AMERICA’S FADING ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Boris Johnson, capitalism, china, Clinton, deal, diplomacy, drugs, economy, featured, foreign policy, France, germany, Hezbollah, international, Iran, israel, JCPOA, john bolton, Lebanon, middle east, money, Netanyahu, North Korea, nuclear, politics, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, Trump, USA, Venezuela, war, weapons.

by Gunnar Eigener

America’s influence in the Middle East is beginning to fray at the edges. This is bad news for both the region and the global community. America has, over the past decade, became something of a pariah in the area. Its foreign policy, already distrusted by enemies and allies alike, has looked increasingly unclear and erratic under the current administration.

While previous Presidents acted with caution and measure, the Trump White House presses on, having found in its new National Security Advisor John Bolton the man who would seemingly give weight to any decision that Donald Trump would be likely to favour, yet is already being rumoured to be behind Trump’s decision to withdraw from the North Korea Summit. Continue Reading

ON IMMIGRATION 5. BANKING ON THE FUTURE

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged arms race, banks, Barclays, cancer, capitalism, Citibank, conflict, consumerism, crisis, developing, displacement, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, Goldman Sachs, humanity, immigration, JP Morgan, Labour, migrants, migration, millennial generation, neoliberalism, on immigration, privilege, resources, systemic cause, tourism, uk, virus, war, weapons, West.

by Stu Lucy

In my previous piece I outlined a theory that compared the woes of our current modern condition to a biological model of a disease increasing its prevalence across the planet, particularly in the Western world. Although slightly macabre, I feel it was necessary to characterise the systemic issue of unbridled growth in such a dramatic and sensational fashion – after all it is the fate of humankind, and well… the planet, we are talking about here.

I finished with a simple analogy calling for global treatment of this cancer that has befallen us since the mantra of growth has been so fanatically professed by economists, politicians, and industrialists alike. How though may we undertake such a gargantuan task that requires the remodelling of all aspects of our societies, from our education systems to popular culture to our entire global trade system?Continue Reading

ON IMMIGRATION 4. TIME TO TREAT THE DISEASE

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged arms race, cancer, capitalism, conflict, consumerism, developing, displacement, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, humanity, immigration, Labour, migrants, migration, millennial generation, neoliberalism, on immigration, privilege, resources, systemic cause, tourism, uk, virus, war, weapons, West.

by Stu Lucy

Humans move, we always have done and always will do. Our movement has evolved through the existence of our species from necessity – following the seasonal availability of food – to luxury, such as holidays and recreational travelling. While part of our species has been afforded the opportunity to travel around the planet in our spare time, absorbing the multitude of cultures and landscapes it has to offer, there continues to exist a drive to move to find something better, not for food, as in pre-modern times, but economic and/or environmental security. Economic, climate and conflict migrant populations are increasing year on year, and are so for one very good reason: a global disease.

ON IMMIGRATION 3. THE NEED TO FULLY GLOBALISE WAR

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Afghanistan, Afrin, Algeria, arms race, Cambodia, conflict, developing, displacement, DRC, economic migrants, economics, featured, globalisation, immigration, Labour, Laos, Libya, migrants, millennial generation, on immigration, resources, somalia, systemic cause, turkey, uk, Vietnam, war, weapons, West, Yemen.

by Stu Lucy

Reasons for migration come in many forms.The now globalised and fully interconnected 21st century world allows people the capacity to travel great distances in search of work or a better standard of living for themselves. Increasingly though, more and more individuals, mainly from the developing world, are forced into the migrant sphere through no fault of their own. I have already touched on two types of migrant; those coerced by economic situations to move to foreign countries, as well as those unable to sustain themselves in their native environments as a consequence of various forms of climate effects. There is of course another migrant population that find themselves forced to leave everything they held dear behind as a result of more pervasive and damaging spectre: conflict.Continue Reading

THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Afghanistan, arms trade, army, Combat Stress, daesh, defense, diplomacy, ESAG, iraq, mental health, military, nationalism, objector, patriotism, service, soldier, soldiers, support, Syria, troops, uk, US, veterans, war, weapons, welfare.

by Gunnar Eigener

When soldiers go to war, they face a grave peril. On the battlefield they face a danger that most of us back at home have no comprehension of. If we follow the logic of the Government regarding their policy of airstrikes in Syria, it is likely that boots on the ground may very well become part of the military intervention to defeat Daesh. Once again, young men and women will be asked to put their lives on the line for their country and for democracy. Irrespective of your view on a particular military venture, such men and women deserve our respect, but should our government really be sending our armed forces into war yet again, if they aren’t able to uphold their promises to look after them and guarantee their welfare when they come home?Continue Reading

THE SPECTRE OF IDEOLOGY

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged 007, agency, anti hero, arms, bond girls, books, comment, conservative, control, Daniel Craig, Englishman, film, films, hero, Ian Fleming, ideology, Idris Elba, James Bond, MI5, movies, mysogyny, NSA, politics, review, security, Spectre, status quo, terrorism, totalitarianism, Waltz, weapons.

by Jack Brindelli

In the years following the Second World War, Britain had shifted in ways many thought impossible. In the 1950s, amidst the fading colonial legacy of a crumbling empire, with increasing levels of immigration and the decreased faith in the power of the free market led, the country’s middle class felt stranded. These revolutionary changes in the country’s fabric radically challenged the ideas they had been raised to adhere to in the name of success. Middle England was holding out for a hero – and boy did Ian Fleming’s gin-swilling womaniser give them one.

James Bond is a cultural artefact – an ideological snap-shot, emerging initially as the embodiment of the established order, in order to defend it. Such was the archetypal appeal of the character, and so in tune was he to the fears of the middle class, that he soon moved seamlessly between mediums. In a world where Britain’s influence seemed to be waning, and where marginalised races and genders were pushing for equality, Bond showed Middle England could still have it all – no wonder he’s cited as being David Cameron’s inspiration for foreign policy, 007 is a conservative’s wet-dream.Continue Reading

STOP THE ARMS FAIR!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, arms trade, campaign against arms trades, defence, DSEI, norwich, protest, security, weapons.

by Campaign Against Arms Trade

Saturday 18 July, 2pm – 5pm. Friends Meeting House Committee Room, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW.

This September, the world’s weapons industry plans to arrive in London for a huge arms fair: Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI). The results of DSEI are felt around the world as people are killed, economies are devastated, refugees are traumatised and peaceful protest is crushed.Continue Reading

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AMERICA’S FADING ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ON IMMIGRATION 5. BANKING ON THE FUTURE

ON IMMIGRATION 4. TIME TO TREAT THE DISEASE

ON IMMIGRATION 3. THE NEED TO FULLY GLOBALISE WAR

THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR

THE SPECTRE OF IDEOLOGY

STOP THE ARMS FAIR!

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