Seamus Milne’s article on the Scottish separatism vote offers mature consideration of the debate today in The Guardian
There may be an escape from the Tories by voting other political parties into power, but we don’t get a vote on the nature of the ownership of wealth and production and it is this ownership that shapes the political economy of all parts of Britain.
A totally new constitutional settlement is needed to meet the needs of the 99% of the population in all parts of Britain.
In dealing with Covid19, Collectivism and Science have shown the way world wide; in Britain it's been Trade Unions and the NHS. Capitalism has shown itself unwilling & incapable of dealing with this crisis.
From Yemen saying "Communism saves humanity." https://twitter.com/CPBritain/status/1308301456051597314
Neo-liberal managerial approach, from a neo-liberal political party. More evidence for ending the illusion that the Labour Party can ever be socialist which is based on a deeper illusion that the Parliamentary system and existing state can be reformed in the interests of workers.
The British Labour Party ending its own furlough scheme a month before the national scheme, and letting employees go, in the midst of a global pandemic and on the cusp of an economic depression - under new management indeed:
In the USA we see a contradiction between aspects of neoliberalism; i.e. between authoritarianism of the state repressive apparatus and liberal economics of cuts in public services. Both aspects end up damaging workers.
HUGE federal overreach here. https://twitter.com/kylehooten2/status/1308051304846065666
"Pro-imperialist social democrats who think socialism = universal healthcare + NATO."
What an excellent description of the second international left parties and their ilk.
For Britain, it describes the Labour Party to a tee.
The rose is not recognized globally as a symbol of the left; it's associated mostly with Europe and North America.
And among those who do recognize it, the immediate image that comes to mind is pro-imperialist social democrats who think socialism = universal healthcare + NATO https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1303021789614870529
Hands off Belarus. No to EU, US and NATO interference. Oppose imperialism.
"While Lukashenko represents a barrier to imperialist plans in Eastern Europe, Tsikanouskaya’s platform called for a massive selloff of state-owned enterprises, commodification of land, privatization of housing & health and cutbacks to social programs."
http://peoplesvoice.ca/2020/09/10/communist-party-hands-off-belarus/
