Countdown to the US election - and Matt Kennard in Glasgow
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Countdown to the US election…
Conter co-editors David Jamieson and Jonathon Shafi discuss the US election and its consequences for American society and the world.
We reference this piece by George Kerevan, which is well worth a read.
How has foreign policy impacted the debate?
What are the fractures in the American ruling class?
Why are billionaires so central to the campaign?
Will the election result in a stable social order?
How might the left navigate the election an its aftermath?
Stay tuned for more coverage of the election throughout the week!
Matt Kennard comes to Glasgow
Inclinations Book Club & Aye-Aye Books present…
THE RACKET: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire
While working for the Financial Times, investigative journalist Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème de la crème of the global elite. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard spent four years gathering extraordinarily honest testimony from the horse's mouth on how the global economic system works away from the convenient myths.
It left him with only one conclusion: the world as we know it is run by an exclusive class of American racketeers who operate with virtually unlimited weapons and money, and a reach much too close to home.