[https://new.portside.org/] Material of Interest to People on the Left PORTSIDE SNAPSHOT - NOVEMBER 30, 2017 TRUMP’S FATEFUL MISTAKE ON CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection] SIMON JOHNSON _ Project Syndicate _ By seizing control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and placing an ideological extremist in charge, US President Donald Trump has brought to the fore the deepest flaws in his administration’s founding myth. The gutting that now awaits the agency will visibly harm many of the ordinary people Trump promised to defend. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/trumps-fateful-mistake-consumer-financial-protection&text=Trump%E2%80%99s%20Fateful%20Mistake%20on%20Consumer%20Financial%20Protection] ZIMBABWE MILITARY COUP IS NO PROMISE OF POLITICAL STABILITY [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/zimbabwe-military-coup-no-promise-political-stability] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/zimbabwe-military-coup-no-promise-political-stability] MIKAELA NHONDO ERKSOG _ The Dawn News _ The situation in Zimbabwe is one of a dissatisfied ruling elite using their monopoly on violence to manipulate and control society. This will not change the fundamentally oppressive, and inegalitarian structures of that society. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/zimbabwe-military-coup-no-promise-political-stability] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/zimbabwe-military-coup-no-promise-political-stability] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/zimbabwe-military-coup-no-promise-political-stability&text=Zimbabwe%20Military%20Coup%20is%20No%20Promise%20of%20Political%20Stability] A DEVASTATING INDICTMENT OF HOW WE LIVE TODAY [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/devastating-indictment-how-we-live-today] [https://new.portside.org/2017-11-29/devastating-indictment-how-we-live-today] STUART JEFFRIES _ The Guardian _ David Harvey seeks to renew our reading of Marxs Capital in the wake of capitalisms current multifaceted crisis. * * [https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/devastating-indictment-how-we-live-today] * [https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/devastating-indictment-how-we-live-today] * [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?url=https%3A//new.portside.org/2017-11-29/devastating-indictment-how-we-live-today&text=A%20Devastating%20Indictment%20of%20How%20We%20Live%20Today] INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT. Submit via web [https://new.portside.org/contact/submit_to_portside] Submit via email Frequently asked questions [https://new.portside.org/faq] Manage subscription [https://new.portside.org/subscribe] Search Portside archives [https://new.portside.org/archive] Visit portside.org [https://new.portside.org/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/portsideorg] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe, click the following link: https://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?SUBED1=PORTSIDETEST