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Memoir of a World Watcher - Diana Johnstone, #423

Memoir of a World Watcher - Diana Johnstone, #423

We discuss Diana Johnstone’s memoir, "Circle in t…

Guns and Butter

August 2, 202059m 23s

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Show Notes

We discuss Diana Johnstone’s memoir, "Circle in the Darkness"; Yugoslavia under Tito; bombing of Serbia; Camp Bondsteel; spook revelation journalism; Paris in 1968; anti-war movement of the ‘60s; legacy of Charles de Gaulle; Europe occupied since WWII; the Greens; Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties; neoliberal counterrevolution in the 1980s; finance capital; internationalism v nationalism; privatization; financial institutions living off of sovereign debt; austerity; Yellow Vests a revival of an economic left; Antifa enforcing the establishment position; Responsibility to Protect (R2P) a rule to break national sovereignty; destruction of Libya by NATO; new phase of capitalism called ‘green’; censorship of intellectual discussion. Aired: June 24, 2020 Visit Guns and Butter at: www.gunsandbutter.org Subscribe to our newsletter at: eepurl.com/bmg4zf