I have a huge map of the world on my wall: 1950 cm east to west; 1200 north to south, Arctic and Antarctic excluded. The other day my brother – great guy and smart with it but, alas, having the … Read More »
This post also features in OffGuardian Note. The OffGuardian version of this post has drawn flak for use of gender pronouns of the ‘him/her’ kind. I stand accused of being ‘bigoted’, an ‘immature child’, ‘sniggering’, ’embarrassed’ and a few other … Read More »
I’m no great fan – though as I said at close of a longish post in the run up to November 2016, Jill Stein would have had my vote as least worst option had I been an American citizen – … Read More »
A Warmonger’s Pay-Off: Nikki Haley to Land Board Seat at Boeing Corp Full story here.
Thanks to Ian Jenkins, the FB pal who alerted me to a useful profile of the man spearheading the US oil grab – again I use the term as shorthand for a longer list of predatory motives driving the build … Read More »
I may have to start a regular feature with this as the generic title. Caitlin Johnston is too damn quotable not to! Here she is today: Everyone knows on some level the US government has a consistent and indisputable track … Read More »
Even some who oppose America’s blatant oil grab – I use the term as shorthand for a longer list of predatory motives for this latest ‘humanitarian intervention’ – are writing drivel on Maduro’s “failure”. The image below links to a … Read More »
21st Century Wire This week saw both the US government and the EU set a deadline of February 23 for Venezuela’s legitimate and democratically elected president, Nicolas Maduro, to step down from power and hand the country over to the … Read More »
Let’s cut to the chase. Most people, Western intelligentsia very much included, fail to grasp the nature of imperialism (see economics of imperialism and two minute guide to imperialism). This is understandable. We’ve been raised from infancy on the benignity … Read More »
Deaconess: For all who are victims of trafficking and enforced prostitution … Choir singing: Lord hear our prayer. Deaconess: For all who are victims of violence, racism and murder … Choir singing: Lord hear our prayer. * I’ve had race … Read More »