Smart people know not all Jews are Zionists. Smart people who do their homework know not all Zionists are Jews – The dangerous idiocy of Piers Morgan In February this year, an Israeli investigative webzine, The Hottest Place in Hell, reported … Read More »
As support for Palestine at Glastonbury ’25 is met with an explosion of media hypocrisy, phony indignation and straight-ahead hysteria, here’s a voice I cite sparingly. There’s a rich tradition of Christians Against Corruption. My city has its Deacon Dave; … Read More »
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, aka Mo Chara of Irish rappers, Kneecap, at Glastonbury last week Here’s a piece of advice, its provenance investigated here, traditionally handed down at night school for cub reporters but now adopted with relish by such … Read More »
I host this meritless screed partly for entertainment value, funny if you’re in a good mood, but mainly as one of a myriad ways in which Israeli hasbara, whether from inside the settler state or without, becomes its own caricature. As … Read More »
TO KILL A WAR MACHINE is screening Monday June 30th and on various July dates in towns as far removed as Derry (itself no stranger to Occupation) and Penzance, Bristol, Newcastle, London and divers UK venues between and beyond. Since … Read More »
Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons, 2018, sporting a rosette marking the centenary of (some) women getting the vote Four days ago Yvette Cooper – UK Home Secretary, expenses cheat and wife to rottweiler for Israel Ed Balls – announced … Read More »
After a few days off duty I’d intended to return today with a post on US backed Islamist terror in Syria. It’ll have to wait, two things having distracted me. One being the Dawn French apology for an Instagram video … Read More »
When I entered this world the USA had been a nuclear power for seven years, the Soviet Union for three. Britain would explode its first device the following month off the north west coast of Australia; France and China a … Read More »
Guardian: June 1, 2025 – note the “military Keynesianism” spin Even with the eyewatering costs of Berlin’s slavish desire to please Washington at the expense of its own citizens factored in, the German economy is still in better shape than … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone’s post today is penned with her customary directness under the header, It’s A Complete Lie To Say Gaza Can Have Peace If Hamas Surrenders. After backing this claim with statements from the Netanyahu and Trump administrations to show … Read More »