Who checks the ‘fact checkers’?
24
Aug
My two links are, respectively, to this post and this one. *
Category Archives: politics
Xinjiang and the square root of FA
24
Aug
The real Xinjiang story is not so difficult to understand: The rise of Xi Jinping and the Belt & Road Initiative posed a serious challenge to American supremacy much earlier than they were expecting, so the US amped up their … Read More »
Britain’s haven for litigatory bullies
23
Aug
In his book, Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, who used to have a Guardian column of that name, does three things. He: targets the shoddy thinking (at best) used to promote ‘alternative medicine’; targets the even bigger health risk posed by … Read More »
Until you realise …
22
Aug
Until you realise the Western world is ruled by criminals, and that corporate media’s first loyalty is not to truth but – via market discipline and beneath a show of fiery independence on lesser issues – to those criminals, you … Read More »
What about the Afghan women?
20
Aug
Photographs like this are now being posted all over Facebook. Whether by intent or through naivity we are invited to contrast this happy scene – no, I’m not being sardonic – with the “grim” news that the West is ending … Read More »
Julian Assange on Afghanistan
19
Aug
The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful … Read More »
Afghanistan: who bears the costs?
17
Aug
I have at times spoken, here for instance, of America’s military-industrial complex as – inter alia – a way of transferring wealth within the USA from the many to the few. In the context of US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Caitlin … Read More »
Great ironies of history #61,836
17
Aug
On February 16, 1989, a chap name of Ashraf Ghani penned a piece for the LA Times on the Soviet withdrawal from his country. I just knowed this dude was gonna go far. Full piece here. Like the man said: … Read More »
“Kenny go home!”
17
Aug
Still from Cathy Come Home, 1966 Defend Democracy Press two days ago: Zionism has taken control of the British Labour Party. And it is destroying it! Left erupts in anger after Starmer’s Labour expels iconic film director Ken Loach Aug. … Read More »
Two new reads on Afghanistan
15
Aug
If western mass media were anything remotely resembling what they purport to be, they would be making sure the public understands how badly their government just fucked them. Instead it’s “Oh no, those poor Afghan women.” Caitlin Johnstone It works … Read More »