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Overton window galloping far rightwards. Jones rightly argues popular anger should be directed up to the source of problems - the obscene wealth grab by the billionaires. But how is this to be done in the face of their control of media and politicians?
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Distressing distortions of historical complexity in service of MAGA monopolisation of US indeed world culture
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Support Reform for the sake of the tiny band of fossil billionaires funding it. Follow the money. They represent the interests of the mega wealthy not the mass of people. But sadly they control most mainstream media so can spew out fake news and views
Robert Reiner
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This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism
In the UK – and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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The Lead Untangles: The Farage v Bank of England scam
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Blaming socioeconomic distress upon minorities is a well trodden far Right tactic with tragic consequences. Racism is the socialism of fools however. Hostility should be aimed upwards to the wealthy elite benefiting from division, but they are too well protected
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
It is not enough to revile them both. Understanding the personal and ideological divergence is essential to taking back the ground they now occupy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett