Our species draws a sharp distinction between intended and unintended harm, even when the outcomes are identical. That’s why the law distinguishes manslaughter from murder. In both, the victim of a criminal deed dies as a direct consequence of that … Read More »
Condemning Putin is the safest, most redundant and least courageous thing that anyone in the western world can do right now. What’s a lot harder is taking a bold stand against the west’s depraved role in getting this war started … Read More »
The US Ambassador to Russia taking to Twitter with a widely held view of President Putin, one echoed in the image below It’s occasionally put to me that, were I a citizen of Russia or China, I wouldn’t be free … Read More »
They laughed because they were untouchable, not because what I said was wrong. Sinead O’Connor Let me start with a few core truths about Julian Assange: Even if this man was a rapist – he isn’t – that is not … Read More »
Are you receiving the message loud and clear? Accuse the US of sabotaging Nord Stream and it’s a conspiracy theory. Accuse Russia of doing the same thing and it’s news. Not that both theories are equally well-evidenced. One wouldn’t expect … Read More »
Two days ago I posted in full, with a short introduction, the Grayzone exposure of a BBC smear campaign aided by British Intelligence, and Trotskyist turned Left gatekeeper for imperialism, Paul Mason. The BBC’s target was Tim Hayward – Professor … Read More »
Not that long ago I read Jan Oberg, Transnational Foundation for Peace co-founder, expanding Eisenhower’s MIC (military industrial complex) to MIMAC (military industrial media academia complex). Bear that in mind when reading what follows. Bear in mind too that the … Read More »
Everybody knows Vladimir Putin is a bad guy, easily comparable to Hitler. Likewise Bashar al-Assad, Kim Jong-un, Nicolás Maduro and pretty much all the leading lights in China’s CCP. These are things known, at a conservative estimate, to a couple … Read More »
Modern imperialism, as distinct from direct rule colonialism, is defined by the export of monopoly capital from global north to global south, and repatriation of profits from south to north. This later form of exploitation came to prominence in the … Read More »
One measure of the deep sleep in which the vast majority of Westerners are immersed is that the decision on Friday by British Home Secretary Priti Patel – to allow the extradition of Julian Assange to the near certainty of … Read More »