Brave New Normal
So the War on Populism is finally over. Go ahead, take a wild guess who won. >
50 Headlines: Welcome to the “new normal”
Our erstwhile collaborators at Consent Factory have put together a wonderful collection of all the great work being done by our Beloved Governments to keep us all safe. Always...
Julian Assange: One Year In Belmarsh
Binoy Kampmark It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those...
REMAIN INDOORS
As a bit of light relief, to round out a sunny Bank Holiday weekend, we’d like to present Mitchell and Webb’s chillingly brilliant – and tragically topical – series...
WATCH: Corona World Order
In the latest episode of The Corbett Report, James discusses the possible political fallout of the current coronavirus “pandemic”, and whether or not this crisis will really spell the...
Phantoms of “The Operation”
Edward Curtin “Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind.” Shakespeare, King Lear Many thousands of New Yorkers have temporarily moved into the small Massachusetts town (permanent population...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #3: “Covid19 is 20x DEADLIER than the flu!”
Since the early days of the current pandemic, the go-to comparison has been influenza, both the specific historical outbreaks and the general seasonal “flus” (a catch-all term for respiratory...
Bernie Sanders supporters: please reclaim your agency, and vigorously
Bill Martin This is for my friends who supported Bernie Sanders. I suppose it is also directed toward all of my friends who believe that, despite everything, they should...
Standing on the Precipice of Martial Law
Matthew Ehret In my recent paper Why Assume There Will Be a 2020 Election?, I took the opportunity of today’s multifaceted crisis in order to revisit an important Wall...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #2: “The Emergency Powers Will Only Last 2 years!”
Those of us who expressed concern at the scope, content and implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020 were often treated to this simple reply: “It’s not a police state,...
WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #2
Journeyman Pictures sits down with Prof Knut Wittkowski to discuss lockdowns, social-distancing and the best way to handle the spread of a new disease.
“Think deep, do good science and do not panic!”
Daniel Jeanmonod MD, Roxanne Jeanmonod & Francis Neirynck The monumental importance of the measures taken around the world in the fight for control of the current COVID-19 pandemic during...
Feudal Japan Edo and the US Empire
Hiroyuki Hamada After the warlord period of the 15th century, Japan was united by a few families then by a shogun family. The period is called the Edo period....
Bob Dylan’s Midnight Message to JFK’s Ghost
Edward Curtin For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with most miraculous organ.” Hamlet On May 1, 1962, President John Kennedy was meeting in the Oval Office...
Did Bill Gates Just Reveal the Reason Behind the Lock-Downs?
On March 24 Bill Gates gave a highly revelatory 50-minute interview (above) to Chris Anderson. Anderson is the Curator of TED, the non-profit that runs the TED Talks. The...
REVIEW: The Man Who Skewers Presidential Numbskullery
Masterful essays take aim at the numbskullery of Trump, his hapless political opponents, and the boneheaded media warriors who flounder hopelessly in the president’s turbulent wake. Tony Sutton looks...
The Things You CANNOT Say About Coronavirus
Pssst....You. Yeah, you. Are you interested in talking about...things? You know, the kind of things that we’re not allowed to talk about anymore? You know, since the...uhhh...“The Event“?
Lockdown: Locking in the New Global Order
Colin Todhunter On 12 March, British PM Boris Johnson informed the public that families would continue to “lose loved ones before their time” as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. He...
Coronavirus Fact-Check #1: “Covid19 is having an unprecedented impact on ICUs”
This the first of a new on-going series of micro-articles tackling the prevailing, media-generated talking points of on Sars-Cov2 and Covid19. Those of you who have spent any time...
A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA
Cynthia Chung “Hell is empty and all the devils are here” William Shakespeare (The Tempest Act I, Scene 2) War has always depended on a reliable system to spread...
