DONALD TRUMP, THE DEVIL WE KNOW

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged barack obama, conflict, continuity, corporate, covid, Donald Trump, election, featured, global politics, Joe Biden, kamala harris, liberalism, Mike Pence, neocolonialism, new deal, populism, QAnon, racism, US election, USA, wall street.

by Jonathan Lee

First, the good news: Donald Trump has been kicked out of the Oval Office.

The proto-fascist, far-right enabling, climate change denying, racist, misogynist is out. The man who held up a mirror to the worst of America, and gave old fashioned racists all the encouragement they needed to express themselves publicly, has been finally removed through the United State’s idiosyncratic, pseudo-democratic electoral process. Barring civil unrest and armed militias causing problems in the transition period, he will be gone in a matter of months.

RESISTANCE VOICES: THOSE WHO MARCHED FOR WOMEN

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged 'Nawlins, angelenos, anti-fascism, antifa, banner, Beyonce, Black Lives Matters, boston, Cardiff, class, collaboration, collective, deplorable, Donald Trump, dyke, external, fascism, feminist, femme, fight back, first they came, genitalia, global crisis, guthrie, Hallelujah, human rights, ideology, LA, Leonard Cohen, london, Los Angeles, march, marginalisation, nasty women, New Orleans, objectification, oppression, pastor martin niemöller, performance, POC, poem, police, protest, protest 101, protestors, pussy, pussy power, race, religion, resist, resistance, Rufus Wainwright, sexuality, Trump, US, US administration, US election, uterus, voices, washington dc, white feminist, womanhood, women, women of colour, womens march, wont bow.

In the aftermath of the Women’s March — a worldwide protest in resistance to Donald Trump on Saturday January 21st 2017 that saw an estimated 4.6million people take to the streets in the US alone — The Norwich Radical’s Tara Debra G and Cadi Cliff put a call out. This article is the product of that call out, which asked for thoughts from those who identified as women and who attended one of the many Women’s Marches on why they marched. These are just some voices, but they speak from across the UK and the US in an act of collaboration, solidarity, and resistance. Continue Reading

THE TROLL VOTE: WHAT TIPPED TRUMP TO VICTORY?

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged alt-right, breitbart news, Donald Trump, emperor palpatine, fascism, international politics, Perspectives, politics, star wars, US election, US Politics.

by Sunetra Senior

In a socio-political climate where rape jokes and racism are very much in the mainstream, let’s not be afraid to call a troll a troll. The left is falling into the tendency to self-chastise after election defeats, even as a sinister phenomenon rises outside of our camp, and now more than ever requires our passionate standing. Over the past couple of months, the “Alt-Right” movement – a storm of right-wing publications primarily driven by Neo-fascist groups that use the web to circulate hate gossip and headlines to forward the far right’s agenda – has been confirmed to be a significant factor in the dissented zeitgeist of the US elections. The Guardian’ s Jason Wilson said of the self-professed ‘platform for the Alt-right’– Breitbart News – that ‘the ideal Breitbart headline is provocative and designed to offend progressive sensibilities’, and that ‘they went with the stuff that got them the most hits and the most attention using the most extreme clickbait they could come up with’. For me, a further examination of this extremist social runaway train signals an alarming topple over an ideological precipice: the end to free-thinking and western democracy as we know it.

OUR DEMOCRACY REQUIRES WE MAKE 2017 THE YEAR OF THE EXPERT

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 2016, 2017, academia, America, american politics, american presidential election, anglo-saxon, arron banks, Boris Johnson, Brexit, british politics, david davis, deliberative democracy, democracy, Donald Trump, education, election, elections, EU, EU ref, EU referendum, Europe, european politics, european union, experts, first world war, gove, higher education, intellect, inter|national, ivan rogers, liam fox, mary beard, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, participatory democracy, President, society, students, Trump, uk, uk politics, UKIP, universities, university, US, US election, US president, US presidential election, USA.

by Olivia Hanks

All people are of equal value. The same is not true of opinions – and the conflation of the two is leading us down a dark path to ignorance and authoritarian rule.

2016 was not a good year for experts. Michael Gove (that straight-talking man of the people) declared that the British public had “had enough” of them. On the face of it, it seems he was right: in voting to leave the European Union, 17.4 million people defied the advice of specialists in every field from finance to ecology to social cohesion. A few months later, in the best Anglo-Saxon tradition of oneupmanship, the United States voted to be led by a man whose approach to policy is to say things at random and see which gets the biggest cheer.

POST-TRUTH POLITICS AND THE WAR ON INTELLECT

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged american politics, american presidential election, austerity, brendan o'neill, Brexit, british politics, Cameron, class, cuts, david cameron, debt, deficit, Donald Trump, elitism, EU, EU referendum, european politics, european union, fedia buric, george osborne, grantra, intellectualism, international politics, inter|national, media, Michael Gove, politics, pomerantsev, post-truth, putin, SOAS, spiked magazine, the sun, Trump, US election, US president, US presidential election, USA, vladmir putin, vlandislav surkov, working class.

by Robyn Banks

“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Far from me such a thought. In the matter of boots, I refer to the authority of the bootmaker; concerning houses, canals, or railroads, I consult that of the architect or engineer.”- Mikhail Bakunin

There’s a new buzzword in the air. We are now living, it is claimed, in a post-factual or post-truth society, where facts no longer matter to the general public. At face value it seems like a bizarre claim. But while politicians and the media have always lied to the public, if you consider the audacity of the lies of the last decade in contrast to the sheer number of tools available to us to find out the truth, you begin to see the point.Continue Reading

AFTER TRUMP AND BREXIT, THE LEFT NEEDS TO REDISCOVER CLASS ANGER

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged anti-establishment, Bernie Sanders, Boris Johnson, Brexit, british politics, class, corbyn, Donald Trump, economics, economy, election, elections, elite, establishment, EU, EU ref, EU referendum, Europe, European Parliament, european politics, european union, Hilary Clinton, inequality, international, international politics, jeremy corbyn, joan williams, Labour, labour party, middle class, referendum, Trump, US election, US president, US presidential election, USA, wealth, working class, xenophobia.

