Escaping the Iron Cage of Hopelessness
By Edward Curtin Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved” Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and...
Why so much "fake news" about Manchester “terror attack”?
Buzzfeed and other sources have a running tab on the huge amount of alleged fake news erupting around the alleged terror attack in Manchester. We don't need to...
VIDEO: thousands across UK flock to hear Corbyn speak, ignored by MSM
While May dodges questions and makes limp speeches to tiny pre-selected audiences, Corbyn’s campaign is attracting large crowds all over the country. The news cameras are there, the journalists...
BBC goes full Big Brother in recent announcement
Brought to our attention by Mark Doran, a new BBC document dated May 2017 contains this bizarre threat to its licence-payers: 9. Offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites...
Reflections on the counter-revolution in France
ne of the more significant features of the recent French Presidential election was the widespread predictability of the outcome. It was taken for granted that the establishment, cardboard cut-out,...
VIDEO: Prof Stephen Cohen: Media/Intelligence Assault on Trump is 'Beyond Belief'
Stephen Cohen, Professor of Russian studies at Princeton and NYU, interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News …You and I have to ask a subversive question, are there really...
What is Needed is a Progressive Vision of National Sovereignty
by Thomas Fazi, via Green European Journal The last year has seen the Right and extreme Right capitalise on the dissatisfaction and despair fostered by neoliberalism – and usher...
VIDEO: How May will finish off the NHS
Needs no explanation or development. Whatever you think of Corbyn or Labour and their manifold shortcomings on foreign policy etc, if you want to keep universal healthcare free at...
US coalition bombs pro-govt convoy in Syrian “deconfliction zone”.
“Inherent Resolve” have announced on Twitter their forces just attacked a pro-government convoy “advancing in a de-confliction zone”. May 18 #Coalition struck #Syrian pro-regime forces advancing in a de-confliction...
VIDEO: Monsanto Employing Troll Army To Silence Online Dissent?
Ever encountered oddly persistent commenters insisting they’ve been eating Roundup for breakfast for the last fifteen years and feel just great? Ever wondered why it’s hard to find online...
VIDEO: Mark Steel on: Toby Young and I, Daniel Blake
British comedian and political commentator Mark Steel takes on Toby Young’s criticisms of the film I, Daniel Blake
Watergate Redux or ‘Deep State’ Coup?
The whole Comey/Russophobia issue continues to spiral past propaganda, past delusion and into total madness. Social media is boiling with neoliberals telling each other Trump is a “new Nixon”...
Lebanon – Hedonism and War
Text and Photos: Andre Vltchek, first published on New East Outlook Palestinian refugee camps are up in flames, across the country, a result of the disputes between the rival...
"The regime will be there" – U.S. Concedes Raqqa…and the Syrian East?
from Moon of Alabama A new Wall Street Journal piece, primarily about the ISIS held city of Raqqa on the Euphrates, casts doubt on long term U.S. plans for...
Major Media Organize to Rig Web-Search Results
by Eric Zuesse at Strategic Culture The New York Times, as Robert Parry has pointed out, “Cheers the Rise of Censorship”, but only of censorship of any allegations that...
Sauron Rules in Washington
by Paul Craig Roberts “The problem is that the world has listened to Americans for far too bloody long.” Dr. Julian Osborne, from the 2000 film version of Nevil...
The Future of Our Children: Jeremy Corbyn’s Speech on Education Policy
from Another Angry Voice AAV compares the standing ovation Corbyn got for this speech with Theresa May’s lamentable performance on the Andrew Marr show, where she could be seen...
The OffG view on the UK General Election
A while back we said we’d watch and wait for developments in the UK General Election. So far nothing is happening that could not be expected. The Tory press...
The Guardian Takes Aim at Venezuela’s Democracy
by Joe Emersberger from TeleSUR The British newspaper recently published an editorial saying that President Nicolas Maduro’s government must be threatened with “pariah status.” From 2006 to 2012, The...
American Democracy: A Dead Man Walking
by Paul Craig Roberts Trump’s “sell-out,” as it is called, coming on top of Obama’s eight-year “sell-out,” is instructive. We have now had a Democratic president who sold out...
