James Meadway

1 month ago | newstatesman.com | James Meadway

Tokyo, late July 2014. On the prompting of a friend, I’d arranged one evening to meet a young former Citibank trader. “He wants to campaign on inequality,” the friend said. “He’s had an interesting time.” This may have been an understatement. Shaven-headed, hoodied, two teeth missing – bike accident the week before – fizzing with eloquent indignation, Gary Stevenson didn’t entirely fit the LSE economics grad stereotype.

2 months ago | novaramedia.com | James Meadway

The past week has seen the most decisive reordering of the international order since the fall of the Soviet Union. From the end of the second world war, the United States has positioned itself as the guarantor of European defence against a presumed threat from the East – first for western Europe against the Soviet Union and then, since the late 1990s, for the east against Russia.

2 months ago | novara.media | James Meadway

The past week has seen the most decisive reordering of the international order since the fall of the Soviet Union. From the end of the second world war, the United States has positioned itself as the guarantor of European defence against a presumed threat from the East – first for western Europe against the Soviet Union and then, since the late 1990s, for the east against Russia.

Feb 10, 2025 | novaramedia.com | James Meadway

Barely three weeks into the second Donald Trump administration and the world around us is already heading deeper into permanent chaos. Edicts and executive orders are issued from the White House; Elon Musk and his cronies are let loose on the federal government; Trump himself maintains a near-continual stream of consciousness, alternating threats, flattery and fantasies of ethnically-cleansed beachside apartments in Gaza.

Nov 12, 2024 | msn.com | James Meadway

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