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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it George Santayana

Our beautifully democratic wars

Philip Roddis Of course the people don’t want war. That is understood … But...

How to Take Back Control of Your Mind

Cynthia Chung “Politicians, Priests, and psychiatrists often face the same problem: how to find...

From Dodgy Dossiers to the Sacking of Whitlam: The...

Matthew Ehret In my last article, I reviewed the case of Gough Whitlam’s firing...

The Sacking of Gough Whitlam and the Royal...

It is admittedly difficult for some westerners to contemplate how a white Commonwealth prime...

The Sword of Damocles Over Western Europe

In Part 1, we left off in our story at the SIS-CIA overthrow of...

Open Wounds: Sweden Drops the Olof Palme Case

It’s the sort of thing that ruffled the image of a composed and tranquil...

World War I

Green Fields of France

OffGuardian has covered the first World War at length. We have a category for...

Wearing Your Heart on Your Lapel

W Stephen Gilbert We’re entering the poppy season again. Soon we’ll be able to...

WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy – Part 3”

The third part in James Corbett’s documentary series analysing the roots, and myths, of...

WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy – Part 2&...

The second part in James Corbett’s documentary series analysing the roots, and myths, of...

WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy”

James Corbett offers his view on the hidden origins of WW1 What was World...

World War II

This (locked down) VE Day…

Ian J Today will mark 75 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day –...

Painting A True Christ: A Review of Terrence Malik...

Edward Curtin There’s an early scene in Terrence Malik’s masterful new film – what...

The Whitewashing of the Nazis

Christopher C. Black I was going to write about Iraq and the American control...

Winston Churchill: Close, But No Cigar

David Lindsay Never forget that Piers Morgan was one of extremely few mainstream media...

NATO’s Nazi Beginnings

by Robert S. Rodvik, 21 June 2012, VoltaireNet Who gave NATO the right to...

19th Century

The Fall and Rise of Racket Capitalism

Frank Lee Delving back into the history of Economic Thought[1] perhaps the most important...

Orientalism and the Myth of Independence

Upside Down Mark Twain

Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens ( 1835-1910) best known for his literary works like...

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: cosy seasonal tale...

Today we think of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a cosy piece of...

British and French forces decide to intervene to...

by Terje M London, December 5,1864 Yesterday, an obviously emotional British foreign minister declared...

20th Century

Open Wounds: Sweden Drops the Olof Palme Case

It’s the sort of thing that ruffled the image of a composed and tranquil...

The World Desperately Needs the Wisdom of Bobby...

Today’s fires which have spread across America in the wake of George Floyd’s murder...

Why the Coming Economic Collapse Will NOT be...

Matthew Ehret With last Monday’s 1000 point stock market plunge the internet has been...

Imperialism and Liberation in the Middle East

Written by Pål Steigan, translated by Terje Maloy At the moment, the United States...

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Believer in...

Bruce Lesnick In the 1940s and 50s, advocating Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism could...

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