Brexit isn’t David Cameron’s Legacy – Libya is
Kit Knightly “The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.” Lord Acton David Cameron has a book out. You’ve probably heard. There’s...
Twitter Executive is Psy-Op Soldier – Middle East Eye
Middle East Eye are reporting a striking story that, if true, should be circulated widely as possible. It sheds a whole new light on just how deeply interwoven the...
Three New Reads – September
Philip Roddis Let none accuse me of frivolity. My three selected reads this month address subjects that could not be more serious. As Western media and leaders continue to...
REVIEW: Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
Hope Kesselring Anybody who’s expecting shocking revelations from Edward Snowden’s new book, Permanent Record, is going to be disappointed. However, if you’re interested in spy culture like I am,...
No, Srebrenica did not ‘inspire’ Christchurch
Max Parry Earlier this month, popular ‘progressive’ news website The Intercept published an article entitled “From El Paso to Sarajevo: How White Nationalists Are Inspired by the Bosnia Genocide”,...
Karl Marx, radical environmentalist
Phil Gasper International Socialist Review columnist Phil Gasper challenges the myth that Marxism has nothing useful to say about the environment–with help from the old man himself. At the...
Normal Intrusions: Globalising AI Surveillance
Binoy KLampmark They all do it: corporations, regimes, authorities. They all have the same reasons: efficiency, serviceability, profitability, all under the umbrella term of “security”. Call it surveillance, or...
The Rule of the Mob: Labour Conference Banner Banned, Slashed
Peter Gregson On Sunday 22nd Sept, I, a Labour Party member since 1986, had my banner taken down from outside Conference. Why? The police agreed it was not anti-Semitic....
Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse but Business as Usual
It is worrying to think that, globally, sales of synthetic chemicals are to double over the next 12 years with alarming implications for health and the environment if governments...
Hong Kong is Scared….of the Rioters
Andre Vltchek It was once a British police station, as well as the Victoria Prison Compound. Hong Kong inhabitants used to tremble just from hearing its name mentioned. This...
A tale of two Brexits
Philip Roddis I am in many ways a fully paid up member of the liberal middle classes, even if I appear to have gone off the rails of late....
The Supreme Court, Proroguing & Dangerous Precedents
The Supreme Court has ruled against Boris Johnson's proroguing of Parliament. People all over the country are celebrating this ruling, but one can't help but feel that comes from...
As Biden Falters, Will Warren Survive the Scrutiny?
Renée Parsons Despite early polls which showed some of the ‘top tier’ Democrat candidates beating Trump in a general election, the last DNC debate left considerable question as to...
American Psychopathy
John Steppling Not only are we not going to have wars between major powers in this era of fascist upsurge (of course, as will be discussed, we shall have...
White Helmets, Black Lies
David Macilwain This is the story of my challenge to Australia’s SBS TV over their role in passing on criminal disinformation about Syria, chemical weapons and the White Helmets....
Why Does Chris Hedges Hedge His Bets?
Revelations about the machinations of the so-called “deep state’s” conspiracies often conceal deeper truths that go unmentioned. This is quite common, whether it is done intentionally or not.
Russia and the West : The last two action-packed years
This presentation updates a talk I gave to ISAA just over two years ago, in August 2017, on the topic, ‘Western policy on Putin and a resurgent Russia’. The previous...
Europe: The cracks are beginning to show
Frank Lee The NATO build-up 2014: The expansion of NATO in the late 20th and early 21st centuries had posed a serious strategic threat to Russia’s security. In 1999...
Conference Call
This year’s Labour Conference will determine the result of the upcoming general election and, ultimately, the fate of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader. As a rule, I don’t go...
In Defense of Cory Morningstar & “Manufacturing for Consent”
Hiroyuki Hamada Good investigative journalism doesn’t only reveal hidden mechanisms of our time; it also exposes those who refuse to confront the mechanisms. Remember when the late Bruce Dixon...
