I don’t suppose this an original thought – what’s so great about originality anyway? – but today it occurred to me that melancholia is a vital part of the human experience, perhaps of Life itself. Those muddy fields by the … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian Is Britain’s forthcoming general election the most critical since 1945? Or just since 1979? While the Johnny Walker wisdom runs high on that, we can all agree – saving those who on principle shun … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today on coincidence theories put out by officialdom following the death of Jeffrey Epstein: In an interview with Associated Press, US Attorney General William Barr put all conspiracy theories to rest once and for all by assuring the … Read More »
Even an energetic contrarian like me has to pick his battles and know when to walk away. In the past month alone I’ve withdrawn from polemical discussions online with: an Extinction Rebel when he told me rather late in the … Read More »
Ecuador Embassy, London. April 11, 2019.
When it comes to Syria two ideas are widespread. One is that Assad uses chemical weapons (for no discernible gain, and at times most calculated to draw the world’s ire). The other is that the UN OPCW (Organisation for Prohibition … Read More »
Craig Murray’s name crops up every now and again on this blog. In the early noughties he was Tony Blair’s man in Tashkent, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. When Murray found that its boss, Islam Karimov, had … Read More »
Has the penny dropped yet? The world’s most powerful state is an Evil Empire, by any number of measures the most lawless, dangerous and life negatingly tyrannical regime in all of history. Which is saying something. I know that takes … Read More »
It’s one of the great ironies of our age to hear conservative voices challenging empire serving narratives swallowed in part or whole by both liberal Left (Owen Jones, Paul Mason, George Monbiot) and far Left (SWP, Workers Power). Think Peter … Read More »
“I never thought it would be this hard”, says Rickie Turner to Abby his wife, holding her tight in a brief moment of intimacy before sleep overtakes them. Rickie is working fourteen hours a day, seven days a week. Abby … Read More »