Everybody’s shouting: which side are you one? – Bob Dylan Let me also restate my opinion, argued in posts like this, that despite a tone markedly different from that of his predecessors, Trump represents greater continuity of foreign policy than either … Read More »
May 18, 2015: Remains of an Eastern Orthodox church after shelling by the Ukrainian Army near Donetsk International Airport. Eastern Ukraine. (Mstyslav Chernov. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) March 6, 2025: front door in the English village of Sutton Bonington. … Read More »
* Eight days ago ago the European Commission, executive body of the EU, issued a statement by its president, Ursula von der Leyen. This is its opening paragraph: We are living in the most momentous and dangerous of times. I … Read More »
Short follow up to my previous post, on Zelensky’s ordeal at the Oval Office. That focused on rebutting the absurd but wall-to-wall promoted thesis of gallant Kiev, having done nothing but mind its own business – if we leave aside … Read More »
It is impossible for a rational person acquainted with even a fraction of the relevant facts, and acting in good faith, to do other than conclude that Russia was intentionally provoked to the point where her special military operation in the … Read More »
Cracking rumours emerge from the US-Russia bilateral negotiations in Riyadh. The US is reportedly offering to withdraw its military presence from former Soviet republics, dismantle missile sites in Poland and Romania, cancel all sanctions and even tease the eventual withdrawal … Read More »
Britain’s Neoliberally Atlanticist, The Economist, February 18 2025 The air is thick with dust far from settled following twin shocks delivered last week to Europe’s Atlanticist leaders by their US masters. Specifically, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsworth told them what all … Read More »
On many matters our ‘quality’ media serve us passably well but this enables a greater lie. They must show themselves trustworthy even if it embarrasses high office. (Not only does long term capacity to manufacture consent depend on it. So … Read More »
It’s at best ignorant and at worst dishonest to quote the “then” part of an if-then conditional as a standalone. I’m not one for defending war criminals but a textbook case is the oft repeated claim that President-elect Richard Nixon’s … Read More »
Two things everybody needs to know about Western democracy. One, it ain’t real. A lot of work goes in – not just through news media but an array of ideological apparatus from education to arts and entertainment, and from organised … Read More »