Have you noticed how folk with zero military experience have an uncanny knack for being front of the queue in promoting wars for others to fight? Last night I checked the profile of historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash. … Read More »
In the fog of war – and/or propaganda blitz – truth is notoriously hard to come by. Never more so than when, as is almost always the case, those countries and leaders vilified by our squeaky clean politicians … … … Read More »
Sergey Lavrov at the G20 summit, in the lead image for Patrick Wintour’s Guardian report of November 15, 2022 I regard Patrick Wintour as up there with Luke Harding as one of the Guardian’s Russia baiters in chief. Which is … Read More »
I don’t know a way of saying this that won’t sound egotistical so I’m not going to try. One of the most decisive differences – there aren’t many – separating me from most of my fellows is that they think … Read More »
Our species draws a sharp distinction between intended and unintended harm, even when the outcomes are identical. That’s why the law distinguishes manslaughter from murder. In both, the victim of a criminal deed dies as a direct consequence of that … Read More »
Condemning Putin is the safest, most redundant and least courageous thing that anyone in the western world can do right now. What’s a lot harder is taking a bold stand against the west’s depraved role in getting this war started … Read More »
The US Ambassador to Russia taking to Twitter with a widely held view of President Putin, one echoed in the image below It’s occasionally put to me that, were I a citizen of Russia or China, I wouldn’t be free … Read More »
They laughed because they were untouchable, not because what I said was wrong. Sinead O’Connor Let me start with a few core truths about Julian Assange: Even if this man was a rapist – he isn’t – that is not … Read More »