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Introduction
In February 2021, the European Union’s (EU) Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell arrived in Moscow to discuss “the fraught state of EU-Russia relations”
[1] amidst the ongoing trial of opposition leader Alexey Navalny
[2] and protests against his detention. As Borrell visited, Russia announced the expulsion of three European diplomats (one each from Germany, Poland and Sweden), who it accused of participating in the protests. The EU defended the diplomats and said they were only observing the events, and announced retaliatory expulsions. Borrell himself was sharply criticised by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for what they called his “ill-executed” visit that was a “complete disaster”.
The Corona Crash: How The Pandemic Will Change Capitalism kalw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kalw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What Can We Expect After the Pandemic?
Credit.John Gall
By Grace Blakeley
112 pp. Verso. Paper, $14.95.
The chasm between just how well some have thrived economically during the pandemic and just how badly others have fared is among the more startling results of this
annus horribilis. But where some see the disease as upending some industries (travel and restaurants) and boosting others (home entertainment and technology), Blakeley, an English writer, Labour Party activist and leftist theorist, sees the have and have-not divide as the latest and perhaps most egregious chapter of the sad story of capitalism.
For Blakeley, the response to Covid is twined with the great financial crisis of 2008-9: Then, states bailed out the financial industry; now, the state is bailing out all industry to maintain the system of “monopoly capitalism.” While she acknowledges that no government could just let the system collapse, she excoriates the way that officials have become handmaidens to
Hub Entertainment Research s Jon Giegengack reports survey findings on how media, TV, and OTT consumption and cord-cutting trends have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in this clip from Streaming Media West Connect.