The ever readable Kenan Malik joins the dots between exploitation of seafarers by P&O, globalisation & the success of Dubai (built on more exploitation of workers), to (rightly, to my mind) to re-emphasise that this all looks pretty much like the economics of class.
Call it what you will; global capitalism, corporate capitalism, neoliberalism, etc.
in the end the political economy of class relations never went away, it was just obscured.
Somehow I missed that David Marquand passed away a couple of weeks ago.
When I was a (mature) post-graduate student of politics, having recently been working for Charter 88, he was the towering figure of centre-left (centrist) academic political commentary/analysis.
Now perhaps somewhat forgotten (or under-recognised), at the time he was a major figure whose writing was fluid & well-argued & a major influence on many.
The stench of hypocrisy surrounding the Eurovision this year was just astounding.
While Israel was performing at #Eurovision, their troops were murdering displaced Palestinians in Rafah, bombing UNDP building and invading parts of Gaza they had declared "safe" for refugees.
And then this POS hypocrite who was so strongly supporting the ban on Russia 2 years ago is now acting like "music and entertainment is not politics".
Today marks two years since #AJArabic Palestinian-American veteran journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh was shot and killed by Israeli Forces.
The Al Jazeera family & the world have not stopped seeking #justiceforshireen and will continue to honour her bravery, courage and loyalty to journalism.
Greta Thunberg joins tens of thousands of people protesting in #Sweden against #Eurovision's inclusion of genocidal #Israel in the contest, which takes place on Saturday.
The world leaders and media are not interested in her any more. Unlike the time she was on every major news when she was ONLY focusing on #environment and climate change.
Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by ProPublica and The New York Times.
Can you see the level of brutality Palestinian's are going through, they are being displaced from their homes to an unknown place.
The Israeli military has told residents of central Rafah to evacuate, signalling a major expansion of its military operations in the city and threatening the displacement of hundreds of thousands more people.