… a weakening of its biggest trade competitor, Europe, has been the most tangible benefit for Washington of the war it provoked in Ukraine. Most glaringly evident in the sabotage of Nordstream and its consequences for European businesses, Germany’s in particular, it … Read More »
Earlier this week I promised: … three discussions which progressively widen the focus: from Alex Mercouris on Kiev’s much heralded spring counter-offensive, through Brian Berletic on strategic aspects of Washington’s war on Russia, to Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on … Read More »
The Express today: I’ll get back to that story but bear with me. It’ll take me the rest of this post to do so. * I don’t know Gail Bradbrook from Eve, and likely never will. Nor am I in … Read More »
Before I get to Brian Berletic, four remarks: three of them general and of major importance; the fourth a sneaky but minor amendment to an earlier commitment. Those who rule the West beneath a thinning veneer of democracy lie routinely … Read More »
At close of my last post but one – War over Taiwan? A gorgeous stupidity! – a “coming soon” alert promised: Three discussions which progressively widen the focus: from Alex Mercouris on Kiev’s much heralded spring counter-offensive, through Brian Berletic … Read More »
The more time you spend talking about whether the leaker is a good person, the less you’re devoting to the official deception and misbehavior the leaks have shed light on. This is not an accident. But ask yourself: What’s more … Read More »
Most hawks have no military experience, much less in combat, and seem pathologically aggressive: Bolton, Pompeo, Biden, Nulan, Rubio. Like spoiled children whom they closely approximate, they will throw hissy fits if they don’t get their way. Here I am … Read More »
In WW3? A matter of chips western values I followed a line lifted from Sinead O’Connor’s Emperor’s New Clothes with this observation … … the overwhelming majority of Westerners still have not caught on to the truth – once seen, … Read More »
“Through their own words, sang Sinead O’Connor in The Emperor’s new clothes, “they shall be exposed.” It’s sadly the case that the overwhelming majority of Westerners still have not caught on to the truth – once seen, never unseen – that … Read More »
In her column yesterday, apropos that kiss, Caitlin Johnstone rightly widened the focus from the sexual abuse of children by men whose status, in religious as in secular walks of life, allows them even in the wake of Jimmy Savile … Read More »
