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July 2, 2020

Maduro refused control of $1bn in UK vaults by British high court | World news | The Guardian
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"UK has ‘unequivocally recognised’ rival Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s president, ruling says"

How Labour Lost the Working-Class
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New research suggests that, in the 2019 election, more low-income voters backed the Tories than Labour for the first time. The party’s decision to side with the establishment over Brexit was the final straw.

U.K. Judge Denies President Nicolás Maduro Access to Venezuelan Gold at Bank of England - The New York Times
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"The ruling puts the United Kingdom and Europe in an increasingly difficult diplomatic posture: supporting a nominal head of state who has no control over Venezuelan territory and whose political bid is becoming increasingly marginalized at home."

The nationalist unconscious | Red Pepper
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To fully grasp the rise of the new authoritarians, we must engage with psychoanalysis as well as economics, writes Richard Seymour

The Baghdad raid that put Kadhimi and Kataeb Hezbollah on a collision course
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Iran-backed paramilitaries were moments from attacking Iraqi security forces. Only a last-minute deal with Iraq's new prime minister avoided bloodshed