My last political post till April. On Wednesday I leave for Taiwan, so expect only pretty pictures and non controversial words until I return to blighty and the battle for – I don’t much care for postmodernism – truth. Two … Read More »
I’ve had a couple of exchanges of late with a supporter of what the mainstream calls the far left – the vanguard or Leninist model. Having read pieces from Socialist Workers Party (US), cited to straighten out my wayward thinking, … Read More »
Given an alarming intensifying of Russia bashing on virtually every front, however ridiculous, I recommend Kit’s piece today in OffGuardian: The alleged poisoning of ex-MI6 agent Sergei Skripal has caused the Russophobic MSM to go into overdrive. Nowhere is the … Read More »
Readers of my posts on Syria know that my views on its seven year ordeal could not be further from those of mainstream media. They aren’t much closer to those of their audiences, though of late I’ve noted a growing … Read More »
My denunciations of America – with “the planet’s most rapacious capitalism” at the kinder end of the spectrum – refer to its ruling class, not its people. But here’s a thought. Their country’s diversity of climate, and plethora of mind-blowing … Read More »
Capitalism frequently embarrasses its more thin-skinned defenders: a group that, I kid you not, can include leading Conservative politicians. I’m sure Ted Heath, the Tories’ first non aristocratic leader, really meant it when in 1973 he castigated a sanctions-busting Lonhro, … Read More »
1996 interview of Noam Chomsky by the BBC’s Andrew Marr. Transcript below. (I’ve done a light edit to filter out vocal redundancy from someone else’s transcript, and added a few links.) Introduction by Marr Do you believe what you read … Read More »
Catte, writing in OffGuardian yesterday … Does anyone in the West understand what the real point of Putin’s comments about Russia’s new weaponry? The Guardian’s coverage (“Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles declaration”) shows us their masters see this … Read More »
The last half mile of yesterday’s walk brought snow, in light flurries to begin with. For thirty-six hours it fell, frequently a swirling white-out though with occasional breaks. Early this afternoon I kitted up: wellies, merino skinware, layers of down, … Read More »
No city in Britain rivals Sheffield for ease of access to open country. Yesterday Jasper and I left our home in one of its leafy southwest suburbs for two minutes of walking on terraced roads – Peveril, Carrington, Louth and … Read More »