BBC said a documentary on alleged chemical weapon attack had inaccuracies The programme dealt with an alleged chemical attack at Douma, Syria, in 2018 It included an account of ‘Alex’, a former inspector with the poison gas watchdog BBC said it … Read More »
Yesterday a thirty-something hearing specialist at my local NHS Clinic told me, after peering into my left ear through some optical wizardry, that she expects the NHS to go “in my lifetime”. Her reasoning, and command of the facts, were … Read More »
With the world’s eyes on Afghanistan, it’s been easy to overlook the slippage of US authority in its own Latin American backyard. Here’s how a UN vote this July, to end the vicious blockade of Cuba, panned out. In itself … Read More »
… then I’m slacking on the job. Can’t stand the thought of losing friends you once held dear? Fine – just don’t take up political blogging is my advice. Not if your key message is out of step with mainstream … Read More »
Seen on Facebook today. My name is Shahar. I’m 18 years old and I live in Kfar Yona, Israel. In two days, I’m going to arrive at the Israeli military enlistment center where I will declare my refusal to be … Read More »
When Glenn Greenwald has something to say, I sit up and listen. Remember him? Litigation lawyer and journalist, he left the Guardian to co-found The Intercept but, unlike his colleague Naomi Klein, quit when the latter began subordinating truth to … Read More »
The Taliban aren’t searching and targeting civilians. They’re hunting down a CIA-created shadow army, two decades in the making, still underground in Afghanistan … Thousands of mercenaries with the potential to become an ersatz ISIS-K, and threaten Afghan entry into … Read More »
One of these two is a self confessed liar – and it’s not the one on the left. The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours … We didn’t … Read More »