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Aug 2

Trump charged with criminal conspiracy

Future of US democracy hangs on a 45-page PDF and a jury… — If Jack Smith has a thousand-yard stare, there’s a reason for that. He made his legal reputation prosecuting war criminals. So we have to assume that piercing gaze has already looked into the heart of darkness. Now, as prosecutor in the indictment of Donald Trump for conspiracy to undermine American…

Trump

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Trump charged with criminal conspiracy
Trump charged with criminal conspiracy
Trump

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Jul 29

DCP2023: Nothing-burger on a shingle?

Or brilliant conceptual exercise hampered by lack of money? — “Our mission is clear,” begins the UK’s 2023 Defence Command Paper, issued last week: “to protect the nation and help it prosper”. It continues: “That does not just mean more ships, tanks and jets — indeed in this document there are deliberately no new commitments on platforms at all– because…

Defence

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DCP2023: Nothing-burger on a shingle?
DCP2023: Nothing-burger on a shingle?
Defence

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Jul 13

The British left’s red-brown problem

Stalinist nostalgia, Putinism and anti-Semitism prove a toxic mix — [This is a long-read. It originally appeared on my Substack newsletter in two parts. I’m making it available here because it has stimulated an sharp political debate in the UK.] I was recently alerted to an anti-Semitic post by a participant in the 5,000-strong private Facebook group “Organise Corbyn Inspired…

Stalinism

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The British left’s red-brown problem
The British left’s red-brown problem
Stalinism

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Jul 2

The Not Guilty Man

Britain’s top general says you can’t face down Putin on the cheap — [This article appeared on my Substack newsletter — Conflict & Democracy — yesterday for subscribers. Amid the Twitter rationing/outage I’m releasing it also here 24 hours later.] The omens are not good for Britain’s forthcoming Defence Command Paper. General Sir Patrick Sanders, chief of the general staff, is to quit…

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The Not Guilty Man
The Not Guilty Man

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Jun 28

Britain’s tankies react to Prigozhin’s mutiny

Stop The War movement finds yet another reason to tell Ukraine to stop resisting… — Putin’s regime is in danger of collapse therefore Ukraine should stop fighting…That’s the message from Stop The War. Having been struck dumb by the events of Saturday 24 June, the campaign has finally come out with a line, penned by self-styled Ukraine expert Andrew Murray. Because there’s a danger Russia’s…

Ukraine

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Britain’s tankies react to Prigozhin’s mutiny
Britain’s tankies react to Prigozhin’s mutiny
Ukraine

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Jun 25

Staged chaos: Russia’s real deterrent

Prigozhin mutiny creates political fragmentation bomb — Putin blinked. Prigozhin gets to run his neo-colonial crime empire from Belarus. Some generals will be fired. The war goes on. That’s the appearance. But what is the essence? I’ve been depressed by the incapacity of the Western media to cope with the reality of Russian fascism over the past…

Prigozhin

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Staged chaos: Russia’s real deterrent
Staged chaos: Russia’s real deterrent
Prigozhin

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Jun 24

The Kayfabe Coup is Under Way

Prigozhin’s troops seize Rostov and regime looks paralysed. Updates follow. — As I write, Russian Telegram channels are flooded with videos of Wagner Group detachments staging a coup in Rostov. In Voronezh they’ve reportedly exchanged fire with regular forces; in others, paramilitaries at checkpoints designed to stop them are shown hiding as they pass. UPDATE 05:37 CET: Putin has still not…

Wagner

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The Kayfabe Coup is Under Way
The Kayfabe Coup is Under Way
Wagner

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Jun 15

The Thought Architecture of Fascism

The logic of gigantic evil — Vienna lecture text — This is the text of a lecture to the Lecture to mark the 30th anniversary of @IFK_Vienna — the International Research Center for Cultural Studies, University of Art and Design Linz, delivered 14 June 2023. Some of the slides are in text… Good evening and congratulations to the IFK on…

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The Thought Architecture of Fascism
The Thought Architecture of Fascism

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May 16

Where is the proletariat in Babylon Berlin?

I love this drama but there’s a missing character…. — Note: This article contains some plot spoilers for Season 4 of Babylon Berlin. I just rewatched the Season 4 of Babylon Berlin. Dramatically it’s one of the best seasons yet, because one of the most basic tensions in the narrative arc is resolved; and some of the good guys (and…

Nazis

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Where is the proletariat in Babylon Berlin?
Where is the proletariat in Babylon Berlin?
Nazis

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Jan 22

Send tanks to Ukraine now!

Germany’s refusal to supply Leopard 2s is a disaster — Germany’s decision to block the large-scale transfer of Western-built main battle tanks to Ukraine will, like all its previous hesitations, eventually be eroded. But it’s a blow — not just to Ukraine, but to NATO and the collective Western response to Russian aggression. [UPDATE 23.01.23: Annalena Baerbock has given Poland…

Ukraine

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Send tanks to Ukraine now!
Send tanks to Ukraine now!
Ukraine

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Paul Mason

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Journalist, writer and film-maker. Author of How To Stop Fascism.

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