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 »
River Brede in East Sussex, close to Battle near Hastings and fifteen miles upstream of Rye Wise words from a friend of several years, though we’ve not met face to face. Commenting on No way out but war, my May … Read More »
“Let us not speak falsely now”, said the joker to the thief in the song penned by Bob Dylan and immortalised by Jimi Hendrix. “The hour is getting late.” Too late, to be sure, to mince words with those who … Read More »
MintPress News yesterday: searing words from America and about America by Presbyterian Minister, Chris Hedges: The United States, as the near unanimous vote to provide nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine illustrates, is trapped in the death spiral of … Read More »
This MIntPress News appeal for funding landed in my mailbox this morning. I’m posting because of its pithy assessment of the state we’re in: Dear friend, In the era of a declining US empire, censorship has become the last resort … Read More »
G’day world! I’ve been quoting Caitlin Johnstone so often of late that the steel city keyboard’s picked up an Ozzie twang. Fair dinkum though. She’ll be right, mate. I’ve said nothing of Shireeen Abu Akleh, the 51-year-old Palestinian-American of whom, … Read More »
Something for the weekend? As another one commences, you’ll be wanting to uplift, inform and sharpen a mind dulled by the urgent banalities of the corporate world. Try this interview with economist and geopolitical analyst Michael Hudson, whom I regard … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today: The US House of Representatives has voted 368-57 to spend $40 billion on a world-threatening proxy war while ordinary Americans struggle to feed themselves and their children. All 57 “no” votes were Republicans. Every member of the small faction … Read More »