DIANE ABBOTT looks at how a declining US has resorted to globalised violence to salvage any vestiges of political and economic hegemony
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Biden: some reasons to celebrate
The next US president isn’t perfect but after four years of a cruel and criminal cabal, we need to recognise what we have won, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
US President-elect Joe Biden
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WHEN the announcement came, car horns blared. Bells rang out. Pots and pans turned into percussion instruments. There was jubilation and dancing in the streets. The nightmare had ended and Joe Biden had won the US presidency.
The festivities on November 7 were far more about relief than celebration, but it felt good just the same. Even though technically he remains president until January 20, for a brief, shining moment, Donald Trump was gone.
Then we were plunged back into the present. What about the Senate? Look at the Supreme Court! A few progressive Facebook friends began to rail against Biden the “warmonger,” the establishment centrist who was no different than the rest of them.
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