Most of my coverage of the Syria travesty, this for instance, seeks to show the big picture. But big pictures are made up of small details, like the alleged chemical attack at Douma. Details of this sort are vital to … Read More »
Waters gets better and better. Here he is on RT: eloquent, informed, passionate. Not just on the shameful – and in its Orwellian implications terrifying – treatment of a man whose ‘crime’ was to tell us the truth about the … Read More »
Just an hour ago in fact. He’s going stir crazy – had final jab four days ago but vet says another six till he can be allowed to pace the streets and parks and wild places. Jasper’s in Sheffield with … Read More »
Ben Norton writes in the Grayzone a few days ago: Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenues needed for reconstruction. Trump said openly, “We want to keep … Read More »
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 »
If you took the time to read my recent post, the Kurds in Syria, I urge that you do the same with Jonathan Cook’s piece of four days ago. Lucid as ever, he takes, as did my post, the announced … Read More »
this post also features on offguardian One of my most enduring friendships is with Pete, who in 1976 took off to Barcelona and never came back. A passionate Catalan separatist, whose knowledge of the city and Catalan history puts many … Read More »
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 »
… set out with admirable succinctness – well under two minutes in fact – by Piers Robinson.