Caitlin Johnstone not only has a flair for articulating counterintuitive truths simply and vividly – where counterintuitive = contrary to mainstream power-serving fairy tales. She also has a way of voicing nuances of thought and mood that echo my own. … Read More »
This used to be a two hour hike from my door at Hunters Bar, Sheffield: the walk itself a delight known as the Porter Valley. Now it’s seventy minutes up the M1. Worth it though. This morning I was on … Read More »
I’ve been asked by Labour Party contacts in Sheffield to publicise its response to a “Statement of Support for Trans and Non Binary People” sent to Sheffield CLP branches after the election of the Hallam Women’s Officer, a known Gender … Read More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Beijing, March 23, 2021 When Pepe Escobar has a column to fill but his content, though important, could be expressed in a few words, he can come across as … Read More »
I admire economist, tax specialist and Modern Monetary Theorist Richard Murphy. This despite my deep suspicions of MMT (often derided as “magic money tree” not only by Chicago School, Thatcherite, Reaganomic and other stripes of neoliberalism but by a Marxism … Read More »
Two days ago – and two after Tuesday’s sentencing in Virginia, USA, of whistle-blower Daniel Hale – the UK Supreme Court denied Craig Murray leave to appeal his sentencing on May 11 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Craig will now start his … Read More »
Spied on FB a few minutes ago. Thanks Jem. Read the titles from top left, then go thou and do likewise.
Facebook today: If I get answers on when non-Antipodeans can expect to see the film, I’ll post again. Meanwhile, if you want to be a (vicarious) hero, well just follow me – here’s how … *
I don’t read many right-wing sources: just enough to know that the best of them can make a lot more sense than liberal equivalents. One I return to now and again is American Conservative, and this piece from yesterday (July … Read More »
My last post but one was on whistle-blowers, after the jailing of Daniel Hale. An employee of the US Airforce, Daniel leaked documents to allow more reliable estimates of the thousands of innocents killed since Obama’s 2004 launch of the … Read More »