This from OffGuardian today. Obama sent drones to attack weddings and markets in Somalia and Iraq, and Britain and US sell bombs to the Saudis, who drop them on Yemeni civilians without a thought of repercussion, or even rebuke, from … Read More »
Today’s the day. John Pilger says this of the indignation of the self styled Writers Resist: On the day President Trump is inaugurated, thousands of writers in the United States will express their indignation. “In order for us to heal … Read More »
https://youtu.be/w8DJJDCGQ9g Meanwhile, here’s a leaked recording of what Secretary of State John Kerry said – and the New York Times obligingly omitted in its coverage of a meeting with a small group of Syrians at the UN General Assembly … Read More »
This guy says in three minutes what I’ve been trying to say for a year or more in exchanges with liberals who saw in Brexit, and now in Trump’s victory, some inexplicable plunge from day unto night. He also expresses … Read More »
Two days after Trump’s victory on November 8, Russia Today interviewed Professor Stephen Cohen, the Russia expert who used to advise Reagan. Here’s an abridged excerpt from that interview, linked below. We are in a Cold War more dangerous than … Read More »
On Saturday, President Elect Trump made a call to the Taiwanese Premier, breaching protocols in place since Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing. FB and Twitter have been abuzz with accusations of ineptitude or – the Donald allegedly having business designs on … Read More »
I’ll zoom in on Trump as we get closer to January 20 and there’s more hard info as opposed to the rumours rife on social media, where hard core Clintonites still pour out their sorrow. But let’s take a quick … Read More »
A day and a half after we knew Trump had won, I emailed friends on both sides of the Atlantic with this heavily edited version of an open letter by Thomas Harrington, Professor of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College, Connecticut. … Read More »