1) Umair Haque of Medium is panicking again, this time over Brexit: apparently the British economy is collapsing because of Brexit, and the situation can't be helped by the British COVID-19 variant currently circulating there.
Before we get to the latest story in this absurd propaganda show, let's "remember" the news from just the past few weeks...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OFkgEPyRo]
And, now, we're just learning about this latest clusterf*ck...
I missed the furious debate in the comments of last week's essay by gjohnsit, The Free Trade Lie Is Exposed. Ironically, I missed joining in because of an effect of free trade: the crappification of everything. My laptop appeared to have finally blown its power supply.
with musical accompaniment ...
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Tuesday December 28, 1915
From the Appeal to Reason: Socialist Legislators from Three Nations Seek to End the War
From the Christmas Day edition of the Appeal comes the news that Socialists from the legislative bodies of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States have asked for an end to the war now raging in Europe:
Socialists Ask to End War in Parliament of Three Nations
-----Great Britain
On December 8, 1915, Philip Snowden, Socialist member of House of Commons, called upon the British Prime Minister for a statement as to the possibility of ending the war. This was Asquith's reply made in Parliament:
If proposals of a serious character for a general peace are put forward by the enemy governments either directly or through a neutral power they will be discussed by the allied governments.
Asquith thinks it is a sign of weakness for his country to begin peace negotiations. If that view is taken by all seriously and adhered to nothing but death of all the soldiers at the front could possibly end the war. Somebody must begin. Why not Great Britain?
