Xinjiang now a top tourist draw
18
Sep
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Category Archives: politics
Help!
18
Sep
NB for those who got here via my e-alert to this post, my remarks on the brilliant C4 drama, Help, come after these idiotic outpourings on Britain’s nuclear weapons. * Late yesterday a FB post plugging BBC History Extra began … Read More »
Nuclear subs go down under
17
Sep
I hate to kick off with a long sentence but today I’ll make an exception. Those who still believe – in defiance both of simple logic and decades of (a) smoothing the way for profit-led carnage in the middle east; … Read More »
Sometimes it’s the little things …
16
Sep
… that get to us. Another public loo closed. The removal of that drinking fountain from the park, obliging mum to fork out a fiver on fizzy drinks for the kids at the privatised cafe by the boating lake. These … Read More »
Sinophobia – two new reads
15
Sep
On July 11 – see China Rising: humanity’s best hope? – I gave my view of the state we’re in: Our world is capitalist in its advanced stage of imperialism – the export of monopoly capital from global north to south, and the south … Read More »
BBC admits to flawed Syria documentary
6
Sep
BBC said a documentary on alleged chemical weapon attack had inaccuracies The programme dealt with an alleged chemical attack at Douma, Syria, in 2018 It included an account of ‘Alex’, a former inspector with the poison gas watchdog BBC said it … Read More »
Sunak’s NI charge to fund the NHS
4
Sep
Yesterday a thirty-something hearing specialist at my local NHS Clinic told me, after peering into my left ear through some optical wizardry, that she expects the NHS to go “in my lifetime”. Her reasoning, and command of the facts, were … Read More »
Meanwhile, on Uncle Sam’s doorstep …
3
Sep
With the world’s eyes on Afghanistan, it’s been easy to overlook the slippage of US authority in its own Latin American backyard. Here’s how a UN vote this July, to end the vicious blockade of Cuba, panned out. In itself … Read More »
Israel is an apartheid state
1
Sep
Seen on Facebook today. My name is Shahar. I’m 18 years old and I live in Kfar Yona, Israel. In two days, I’m going to arrive at the Israeli military enlistment center where I will declare my refusal to be … Read More »
Ruled by crooks, governed by liars
1
Sep
When Glenn Greenwald has something to say, I sit up and listen. Remember him? Litigation lawyer and journalist, he left the Guardian to co-found The Intercept but, unlike his colleague Naomi Klein, quit when the latter began subordinating truth to … Read More »