(2023-12-18). War In Ukraine And The 'Crisis Of Western Civilization'. popularresistance.org The war in Ukraine has become a crisis of Western civilization. | Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerard Baker writes that the West is "losing our soul, our sense of purpose as a society, our identity as a civilization. We in the West are in the grip of an ideology that disowns our genius, denounces our success, disdains merit, elevates victimhood, embraces societal self-loathing, and enforces it all in a web of exclusionary and authoritarian rules, large and small." | Baker nevertheless reminds us that "liberal capitalism has done more for human prosperity, health and freedom than any other economic or polit…
(2023-12-18). Heating and eating: the impoverishment of British workers. thecommunists.org It is clear to everyone that the standard of life for the vast majority of workers in Britain has been falling dramatically in recent years. What is not so clear is what is driving this decline. Variously attributed to the Covid pandemic, to wars abroad, to immigration, or to the activities of this or that …
(2023-12-18). Grangemouth refinery workers' jobs at risk. thecommunists.org On the morning of Wednesday 22 November, 500 Grangemouth oil refinery workers received an email informing them that the nature of business at the site would change from refining and supplying 80 percent of Scotland's oil to simply being an import hub for finished fuel products. The email further informed them that this change would …
(2023-12-18). Over 5,000 Chinese suspects of economic crimes fleeing overseas apprehended from over 100 countries and regions: Ministry. ecns.cn More than 5,000 Chinese suspects of economic crimes fleeing overseas have been caught and arrested from over 100 countries and regions by the public security organs across the country since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).