None of these realities [more suspects than an Agatha Christie whodunnit] are discussed in the media coverage, driven largely by the propaganda needs of the US government, of Prigozhin’s death. Facing growing popular opposition to a disastrous war, US media … Read More »
A few snippets from Caitlin today: People tell me, “If you lived in Russia or China you’d be thrown in prison for talking the way you do.” If I lived in Russia or China I’d still be focusing all my … Read More »
For some time I’ve been hammering away at the point that China’s capitalists are subordinate to the state, while in the West the reverse applies. My aim is not to counter mainstream media propaganda, predictably immense and ceaseless; upmarket no … Read More »
Not just French but Western leaders at large now agonise over how to respond to the coup in Niger which toppled their pet leader – their comprador – there. Needless to say, the West’s media speak with one voice to … Read More »
Earlier this week I promised: … three discussions which progressively widen the focus: from Alex Mercouris on Kiev’s much heralded spring counter-offensive, through Brian Berletic on strategic aspects of Washington’s war on Russia, to Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on … Read More »
The Guardian, April 5, 2023 In my last post but one, Indicting Donald, I opined that: We look to media whose ability to be truthful on matters not vital to power fools us into believing them capable of being truthful … Read More »
We socialists, Marxists especially, speak often of “the ruling class”. And much of what we say, not least that it is defined by monopoly ownership of the means of wealth production, has great explanatory power. The trouble is that, for … Read More »
If your understanding of world events doesn’t account for the easily quantifiable fact that the US is the most tyrannical regime on earth by a massive margin, nothing else in your understanding of world events will be fact-based. Caitlin Johnstone Eight … Read More »
Screengrab from the Mariinsky website I’m an admirer of Gilbert Doctorow. Fluent in English and Russian, his profile tells us he is: … an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of ‘public intellectual’ after finishing … Read More »