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  • Good riddance to the criminal-in-chief

    Good riddance to the criminal-in-chief

    It was inevitable that Trump’s presidency would end this way: in scandal and ignominy, fear, loathing and shame.
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    Mark Phillips
    Jan 20
    Is America now a failed state?

    Is America now a failed state?

    Trump lit the fuse, but scenes from the Capitol on Wednesday are the culmination of an unraveling of US democracy over 40 years.
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    Mark Phillips
    Jan 7
    Reflections on the Year of the Rat

    Reflections on the Year of the Rat

    The signs were there from the very start that 2020 was going to be a year we wouldn’t forget.
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    Mark Phillips
    Jan 5
    Life in the pandemic
    The future has been cancelled

    The future has been cancelled

    Whether we like it or not, some of the pleasures we took from life before the pandemic are gone, probably forever.
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    Mark Phillips
    Jul 27, 2020
    There is a way forward after COVID-19

    There is a way forward after COVID-19

    As calls grow for the restrictions to be lifted, we need to prevent a right wing populist narrative taking hold.
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    Mark Phillips
    Apr 17, 2020
    Coronavirus is the only story in town

    Coronavirus is the only story in town

    The COVID-19 pandemic has all the elements of a great dystopian novel, but where do you start?
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    Mark Phillips
    Mar 22, 2020
    Highlights from the archives
    Billy gives unions something to Bragg about

    Billy gives unions something to Bragg about

    The political and the personal go hand-in-hand for the Bard from Barking.
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    Mark Phillips
    Aug 1, 2015
    WikiLeaks’ reluctant leader

    WikiLeaks’ reluctant leader

    A chance meeting with Julian Assange in 2009 changed Kristinn Hrafnsson’s life and he is now the WikiLeaks founder’s defender-in-chief.
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    Mark Phillips
    Feb 24, 2020
    What should we do about Julian Assange?

    What should we do about Julian Assange?

    We don’t get to pick and choose on personal feelings when to fight for press freedom and when not to.
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    Mark Phillips
    Apr 14, 2019
    Audio ammunition

    Audio ammunition

    An introduction to the music of ‘the only band that matters’.
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    Mark Phillips
    Jul 12, 2020
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