Remember the propaganda traction Israel’s apologists gained from the widely circulated, and thoroughly discredited, New York Times allegations of Hamas having used systematic rape on October 7? I heard there’s an Arab saying that all Israel’s accusations are in reality … Read More »
The last day of March continued Britain’s unseasonal heatwave. I wandered the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath, a stone’s throw from the Georgian splendour of Bath city centre … … to encounter nature red in tooth and claw. I’m pretty … Read More »
In affectionate memory of Martin Jordin, who introduced me to Marxism and YEARS later followed me (I DARE SAY unknowingly) into the practice of meditation. Martin on October 21, 2023, at one of the first Sheffield rallies following Al Aqsa … Read More »
I’m still on the theme of EC President Ursula von der Leyen’s preposterous warmongering of March 4: [Is] Europe ready and able to act with the speed and ambition needed? … The answer from European capitals has been as resounding … Read More »
UK daily, The Independent, yesterday: Keir Starmer hailed his “good relationship” with Donald Trump just hours before the US President’s special envoy slammed the PM’s Ukraine peace plan as “a posture and a pose”. Steve Witkoff said the Labour leader’s idea of a peacekeeping force made up … Read More »
Lord of the flies: by Mr Fish Palestine is on my mind. On yours too, I dare say. In her post today – Israel … As Perpetual Aggressor And Perpetual Victim – Caitlin Johnstone writes on how: Israel [can] go … Read More »
Nuseirat refugee camp after Israel’s bombardment of Gaza on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Moiz Salhi) Philistines call it “mansplaining” but for those who seek to make sense of a world whose most perilous aspect is a dying empire fighting … Read More »
Everybody’s shouting: which side are you one? – Bob Dylan Let me also restate my opinion, argued in posts like this, that despite a tone markedly different from that of his predecessors, Trump represents greater continuity of foreign policy than either … Read More »
May 18, 2015: Remains of an Eastern Orthodox church after shelling by the Ukrainian Army near Donetsk International Airport. Eastern Ukraine. (Mstyslav Chernov. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) March 6, 2025: front door in the English village of Sutton Bonington. … Read More »