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Monday, February 9, 2009

Ed Balls: minister fears rise of fascism amid economic gloom



Severe economic crises have the power to trigger extreme political movements. Ed Balls is Britain's Children and Schools Secretary. In a speech over the weekend he predicted that the economic downturn in Britain--which has become the worst in 100 years--raised the prospect of a return to the Far Right politics of the 1930s and the rise of Facism. (Read article here.)

While perhaps not facing a rise in Fascism, the United States may see other forms of extreme political movements develop. The risk is that Obama's economic recovery plan fails and from that failure a militant brand of "free market fundamentalism" emerges. This could be accompanied by a return to a gold standard, which would bring on economic and social chaos never before seen. The probability of this happening is increased by appeasing centrists and limiting the size of the stimulus.

2 comments:

  1. LET'S LOOK AT SOUTH AMERICA.

    THE POPE IS ALREADY KICKING IN ANTI-FASCIST POPE JOHNPAUL II STRATEGIES BY CREATING THIS MINISTORM ABOUT WILLIAMSON.

    A BACKDRAFT TO STARVE ( HOPEFULLY ) OXYGEN OF THE REAL FASCISM IN VENEZUELA BY STIRRING ANTI-FASCISM IN ARGENTINA.

    THOUGH ON THE SURFACE IT APPEARS LIKE HE'S TRYING TO PLACATE A CROOK, HE IS DOING SOMETHING BIGGER LIKE OFFSETTING THE FASCISM OF CHAVEZ WHO IS IN VENEZUELA.

    IT'S ALREADY CREATING AN IMMEDIATE DIALOG CHANNEL BETWEEN VATICAN AND THE ISRAELI JEWISH CONFED.

    BOYCOTT CITGO AND YOU WILL SAVE 1 LIFE / 1 VILLAGE.

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  2. it's either that, or we'll have a new pope sooner rather than later.

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