The UK and US alike dupe minority populations into believing they benefit when elite representatives of their ethnic groups gain fame and power, even though those elites almost always embrace their powerful new milieux while discarding their downtrodden former peers, Barnes, a major figure in football, told RT’s Ben Swann …
Read More »As Covid-19 rages, capitalist elites ignore the working class. They forget that, until all are safe, none are
Karl Marx wrote in 1848, “The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere.” This was not a prediction, not even a political ideology, but economic theory. Karl Marx understood …
Read More »New York attorney general ‘reviewing’ Robinhood case after class action suit accuses trading app of ‘market manipulation’
“We are aware of concerns raised regarding activity on the Robinhood app, including trading related to the GameStop stock. We are reviewing this matter,” James said in a statement on Thursday. The announcement came hours after a group of investors slapped Robinhood with a class action lawsuit in New York’s …
Read More »Investors file CLASS ACTION SUIT against Robinhood over GameStop ‘stonk’ suppression
According to the lawsuit, filed on Thursday before a federal judge in the Southern District of New York, Robinhood “purposefully, willingly and knowingly” deprived retail investors of the ability to invest, accusing the brokerage of “manipulating” the market. Robinhood “completely blocked retail investors” from buying GameStop stock “for no legitimate …
Read More »Twitter has found an unlikely enemy in an angry political class that doesn’t want to be silenced
Aside from celebrities cautiously expressing varying levels of distaste with Donald Trump being banned from Twitter, another response has come from the international political class. German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced her concern. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is taking it further. He stated that he will be making a …
Read More »A Covid-19 vaccine may be on horizon, but it will not eradicate middle class fear of a united working class
There has been deep civil unrest over the weekend as citizens refuse to accept the creeping authoritarianism eating into their freedom and civil rights. There have been street protests, and serious clashes against the police across the country, quite rightly challenging the state on legislation that is being pushed through …
Read More »The belittling of the white working class has become a cultural sport in Britain
Parliamentarians investigating underachievement among white working-class pupils were informed by the University of Kent’s Professor Matthew Goodwin that their communities are suffering a “status deficit.” I hope that the Commons cross-party education committee listens to his words and does something that confronts this problem. It is important to realise that …
Read More »My sympathies, Black Lives Matter, but it’s poor white working-class kids who have the worst deal, not middle-class BAME lawyers
My grandfather was a white man, yet he spent most of his waking hours with a black face. Now, before the woke warriors tear out their Twitter feathers at that statement, assuming he was a black and white minstrel or in some way exploiting the black man, wait for the …
Read More »As Covid crisis adversely affects UK’s white working class, it is the middle class’s self-interest that means there is no easy fix
Last week, a report was submitted to the Commons Education Select Committee on how the poorest children in the UK are being severely disadvantaged by the coronavirus crisis with regard to their education, and how this will cause longer-term economic problems for themselves and their communities. The report notes clearly …
Read More »Democracy is failing Britain and a revolution is coming… but it’ll be led by the middle class and achieve nothing
There are always signs when a society’s social and economic structure is weakening and coming to an end. The Roman Empire faltered because its constant need for expansion meant it ran out of territory and booty to bring back to Rome. This left its empire deeply economically divided between the …
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