At what point does simple spill over into simplistic? It’s not always an easy call, least of all amid the fog of war – any war, let alone the shifting currents and swirls of one linked in diverse ways to … Read More »
“I didn’t set up this site to endorse the hypocrisies our corrupt media and politicians spew out” – steel city scribe “Pro-Israel sentiment is baked in, articulated constantly by our politicians and media. Anyone who condemns Hamas has no control … Read More »
As noted seven years ago in the fab four: a personal view, my childhood was milestoned and made bearable by the Beatles. Not far behind, however, was the arrival in early adolescence of a Cambridge outfit which first caught my … Read More »
No coherent alternative to the economically and morally catastrophic consequences of the ‘austerity’ embraced in all but name by Starmer and his incompetent Chancellor is possible without decisively defeating the notion that “balancing the books” – i.e. repaying a creditor … Read More »
“In just 200 years we’ve progressed all the way from expecting our leaders to slaughter brown skinned people while saying racist things, to expecting our leaders to slaughter brown skinned people while condemning racism” – Caitlin Johnstone I opened a … Read More »
Palestine flag outside the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday – Reuters For more on this see my two recent posts, First they came for Palestine Action and Dates for Brits against genocide – August 9. The Reuters piece reads: The … Read More »
So: Palestinian statehood is not a right in this execrable man’s view. It is a bargaining chip for a deal with Bibi. He presumes to dictate to the victims of a genocide, one his regime has so richly enabled, … Read More »
Britain’s right-wing Telegraph has its own reasons to crow over VDL/Brussels humiliation, but humiliation it assuredly was Four days ago I posted Part 3 of my ongoing series, Road to WW3. It outlined the case, not hard to make, that … Read More »
Highly intelligent analyses, coupled with an easy familiarity with English vernacular – the better to convey matters of political-economy with vivid accuracy – have propelled Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, to celebrity status on the international Left. A touch … Read More »
Tweeted two days ago by a British GP in the National Health Service. I was alerted to it by Richard Murphy on his Funding the Future blog. But as a comment below the line points out, such sums are pocket … Read More »