Breakfast bites. posted by Richard Seymour

Here's a few nuggets:

1) Berlusconi to withdraw troops from Iraq . Facing huge public pressure, one of the most arrogant of Europe's leaders is fixing to capitulate. Why? Because he knows that his war has handed a huge election gift to the Left. Italy is not alone . Dissent is also rumbling in the belly of the beast.

2) Mark Seddon wants to see Labour's majority reduced. Can anyone help him out with that?

3) Dead Men Left reports on a massive public sector strike due over pensions next week .

4) The Bush administration continues to produce bogus news stories for local news programmes which puff up government policy .

5) Following Chavez's recent public conversion to socialism, Critical Montages brings news of a Washington policy to contain Chavez . Chavez distinguishes his socialism from Stalinism, saying: “We must reclaim socialism... but a new type of socialism, a humanist one, which puts humans and not machines or the state ahead of everything."