Tuesday I see there is a glimmer of hope in the United Kingdom (albeit a very tiny one) as Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has dropped his opposition to a second referendum on Brexit, even though he himself supposedly wants out. This means that a possibility at least exists that Brits can reverse their catastrophic, […]
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Brexit or Never Let Me Go?
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Ishiguro Anticipated Brexit, Trump
Recently Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro anticipated the return of tribal hatreds in the developed world.
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The “Buried Giant” of Fascism Stirs
Kazuo Ishiguro’s fantasy novel “The Buried Giant” works as a fairy tale parable of the shakiness of the European Union and the rise of rightwing parties.
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