Two days ago Israel’s liberal daily, Haaretz, ran this: ‘Israel Was Born in Sin. I’m Collaborating With a Criminal Country,’ Says Former PM’s Son The son of the man who signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948 is ending his days as … Read More »
Molly Blackall’s write up today in The i Paper tells us that: All three of the suspects are believed to be in Russia, which means that a court case against them is unlikely. I guess it does. It also leaves … Read More »
In a comment on my post of September 2, Zoltan Jorovic wrote this: It’s easy to make the mistake that because someone is resisting a bully, they are any less capable of bullying. I take the side of the person … Read More »
In her blog post today, Caitlin Johnstone implicitly draws on the great man’s insight with these words: You don’t own your comrades. A lot of people will get angrier about a political ally disagreeing with them on one percent of … Read More »
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NB for those who got here via my e-alert to this post, my remarks on the brilliant C4 drama, Help, come after these idiotic outpourings on Britain’s nuclear weapons. * Late yesterday a FB post plugging BBC History Extra began … Read More »
I hate to kick off with a long sentence but today I’ll make an exception. Those who still believe – in defiance both of simple logic and decades of (a) smoothing the way for profit-led carnage in the middle east; … Read More »
… that get to us. Another public loo closed. The removal of that drinking fountain from the park, obliging mum to fork out a fiver on fizzy drinks for the kids at the privatised cafe by the boating lake. These … Read More »
On July 11 – see China Rising: humanity’s best hope? – I gave my view of the state we’re in: Our world is capitalist in its advanced stage of imperialism – the export of monopoly capital from global north to south, and the south … Read More »
Wednesday: day two: 07:15. The weir comes as an unpleasant surprise. I overnighted on Branston Golf Course, a mile upstream of Burton, to arise at six. Sleeping and bivvy bags rolled up and stowed, my scan of parched grass – … Read More »