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UK

Boris Johnson to the UK people: "many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time.” Boris Johsnon to Yemenis killed by Saudi airstrikes: "When I was foreign secretary I signed off on sales of more arms to the Saudi Kingdom. Many more civilians, including women and children, are going to lose loved ones before their time." BAE Systems sold £15 worth of arms to Saudis during Yemen assault

The Nation State

Benedict Anderson called the nation states "the imagined communities."  The Lebanese American historian William Haddad wrote: “The nation state is the prison of the mind.”  

China

Western Europe

"Snapshot data from varying official sources shows that in Italy, Spain, France,  Ireland  and Belgium between 42% and 57% of deaths from the virus have been happening in homes, according to the report by academics based at the London School of Economics (LSE)." Half of coronavirus deaths happen in care homes

Globalisation

Some interesting arguments by a reformist leftist. A call that the UN Security Council, a criminal institutions dominated by imperialist powers, plays a role, is ludicrous to say the least. Death knell of liberal globalisation?