China leads the race for 5G leadership, a fact not only deeply alarming to Washington and Wall Street but with dire implications for a Europe left in the dust. Meanwhile a French Professor of Philosophy has a word or two … Read More »
There’s been more than one reason for my long silence on CV-19, so readers might forgive me – if they forgive me on nothing else – for so long an introduction to my first read of the month, by the … Read More »
People mocking Trump don’t see the system which produced him – Arundhati Roy Establishment narrative managers know how to manipulate public perception without being obvious, and understand that an incompetent steward of empire can snap people out of their trance. … Read More »
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 Of course the people don’t want war. That is understood … But after all it is the leaders who determine the policy and it is a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is … Read More »
Remember how the BBC reversed its Orgreave footage to make it appear as if police were attacking striking miners in response to having stones hurled at them? Many were taken in by this simple ploy. While the camera may not … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone, yesterday … Russia-Afghanistan Story Is Western Propaganda At Its Most Vile All western mass media outlets are now shrieking about the story The New York Times first reported, citing zero evidence and naming zero sources, claiming intelligence says … Read More »
this post also features in Offguardian Was Pyongyang’s destruction this month of a border town ‘liaison office’ – touted as symbol of reconciliation but in reality lacking the truth component – a further manifestation of Kim Jong Un irrationality? What … Read More »
Here’s a question that’s foxed millions. Can you spot the odd one out in this list? George Bush’s discovery that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, Trump’s discovery that Assad used poison gas at Douma (with the OPCW leant on … Read More »
With Italy in lock down there’s music on the balconies of Rome’s apartment blocks, but it’s not Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Five days ago the The European Court of Justice fined Italy €7.5 million for ‘illegal’ state-aid to Sardinia’s struggling … Read More »
Today’s Guardian quotes Anthony Costello, former director of the World Health Organization: The key principles from WHO are intensive surveillance. You test the population like crazy, find out where the cases are, immediately quarantine them and do contact tracing and … Read More »