Latin America as a whole must learn from Asia that only an active and enlightened state can successfully manage a market economy. Those who believe that libertarian ideas can be used to launch a modern economy into a world economy that has nothing, absolutely nothing, in common with a fair rules-based order will fail even more miserably than their predecessors.
Geopolitics
Tariq Ali – The Roads to Damascus
A grim read, describing what has happened in the Middle East over the past year as a ‘mini-1967 for the Arab World’. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel
From the Guardian Monbiot at his usual best. This is the sort of stuff that mainstream media in its efforts to create a great European stateswoman does not bring. Read here
National Politics
Al Jazeera: Assange wins right to take US extradition case to UK’s top court
UK High Court gives WikiLeaks founder permission to take his legal fight against US extradition to the Supreme Court. Read here
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