JUNE 2017 – after Corbyn’s surprise upset for Theresa May’s election miscalculation, Guardian hacks and right wing Labour were desperately rowing back on their traducing of the man. Of the myriads of conditional, hedged and qualified, small hearted, partial and … Read More »
_ None of you need reminding what Santa stuffed in his sack this year for delivery down every chimney of this sceptred isle, twelve days early in a cloud of soot. But tory landslide or no, we Brits keep calm … Read More »
As a marxist I have my criticisms of the Corbyn phenomenon, and of the illusion that our ruling class would ever permit socialism via the parliamentary route. Even when calling for a Labour vote I’ve been clear about that. But … Read More »
Front page of today’s Daily Mail * Today on Jonathan Cook’s blog from Nazareth: Corbyn’s defeat has slain the left’s last illusion 13 December 2019 This was an election of two illusions. The first helped persuade much of the British … Read More »
… all you can do is do what you must. You do what you must do, and you do it well. For every occasion there’s a line or two from the one and only Bob Dylan to meet the needs … Read More »
this post also features on offguardian Following my Jesus or Barabbas post yesterday and – replicated on OffGuardian – Dirty War on the NHS post the day before, I’ve seen fit to respond to commenters who share my view of … Read More »
At the Feast of Passover two thousand years ago it was customary for the Roman occupiers to pardon one condemned prisoner, selected by the people. All four Gospels have it that on one very special year the crowds insisted on … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian https://youtu.be/ZTnIOh6yl6Y I saw this film last night at a one-off screening in Derby. It’s all you’d expect of a John Pilger documentary. Polished and professional? Well of course, but more importantly: Hard hitting, its … Read More »
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The Guardian today. Snapshots from June 2017 … * Frequently deployed – cynically, stupidly and lazily – to dismiss an argument without the effort of addressing its particulars, the conspiracy theorist epithet refers to an assumed pathological condition. It’s … Read More »