On disinformation, NATO vs Russia, terrorism + more.
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We look back at a turbulent last month or so with the help of guest and "disinformation bot" Tara McCormack. We put it all in the context of Trump's return, post-neoliberalism and deglobalisation.
00:13:52 – Jacob Siegel talks to Alex about Meta's policy U-turn on censorship and what it means for the public-private partnership on digital surveillance.
00:50:11 – How will European powers react to the US's relative withdrawal of its protection? Will France, Britain and Germany double-down on the Ukraine war?
01:06:21 – Why is Luigi Mangione not understood as 'terrorism' while the Magdeburg Christmas market attack is? What drives terrorism and is that even the right term to understand explosive anomie?
01:15:24 – Letters to the Editors: on the global radical right, and Trump's foreign policy
Links:
To the Finland Station, Branko Milanovic, Substack
Trumpism & Geopolitics, Tim Pendry, Substack
Class Patricide, Dustin Guastella, Damage
