Author Archives: steel city scribe
Do we jail journalists for exposing crimes?
Caitlin Johnstone today: The propagandists have all gone dead silent on the WikiLeaks founder they previously were smearing with relentless viciousness, because they no longer have an argument. The facts are all in, and yes, it turns out the US … Read More »
Peter Hitchens on Douma
All of the liberal left, and much of the far left, have lined up in a de facto endorsement of the West’s dirty war on Syria. Some – like Workers Power and SWP – ignore those with proof that the … Read More »
My February reads
Reshaping global food production in the image of corporate imperialism … a brief and bloody history of capitalism in its lead nation … the pillorying of the world’s most famous whistle-blower … Welcome to my reads of the month. * … Read More »
Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 4
See also: Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 1 Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 2 craig murray: assange hearing day 3 The former UK Ambassador reports on the fourth day of the Extradition Hearing. Try asking this question out loud, in … Read More »
Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 3
See also: Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 1 Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 2 Note: as Murray himself says at the end of this account, he has had no time to proof read it and what follows does contain errors. … Read More »
Roger Waters on Julian Assange
Call me biased if you will. I was hooked on Pink Floyd at fourteen, with Piper at the Gates of Dawn and the hit single, See Emily Play. That was May ’67 and I’ve been listening ever since. I’m not … Read More »
Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 2
See also, Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 1 This afternoon Julian’s Spanish lawyer, Baltasar Garzon, left court to return to Madrid. On the way out he naturally stopped to shake hands with his client, proffering his fingers through the narrow … Read More »
Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 1
Craig Murray was UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan until Tony Blair sacked him for revealing that Uzbeki leader Islam Karimov was not only robbing his impoverished country blind but had the habit of boiling political prisoners alive. This was embarrassing. Karimov … Read More »
More bad thinking on real injustice
It’s getting to be a bit of a habit, this. Me taking issue with poor arguments to support beliefs I broadly share. Here’s the latest culprit, spied today on FB. * See also my post of December 6.