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How much longer can we stomach US interference?
The so-called ‘special relationship’ between Britain and the US is taking new and sinister forms – time to demand a divorce, says DOUG NICHOLLS
From the extradition of Julian Assange to the Bank of England withholding Venezuelan gold, Britain's slavish subservience to Washington is an insult to our sovereignty

US COMMUNICATIONS platforms dominate our social media and the most profitable parts of the entertainment industry — gaming, film and popular music.

Gaming substantially reflects the psychotic obsession with violence in US culture — which binds the figure of the heroic trigger-happy sheriff, the staggering prison population there, the proliferation of US fascist groups and serial killers and the US death squads operating in many countries and its arsenals that are targeted on China.

The integration of the US military in the creation of many of the most bloodthirsty games comes as no surprise, as aggressive imperialism is normalised in them and brought into millions of teenagers’ bedrooms throughout the world.

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