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U.S. imposes sweeping sanctions on International Criminal Court
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‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the tech billionaire to Gaza and the climate emergency, Klein and Taylor argue we are not just lurching from crisis to crisis but are in a new and dangerous moment in history. But they haven’t given up hope of a fightback Radical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feed You can watch the full interview with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor here . Aditya’s suggested reading: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism is out now and available here . It began life as a special essay in the Guardian, which you can read here . A different take on whether Trump 2.0 is fascist comes from the economist Branko Milanović on his br
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‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
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