I’m backing a hero!
30
Jul
Facebook today: If I get answers on when non-Antipodeans can expect to see the film, I’ll post again. Meanwhile, if you want to be a (vicarious) hero, well just follow me – here’s how … *
Category Archives: media
Another whistle-blower pays the price
28
Jul
Meet Daniel Hale, former keyboard warrior – my use of the term is non metaphoric – on the US Air Force drone warfare programme. This morning I awoke to learn that yesterday, July 27, he was jailed for forty-five months. … Read More »
Dark Side of the Media
8
Jul
Roger Waters speaks during a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange at Parliament Square, London, February 2020 RT two days ago: Roger Waters: Assange movement growing, but mainstream media ‘cowed by the ruling class’ Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, … Read More »
Death of a war criminal; lies on Assange
3
Jul
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise Bob Dylan – Hurricane Did you know a key witness in the US case against Julian Assange confessed, in an … Read More »
Propaganda? Not in the West!
21
Jun
Priti Patel’s threat to British journalists
20
Jun
UK government’s little-known proposed reforms to Britain’s Official Secrets Acts pose far-reaching threats to the media and the public’s right to know. They could land journalists and others in jail for fourteen years for publishing information the government claims damages … Read More »
Missing pieces: the trial of Craig Murray
12
May
Yesterday Craig Murray – whistle blower, Scots nationalist, former rector of Dundee University, former UK Ambassador and much besides – was sentenced to eight months for contempt of court in his blog coverage of the collapsed trial of former SNP … Read More »
US rockets good, China rockets baad!
10
May
Guardian yesterday. The above is a still from this footage … … which is billed as showing “debris from China’s largest rocket falling to Earth”. Not only is there no comparable footage for a US rocket launch, but even the … Read More »
Thus spake Blinken
9
May
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken a few days ago on May 6. For a short profile of this man, his war profiteering a textbook case of the revolving door between public office and private gain, see my post – … Read More »
Britain decides!
7
May
As Britain’s Labour Party lost ground, in Thursday’s local elections, to a spectacularly inept and – even by tory standards – venal party led by a serial liar, The Canary ran this cartoon: Actually this is an oversimplification in its … Read More »