Animated guide to the Palestine Question
5
Jan
Just five minutes thirty two seconds. What else were you figuring on doing with that time? https://www.facebook.com/IssamBayanOfficial/videos/682855851805542/
Category Archives: politics
Can Trump deliver detente with Russia?
1
Jan
Two days after Trump’s victory on November 8, Russia Today interviewed Professor Stephen Cohen, the Russia expert who used to advise Reagan. Here’s an abridged excerpt from that interview, linked below. We are in a Cold War more dangerous than … Read More »
Media agenda in Syria? Regime change.
14
Dec
December 9, UN Syria Mission Press Conference: coolly and armed with the facts, Canadian Eva Bartlett puts a smug Christopher Rothenberg straight on what is, and what is not, going down in Syria. Three minutes twenty. https://youtu.be/AisvBNXPdG8 The above clip … Read More »
Smoke & mirrors: the war on ‘fake news’
5
Dec
On Saturday, President Elect Trump made a call to the Taiwanese Premier, breaching protocols in place since Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing. FB and Twitter have been abuzz with accusations of ineptitude or – the Donald allegedly having business designs on … Read More »
Thus Spake The Donald
3
Dec
I’ll zoom in on Trump as we get closer to January 20 and there’s more hard info as opposed to the rumours rife on social media, where hard core Clintonites still pour out their sorrow. But let’s take a quick … Read More »
Assad winning in Syria
30
Nov
The best thing – which given the two appalling candidates means the least worst thing – about Clinton’s defeat on November 8 is the receding threat of her No Fly Zone for Syria. Let’s spell this out. In its self … Read More »
“Real” versus “fake” news
24
Nov
A tsunami of outrage
15
Nov
A day and a half after we knew Trump had won, I emailed friends on both sides of the Atlantic with this heavily edited version of an open letter by Thomas Harrington, Professor of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College, Connecticut. … Read More »
Red Poppies in Moffat
13
Nov
Remembrance Day in Moffat. To paraphrase Putin’s comment on the Soviet Union: anyone who fails to see that Britain’s wars – from WW1 to Syria – have been created by and/or pursued in the interests of Profit has no understanding. … Read More »
So now we know
9
Nov
I went to bed last night knowing, as I have for months, that the next POTUS will be appalling. Now we know which brand of appalling. Now we look set to see the Racist Demagogue in the Oval Office rather … Read More »