Tag: European Union
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The Company We Keep
My son asked me a question the other day that still cuts very deep. “How are you comfortable being in league with racists, xenophobes and reactionaries?” he asked. What prompted the question was my support for Brexit. I’ll admit it is true that the likes of Boris Johnson, the idiotic and racist former London mayor,…
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Millions in Hunger
Food Crisis Is Depicted As ‘Silent Tsunami’ Sharp Price Hikes Leave Many Millions in Hunger By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, April 23, 2008; A01 LONDON, April 22 — More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a “silent tsunami” of sharply rising food prices, which have sparked riots…