I admire economist, tax specialist and Modern Monetary Theorist Richard Murphy. This despite my deep suspicions of MMT (often derided as “magic money tree” not only by Chicago School, Thatcherite, Reaganomic and other stripes of neoliberalism but by a Marxism … Read More »
Two days ago – and two after Tuesday’s sentencing in Virginia, USA, of whistle-blower Daniel Hale – the UK Supreme Court denied Craig Murray leave to appeal his sentencing on May 11 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Craig will now start his … Read More »
“Those who looked the other way, because they disliked Julian Assange, when the Department of Justice indicted him on a legal theory – that publishing clear public interest journalism could constitute multiple Espionage Act violations – should reconsider where that … Read More »
In the opening sentence of a post last month I spoke of Team BoJo as: … a spectacularly inept and – even by tory standards – venal party led by a serial liar … Perhaps that was a tad harsh. … Read More »
The Royal Naval destroyer, HMS Defender Having a jail sentence hanging over him is doing nothing to stop courageous whistle-blower Craig Murray from calling out an increasingly criminal empire, and the willingness of its John Bull junior partner to do … Read More »
UK government’s little-known proposed reforms to Britain’s Official Secrets Acts pose far-reaching threats to the media and the public’s right to know. They could land journalists and others in jail for fourteen years for publishing information the government claims damages … Read More »
Since I’m more at home calling out the lies on China, Russia and Syria – else laying bare those mechanisms which ensure we have no independent media, hence no true democracy – you might ask why I’m bothering with this … Read More »
This from the Sunday Times today, June 6. Fundraiser block after cash pours in for feminist charged with hate crime A fundraising appeal to pay the legal bills of a feminist charged with a hate crime over alleged homophobic and … Read More »
He backs Modern Monetary Theory. I do not. He is a Quaker. I am not. Nevertheless, I’ve a soft spot for economist Richard Murphy. (I give my reasons in a short intro to his February post on risible accounting in … Read More »