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 »
Appearing this morning on WSWS: US squanders $80,000 every minute on nuclear weapons The United States spends over $80,000 every single minute on nuclear weapons, more than every single country in the world combined, according to a new report by the … Read More »
One nation is circling the planet with hundreds of military bases, continually working to destroy any nation who disobeys it, and has spent the 21st century killing people by the millions. It isn’t Russia. It isn’t China. You have to … Read More »
In a recent post – Who am I? (And why write?) – I put out as incontrovertible facts that: The single most salient aspect of Planet Guardian is that empire is invisible to its columnists and core readership alike. On … Read More »
Had Western leaders simply acknowledged the obvious truth about their role — that they see Russia as a geopolitical adversary and seek to exploit the war in Ukraine to weaken or even break that country — honest debate would have … Read More »
As threatened sixteen days ago, I’ve resumed meditation – as a daily practice – after a gap of close to two decades. I sit for an hour each morning, very early, and let my thoughts – all with a greater … Read More »
I have lost patience with people who acknowledge the existence of western lies and propaganda about Syria, yet still maintain that Assad is an evil dictator who needs to be deposed … … The correct position between “kill all Jews” … Read More »
Way too few of us get how propagandised we in the West are. Seriously, how can we have a free press, ready and able to hold power to account on matters vital to said power when, as Noam Chomsky so … Read More »
Rye, East Sussex, looking down the hill and northward from St Mary’s Church . On this site you don’t just get unerring political analysis leavened with travelogue and stunning nature shots. Oh no. You also get literary debate. To my … Read More »
Of all the quotes gracing my masthead over the years, usually from the most astute of political minds, past and present, one of my favourites is not by a political analyst but a comedian. We’re all a bit of a … Read More »