Liberal Democratic Oligarchy

Dave Gardner We live in a political system described by its advocates as liberal democracy. Liberal democracy is contrasted with ‘authoritarian’ regimes which adopt policies that the leaders of liberal democracies do not like, such as the promotion of traditional families, restrictions on the influence of foreign governments masquerading as ‘civil society organisations’  or advocacy of … Continue reading Liberal Democratic Oligarchy

Notes on the News

By Gwydion M. Williams The Strange Death of Free-Market Globalisation Sponge-Up: the Reagan / Thatcher legacy 1688: Parliament Without Democracy Snippets Israel and Iran – Glad to Hate Each Other Come Fly With Me, With Fly-Blown Quality Snow In Belgium, Caused By Global Warming Modi’s India Starmer and the Errors of Ramsay MacDonald Housing Impossible … Continue reading Notes on the News

Branded

The attack on Russell Brand We have collected some quotes from Russell Brand where for the past year of so he has been telling the truth about the Ukraine war, on video, to an audience of millions, either directly or by interviewing journalists like Aron Maté.  He had to be stopped somehow.  It was out of the … Continue reading Branded

Notes on the News

By Gwydion M. Williams Afghans – an Imaginary Democracy Afghanistan’s ‘Dogs of War’ Ideal Capitalist Democracies An Unauthorised Terrorist State? China Taking Control China to Curb the Rich? Trade War Shadow-Boxing Disobedient Poland Afghans – an Imaginary Democracy Afghanistan was never a democracy.  It was barely even a state, after the destruction of the left-wing government … Continue reading Notes on the News