The makers of the blockbuster film ‘The Odyssey’ have joined the ancient line of storytellers who have reworked this story to allow us to reflect on human frailties, the conditions of our own society and to consider both through fresh eyes.
China has accomplished something no other Global South country has ever previously achieved—that is, to become the technological leader across a wide range of industries, Such achievements, and the independent national development it sustains, are a strategic goal every Global South country would aspire to as a culmination of its own development process.
The key issue for the seventh prime minister in ten years is, can he tackle the multiple crises afflicting Britain, its economy, society and political system? The earliest indications, in terms of both the policy and personnel of the new government, are that he is very far from adopting the type of radical policies that are needed.
The early indications are that Burnham’s government will be Starmerism with a human face, and may even retreat on climate policy, which will mean that things will get hotter – in more ways than one.
NATO is the core military alliance of the European and North American imperialist states structured around the predominance – increasingly brashly and recklessly asserted – of the US. Smaller direct alliances in the Pacific with Japan and S Korea, and AUKUS complement it, with Israel as a West Asian frontier state. Countries seeking to join it are aiming to become junior members of the global predators’ club.
These military attacks deep inside Russia are in reality also aimed by the United States against China and against the Global South.
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