Smart people know not all Jews are Zionists. Smart people who do their homework know too that not all Zionists are Jews. Keep this in mind if, like me, you’ve been dazedly picking yourself off the floor courtesy Piers Morgan’s … Read More »
When I entered this world the USA had been a nuclear power for seven years, the Soviet Union for three. Britain would explode its first device the following month off the north west coast of Australia; France and China a … Read More »
Sky News: June 1, 2025 Ukraine’s drone strikes at Russian airbases on Sunday will, says the comedian turned president whose term expired a year ago, “undoubtedly be for the history books”. As was the charge of the Light Brigade. A … Read More »
Guardian: June 1, 2025 – note the “military Keynesianism” spin Even with the eyewatering costs of Berlin’s slavish desire to please Washington at the expense of its own citizens factored in, the German economy is still in better shape than … Read More »
A drawing room in the west wing at Steel City House Concluding my review last year of a movie based on a Martin Amis novel about the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, who live with their family … Read More »
Social programs do not die in committee rooms; they die in the realm of justification. Through the threat of looming abandonment by Uncle Sam, German voters will accept that their €49 rail ticket cannot be renewed because the Bundeswehr needs … Read More »
In a preamble to yesterday’s post on the world’s first livestreamed genocide – Gaza: lies and ‘spiritual’ cant – I promised a return, later in the week, to the ultimately related matter of: … America’s proxy war on Russia in … Read More »
A return to America’s proxy war on Russia in Ukraine, in which it seeks to “freeze” the conflict at Europe’s expense – i.e. have the latter’s deeply unpopular comprador leaders cut welfare even further to ramp up “defence” spending in … Read More »
I’ve been using the word a lot these past five hundred and ninety-six days. Maybe you have too. But what does it mean? Here’s the UN General Assembly definition, coming into force on January 12 1951. Convention on the Prevention … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone’s post today is penned with her customary directness under the header, It’s A Complete Lie To Say Gaza Can Have Peace If Hamas Surrenders. After backing this claim with statements from the Netanyahu and Trump administrations to show … Read More »