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Hong Kong opposition and the Trump administration
Is it just coincidence that the Extradition Bill emerged in the middle of a US trade war with China, asks KENNY COYLE

ONE of the traditional weaknesses of the British left has been its inconsistent responses to international crises.
This becomes particularly acute when British imperialism is itself strategically involved and the pressures of public opinion shaped by the Establishment media are felt most heavily.
While there have always been heroic episodes of internationalism in the labour and peace movements, the dominance of liberal rather than anti-imperialist perspectives has been a constant factor in the battle of ideas on the left, combined with the reality that the labour movement’s right wing has always aligned its interests with those of the British ruling class at home and abroad.
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