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Trump des Willens?

Posted on July 22, 2023 by davidsberry

German director Leni Reifenstahl’s seminal Triumph des Willens propaganda film from 1933, charting the rise of Hitler may need to be dusted off, if reports seeping out from the Trump-loyalist MAGA wing of the Republican party prove to be true. It seems … Continue reading →

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Twelve Score and Seven Years Ago

Posted on July 4, 2023 by davidsberry

After the best part of a century dominating world events and its economy and on top of its victory over “The Evil Empire” that ended the Cold War, America is having what can only be described as an “existential crisis”. … Continue reading →

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The Right to Arm Bears

Posted on May 10, 2023 by davidsberry

This week saw another mass shooting in the USA when eight people were killed and seven injured in Texas by a right-wing supremacist wielding an assault rifle, bringing the number of mass shootings there to over 200 this year alone. … Continue reading →

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Republicans Wrecking Their Own Republic

Posted on April 4, 2023 by davidsberry

“The Constitution of the United States does not make governing easy. If anything, it makes it harder, because it requires that the majority respect the minority. When the Constitution works as it should, and opposing sides must come together to … Continue reading →

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Channelling John Wayne

Posted on March 29, 2023 by davidsberry

This week, democracy in the USA again came under threat as former president Trump held a rally in Waco, Texas, where in 1993 a 51-day government siege of the headquarters of a religious cult gave birth to the modern anti-government … Continue reading →

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House of Cads

Posted on January 30, 2023 by davidsberry

So far this year in the US Congress, Democrats are generally staying out of the way and letting Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his House Republicans edge closer to making fools of themselves. In order to garner enough votes to become … Continue reading →

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Make America Greet Again

Posted on October 30, 2022 by davidsberry

Because of a summer of political discord across the UK, our media has paid its usual scant attention to the imminent Mid-Term elections in the US. Id, as seems likely, the Republicans re-take control in the House. Not only will … Continue reading →

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We hold these truths…

Posted on September 29, 2021 by davidsberry

“… to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among … Continue reading →

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