Category Archives: general
Three November reads
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 »
Syria – how Trotskyism got it so wrong
Even an energetic contrarian like me has to pick his battles and know when to walk away. In the past month alone I’ve withdrawn from polemical discussions online with: an Extinction Rebel when he told me rather late in the … Read More »
Death of the White Helmets founder
Today on the blog of Caitlin Johnstone. I’m for once reproducing in full, without the colour font I normally use for verbatim quotes. What follows is pure Caity. Narrative Managers In Overdrive After Death Of White Helmets Founder James Le Mesurier, … Read More »
Identity politics: the new totalitarianism
Losing my way on a review of Ken Loach’s superbly crafted and acted, Sorry We Missed You, I took time out to post this FB screen grab under the header, First They Came for Assange: An ensuing BTL exchange led … Read More »
My October reads
this post also features on offguardian Aptly enough – one hundred and two years to the month since those ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’ – all three (four if you’re on the ball) of my read recommends today are … Read More »
More cheap money for the bankers!
Federal Reserve Building In a Facebook exchange last month I wrote: It absolutely was Obama who bailed out the banks. (And bragged about it to their fat cat CEOs with his ‘pitchforks’ remarks.) Leaving aside the utter but predictable injustice … Read More »
The problem with the OPCW …
… set out with admirable succinctness – well under two minutes in fact – by Piers Robinson.