no geopolitics and no political economy. French imperialism in the Sahel. French imperialism and the Egyptian regime. French imperialism in support of General Haftar. France’s war in Yemen. French capital in Africa and elsewhere.

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An excerpt from Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution

After exposing the myth of ‘private sector is good, public sector is bad’, Mazzucato – with Rosie Collington – takes on the big con of the management and consultancy business .

It takes Cristiano Ronaldo around  3 minutes  to earn the weekly salary of  a Saudi worker on the average annual salary of £58,000,  90 seconds  to earn the weekly salary of  a British worker on the average annual salary of £26,000. Ronaldo earns £3.6 million per week.

Sir John Saunders, the chair of the inquiry, said the mosque had displayed "weak leadership" in failing t  address what an expert witness to the inquiry described as a "very toxic political environment" fuelled by conflict and unrest in Libya. Tracey Pook, the Didsbury Mosque's community engagement coordinator, has been monitoring the number of threats the centre has received and said they had been growing by the hour.  "Having compiled the threats and attacks, I've seen people say the mosque should be demolished, that extremists live here, and that the centre is somehow responsible for the murder of children," Pook told Middle East Eye . Words like ‘extremism’, ‘radicalism’ and ‘terrorism’ apply only to describe violence committed by individuals or organisations. Those who monopolise definitions - when they exist – and concepts throughout history are crucial in manufacturing ‘public opinion’ and producing emotive reaction, and therefore, opinions ...

‘Neoliberal’ orthodoxy and authoritarian degradation of public institutions

Trivialising class struggle

How to blow up a pipeline Related Russian navy ships were near the blast

 How $2.5 billion of public money evaporated ‘Heist of the century’ ‘Theft of the century’ Related The story behind Saddam Hussein’s massive bank robbery