Roger Waters speaks during a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange at Parliament Square, London, February 2020 RT two days ago: Roger Waters: Assange movement growing, but mainstream media ‘cowed by the ruling class’ Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, … Read More »
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise Bob Dylan – Hurricane Did you know a key witness in the US case against Julian Assange confessed, in an … Read More »
UK government’s little-known proposed reforms to Britain’s Official Secrets Acts pose far-reaching threats to the media and the public’s right to know. They could land journalists and others in jail for fourteen years for publishing information the government claims damages … Read More »
Yesterday Craig Murray – whistle blower, Scots nationalist, former rector of Dundee University, former UK Ambassador and much besides – was sentenced to eight months for contempt of court in his blog coverage of the collapsed trial of former SNP … Read More »
Guardian yesterday. The above is a still from this footage … … which is billed as showing “debris from China’s largest rocket falling to Earth”. Not only is there no comparable footage for a US rocket launch, but even the … Read More »
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken a few days ago on May 6. For a short profile of this man, his war profiteering a textbook case of the revolving door between public office and private gain, see my post – … Read More »
As Britain’s Labour Party lost ground, in Thursday’s local elections, to a spectacularly inept and – even by tory standards – venal party led by a serial liar, The Canary ran this cartoon: Actually this is an oversimplification in its … Read More »
It’s a fundamental with me that whomever ‘our’ media, debased for reasons given many times on this site – here for instance – vilify or sanctify, I take a good hard look at them. And when I do, I ask: … Read More »
* Caitlin Johnstone begins her post today: A new Gallup poll finds Americans’ opinion of Russia and China at historic lows, with 79% now reporting an unfavorable view of China, 77% an unfavorable view of Russia … A recent Mintpress News article, … Read More »