Why and how does the Global Governance weaponize the ‘Left’?

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by Matt Smyth, Professor at Strasbourg University Confronted with the downfall of financialised global capitalism, it would appear necessary in the eyes of its leaders to offer some kind of alternative—even a mythical one—that nevertheless allows for the continuity of the professional managerial class to which they belong. The process which the global financialised economy … Continue reading Why and how does the Global Governance weaponize the ‘Left’?

Francis, a pope of the poor? A pope for the environment? Or a pope of the global elite?

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by Matt Smyth, Professor at Strasbourg University - Religious Studies Pope Francis. A pope of rupture. A pope for ecology. Inimical to capitalism, but compassionate to the poor and the migrant. The gay-friendly pope. Lenient with divorcees, but hostile to traditionalists and conservatives. The reformer of the corrupt Roman curia, the enemy of sexual abuse … Continue reading Francis, a pope of the poor? A pope for the environment? Or a pope of the global elite?