What would you do if stuck in a lift with John Pilger? Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, in a new book reviewed here by Media Lens, quotes with approval a fellow journalist saying he’d stick pins in his eyes to … Read More »
THIS POST ALSO FEATURES IN OFFGUARDIAN I won’t beat about the bush. The West is inhabited by two groups: those who know that we are ruled by sociopaths, by the criminally insane; and that much larger group which, taking at face … Read More »
A CUBAN medical brigade arrived in Italy at the weekend, the sixth dispatched to assist other countries with the coronavirus pandemic. Havana has also sent missions to Venezuela, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Suriname and Grenada, but Italy is its first to a … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian Is Britain’s forthcoming general election the most critical since 1945? Or just since 1979? While the Johnny Walker wisdom runs high on that, we can all agree – saving those who on principle shun … Read More »
Has the penny dropped yet? The world’s most powerful state is an Evil Empire, by any number of measures the most lawless, dangerous and life negatingly tyrannical regime in all of history. Which is saying something. I know that takes … Read More »
Thanks to Ian Jenkins, the FB pal who alerted me to a useful profile of the man spearheading the US oil grab – again I use the term as shorthand for a longer list of predatory motives driving the build … Read More »
I may have to start a regular feature with this as the generic title. Caitlin Johnston is too damn quotable not to! Here she is today: Everyone knows on some level the US government has a consistent and indisputable track … Read More »
Even some who oppose America’s blatant oil grab – I use the term as shorthand for a longer list of predatory motives for this latest ‘humanitarian intervention’ – are writing drivel on Maduro’s “failure”. The image below links to a … Read More »
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21st Century Wire This week saw both the US government and the EU set a deadline of February 23 for Venezuela’s legitimate and democratically elected president, Nicolas Maduro, to step down from power and hand the country over to the … Read More »