Caitlin Johnstone today on the Rogue State’s refusal to leave: If the initial invasion of Iraq was a violent sexual assault by a stranger in a dark alley, this one is more like an abusive husband raping his wife then … Read More »
It’s a tough question, I know, but think hard on which of the two candidates below best qualifies as speaker of truth to power. The first, currently being talked up as the next Labour leader by the very media which … Read More »
The Nuremberg trials after WW2 found waging aggressive war to be not just a war crime but “the supreme war crime”. For years I have argued, on grounds I won’t revisit here, that what I and others call the West’s … Read More »
Can the most terrifying rogue state – bar none – the world has ever known be brought to heel? Two days ago ninety-six year old Henry Kissinger – Indochina Bomber, right hand man to Nixon and backer of death squads … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian Is Britain’s forthcoming general election the most critical since 1945? Or just since 1979? While the Johnny Walker wisdom runs high on that, we can all agree – saving those who on principle shun … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone today on coincidence theories put out by officialdom following the death of Jeffrey Epstein: In an interview with Associated Press, US Attorney General William Barr put all conspiracy theories to rest once and for all by assuring the … Read More »
Ecuador Embassy, London. April 11, 2019.
When it comes to Syria two ideas are widespread. One is that Assad uses chemical weapons (for no discernible gain, and at times most calculated to draw the world’s ire). The other is that the UN OPCW (Organisation for Prohibition … Read More »