Olof Palme demonstrated that we were right to expect that leading politicians and statesmen of the Western world could overcome all constraints, both real and imagined, finally to side with the poor, the oppressed, the exploited, and the brutalized in southern Africa. When he died, a beacon of hope was extinguished.
jacobinmag.com/2020/02/todays-social-democrats-should-be-more-like-olof-palme/
jacobinmag.com/2020/02/todays-social-democrats-should-be-more-like-olof-palme/
Jacobinmag
Today’s Social Democrats Should Be More Like Olof Palme
Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was assassinated on this day in 1986. He was an internationalist and the last social-democratic leader to really believe in a world beyond capitalism.
night-forest-issue-1.pdf
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Night Forest Journal (#NFJ) - Issue 1
It is no accident that China, having been initially caught on the hop with this outbreak, was able to mobilise massive resources and impose draconian shut-down conditions on the population that has eventually brought the virus spread under control. Things do not look so controlled in countries like Korea or Japan, or probably the US, where resources are less planned and governments want people to stay at work for capital, not avoid getting ill. And poor, rotten regimes like Iran appear to have lost control completely.
thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/disease-debt-and-depression/
thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/disease-debt-and-depression/
Michael Roberts Blog
Disease, debt and depression
As I write the coronavirus epidemic (not yet declared pandemic) continues to spread. Now there are more new cases outside China than within, with a particular acceleration in South Korea, Japan an…
night-forest-issue-2.pdf
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Night Forest Journal (#NFJ) - Issue 2
Sorry everyone if I've sent so much material recently; this is the last Issue I'll be publishing for quite some time.
Have a wonderful day comrades ❤️
Have a wonderful day comrades ❤️
As several studies have shown, deep canvassing, which involves deliberately developing a nonjudgmental, empathetic connection with a voter through 10 to 15 minutes of authentic conversation, can - if done properly - lead to persistent changes in people’s attitudes on issues like immigration and transgender rights.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/to-change-voters-sympathies-its-time-to-go-deep/
www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/to-change-voters-sympathies-its-time-to-go-deep/
openDemocracy
To change voters’ sympathies, it’s time to go deep
A new model known as ‘deep canvassing’ is being tested in the swing areas of Pennsylvania. Here’s an inside look.
Breaking: World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/who-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic.html
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/who-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic.html
CNBC
World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
"We're deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," WHO's Dr. Tedros said.