An elderly man, Daily Telegraph under his arm and in winter coat topped by silk scarf – not a keffiyeh … … exits the store. With sardonic eye he takes in the gathering – we’re upwards of a hundred, I … Read More »
Reading her post yesterday I found myself in rare – though not unprecedented – dissent from a Caitlin Johnstone I hold in high regard. In it she listed Five things liberals say to avoid taking a real position on Gaza: … Read More »
A nation with 4% of the world’s population – 0.0004% when we remove those Americans who, beneath an embarrassing charade of democracy, have no actual say in the matter – and deems itself “The Indispensable Nation” muses on whether to … Read More »
I confess I find the tones of this man – the former US Marine Intelligence Officer who, in his reincarnation as UN Weapons Inspector, became a household name through his brave and historically vindicated refusal to endorse the warmongering lie … Read More »
The USS Gerald Ford – see my October 26 post, Floating pointlessness … I was watching a David Attenborough documentary. A polar bear, reduced by receding ice and departing seals to foraging for gulls’ eggs, was being mobbed by parents … Read More »
If I was a superstitious man of staggering hubris I might conclude, today at 05:25, I’d tempted fate with my post at similarly daft o’clock yesterday (Sunday) morning. It opened with this: Quite an eventful weekend this is turning out … Read More »
Quite an eventful weekend this is turning out to be, no? Friday, January 26 The ICJ delivers its ruling. Israel must take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza. Some pro-Palestinian voices are disappointed that it does not formally call … Read More »
If you’re pushed for time and just want his answer, go to 46:05 of this 52:34 interview of Dimitry Orlov – last featured on New Year’s Eve, when I called him “this highly intelligent man” – but you’ll be cheating … Read More »
It’s puerile to support a people’s freedom and condemn their freedom fighters. And it’s colonizing to say the religion of a region should have nothing to do with its governance … Indrajit Samarajiva In western societies, pro-Israel sentiment is baked … Read More »
Here’s your exam question for today. Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Yemen … how many countries have these states invaded, bombed, starved with homicidal sanctions or occupied against the wishes of their lawful governments? Finished writing? OK, put down … Read More »