After sabotaging Jeremy Corbyn, centrists from Britain’s Labour Party are looking for a new leader without principled anti-war views. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue with activist Joshua Y. Jackson, discussing how Corbyn was viciously smeared because of his committed anti-imperialism and support for Palestinian rights. We also talk about the massive media propaganda campaign, and the prospects of an independent Scotland and united Ireland.
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Part 1: Behind the historic defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party: The UK election and Brexit backlash
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Media bias against Labour
The corporate media is the enemy of the working class. I say that as a journalist
The goal of the corporate media isn't to inform people—that's incidental. The goal is to make money, boost ad revenue, manufacture consent and shape public opinion to conform to capitalist ideology pic.twitter.com/paKFOPwBho
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) December 14, 2019
Boris Johnson’s racist book 72 Virgins
“Boris Johnson’s resurfaced novel contains horrific ‘racist, misogynistic, homophobic’ references”
Smears of socialist union organizer Eddie Dempsey
The EU is a privatisation machine. We were right to vote Leave. You can watch the progress of the EU privatising national assets – From the EU's own Rail Market Monitor. pic.twitter.com/TY6A5Z6BQh pic.twitter.com/JlZ6ZqfH5W
— Eddie Dempsey (@EddieDempsey) April 22, 2019