By Robyn Banks

I’m in the break room at work choking on my out of date sandwich. I’ve just been informed by two of my colleagues- good, down to earth working class people who probably think I bang on about my degree too much- that Boris Johnson is a “lad”, and I have no idea what to say. But none of us have any money, I want to shout. And he wants us to have less! Before I can respond, the conversation moves on to laughing about his hair, which is much more tolerable. Later, as I complain about Trumps victory, I am told that all I want is for “everyone to sit in a circle and hold hands”.

THE TRUMP CARD AND ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’ — IS IT ONE OF DECLINE OR RENEWAL?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged china, cold war, decline, economic decline, economic growth, external, foreign policy, growth, international community, make america great again, middle east, military, obama, Russia, superhero, Syria, Trump, US, US election.

by Oliver Steward

The United States is experiencing relative decline vis-a-vis in relation to other so-called ‘Great Powers’, notably China. The election of President-elect Donald Trump may navigate this transition or accelerate this relative decline in the second decade of the 21st century.

US GDP has only grown nominally at 1.5%. Some important elements can be taken to show the growing disparity and changes to the world’s two most important economic powers. As discussed in The Globalist, ‘US GDP stood at $16.8 trillion in 2013 —just about 4% larger than China’s economy…. [While]The IMF estimates that China’s GDP at purchasing power parity was $17.6 trillion at the end of 2014.’ Furthermore the US is spending $1 trillion on domestic and national security under the auspices of counter terrorism. It has spent blood and treasure in two costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue Reading

WELL, WHAT NOW?

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged 2016, America, black, Brexit, british empire, campaign, clickbait, climate change, democrats, Donald Trump, Enid Blyton, fear, fight back, hate, latino, LGBT+, natural disaster, nuclear, obama, political system, power, President, president elect, protest, putin, racism, republicans, response, sexism, the left, United States, US election, vote, Warren Ellis.

by Zoe Harding

Content warning: As you’d expect, this article contains Donald Trump and all the associated bullshit that comes with him. It gets better at the end, but it’s still pretty grim. For a TL:DR, try Warren Ellis’ excellent Transmetropolitan comics, or this. Also contains strong language.

It’s not been a great year for fans of basic human decency towards people who aren’t white, straight, cis men. I’d list the crappy things that have happened on that front alone but I’ve got 800ish words and 2016 is going to get history books all of its own. Now, the self-proclaimed Land of the Free has elected a President who dog-whistled his way into power on a wave of fear, hate, intolerance and general bastardry. Well, great. All we need is a major natural disaster in December and then we’re on track for a nuclear war in January. Shitty things are already happening. Here’s a running list. (Note: The election is still recent. I hope these turn out to be sensationalist clickbait. I really hope.)Continue Reading

PLEASE DON’T LET GODZILLA BOMB MY CITY

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged America, American, army, Bernie Sanders, Colbert, Donald Trump, Donzilla, Drumpf, election, godzilla, Hillary Clinton, international, media, menace, Mike Pence, military, mockery, monster, MSM, Nixon, norwich, nuclear power, nuke, politics, pop culture, presidential elections, racism, satire, spin, supporter, Trump, US, US election, USA, war.

by Zoe Harding

Can anything stop Donald Trump? The recent presidential debate between the Man with the Golden Skin and Madame Nixon has been heralded as another in a series of candidate-ending screw-ups, Trump appearing rambling and incoherent while Clinton seemed uncharacteristically cheerful and unscripted. Trump was called out repeatedly for lying, and his awkwardly unreleased tax returns were dragged ever closer to the cold light of day. Even his post-debate spin was desperate, with Trump claiming imaginary poll victories and showing a surprising measure of the political correctness his supporters are rabidly opposed to. He even blamed his microphone for his weak performance, giving Clinton a chance to drop one more zingy soundbite.

But here’s the thing: this isn’t going to slow Trump down. This won’t turn his supporters off him. To drop into a metaphor I’ve seen employed elsewhere, Trump is Godzilla. Continue Reading

US election

DONALD TRUMP, THE DEVIL WE KNOW

by Jonathan Lee

RESISTANCE VOICES: THOSE WHO MARCHED FOR WOMEN

THE TROLL VOTE: WHAT TIPPED TRUMP TO VICTORY?

OUR DEMOCRACY REQUIRES WE MAKE 2017 THE YEAR OF THE EXPERT

POST-TRUTH POLITICS AND THE WAR ON INTELLECT

AFTER TRUMP AND BREXIT, THE LEFT NEEDS TO REDISCOVER CLASS ANGER

THE TRUMP CARD AND ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’ — IS IT ONE OF DECLINE OR RENEWAL?

WELL, WHAT NOW?

PLEASE DON’T LET GODZILLA BOMB MY CITY

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