Why the political parties don’t want to tell the truth. Foreign and domestic policy are often related. Countries seek mutual benefit through trade and take measures to protect their own trading routes. They make long term arrangements for mutual exchange of products and services. In the contemporary world, the manufacture of a particular product often … Continue reading Editorial—The Fall of Johnson and The Energy Crunch
World News
“From BRICS to BRICS+ — and beyond”
Diary of a Corbyn foot soldier (July, 2022) By Michael Murray Dictionary definition of foot soldier: “…a dedicated low level follower." (1) BRICS 14th annual Summit meeting Imagine: an organisation representing 43% of the world’s population across four continents, comprising 30% of the global land area, currently producing 24% of global GDP and responsible for 16% … Continue reading “From BRICS to BRICS+ — and beyond”
Ukraine—The August Counter-Offensive
Eamon Dyas— a Letter I find it quite astonishing the way in which the regular Ukrainian military defeats are counter-posed against Ukraine’s “initial military successes”. It is a constant mantra among western politicians and the media. But where were these “military successes”? Beyond a few battlefield skirmishes in the east and south anywhere that Ukraine … Continue reading Ukraine—The August Counter-Offensive
Newsnotes
Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams Did Russia Invade To Stop Kiev Overrunning the Donbass?The G7’s Proxy WarGeorgia Not Fighting to the Last GeorgianBritish Rail and the Imaginary MarketThe End of Thatcherism?China’s Mixed Economy Did Russia Invade To Stop Kiev Overrunning the Donbass? Western media speak of ‘Russian Disinformation’. But not this particular Russian claim. Which … Continue reading Newsnotes
BBC Newsnight on Ukraine
Mark Urban, interviewed by Kirsty Wark, on Ukraine BBC Newsnight, 27 June 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0018t1f/newsnight-27062022 (29 mins in) Below is a transcript of Mark Urban's remarks on Ukraine on Newsnight (27 June 2022). Urban's message is that the Ukraine is likely to have to sue for peace in the late summer or early autumn unless by then … Continue reading BBC Newsnight on Ukraine
Half Earth Socialism
Half-Earth Socialism — A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, ClimateChange and Pandemics By Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass Verso 2022 A brief review by Catherine Dunlop Reading the Islington Tribune the other day I came across this book, and as I have always thought that only socialism could do something about extinctions and environmental … Continue reading Half Earth Socialism
Coming of Age at the End of History
Review of “Free: Coming of Age at the End of History,” by Lia Ypi. Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier (June, 2022) By Michael Murray Dictionary definition of foot soldier: “…a dedicated low level follower." In this issue: Review of “Free: Coming of Age at the End of History,” by Lia Ypi. … Continue reading Coming of Age at the End of History
Ukraine and the World
The Ukraine War for the World by Pat Walsh https://drpatwalsh.com The current war in Ukraine has now been formally recognised as a Western proxy war against Russia by no less than the current British Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss. And there are strong indications in her statement of intent last week that it is only the … Continue reading Ukraine and the World
Ukraine
Ukraine: how we got to where we are today. Brendan Clifford. Since its foundation, the Republic of Ireland has been a neutral state. It is a sign of the success of Anglo-American propaganda against Russia that Ireland now wishes to enter the lists against the ‘unwarranted aggression’ of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Most of the … Continue reading Ukraine
An American Faces the Facts
Kissinger at Davos, 2022 Kissinger is aware of the possible catastrophe looming as a result of American action in Ukraine Transcript Henry Kissinger: [00:02:59] Let me thank you for letting me return to Davos, because it is such a crucial forum for the exchange of ideas all over the world. But the outcome of this turning … Continue reading An American Faces the Facts
Notes on the News
Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams Biden’s Failed Anti-Russia Crusade Covid – Another US Failure Climate Chaos and Lost Butter Mountains Philippines – better Rough Justice than No Justice No Privacy for Some Murderers Snippets The Radical Young in Britain The Failing Young in the USA Killing Journalists OK in Israel? Armenia – … Continue reading Notes on the News
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams France’s Overlooked Left Vote Ukraine: Making Local Democracy Illegal Russia: A Fate Worse Than Putin? NATO: Elites Who Reluctantly Tolerate a Democratic Electorate Britons Vote Themselves Into Poverty Bears and Libertarians – Both Unbearable Covid Failures France’s Overlooked Left Vote Macron picked up another nine million votes: a bare majority of … Continue reading Notes on the News
Letter about Ukraine
Letter on Ukraine to Labour Affairs From Eamon Dyas I don’t think Zelenskiy believes that he is going to be defeated. Of course, given his predicament such defiance of reality is irrational and can only be sustained by a confidence that at some point he can convince US/NATO to get involved. US/NATO could never have … Continue reading Letter about Ukraine
A Unipolar World and Ukraine
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI ON the place of Ukraine in A UNIPOLAR WORLD Extracts from The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Zbigniew Brzezinski, New York, Basic Books, 1997 After the fall of the Soviet Union, Americans started thinking about a unipolar world, a world organized around one pole, themselves. Zbigniew Brzezinski, diplomat and adviser to presidents … Continue reading A Unipolar World and Ukraine
Making Sense of the Ukraine Conflict
Editorial 2 What is happening in Ukraine? The British government and its media outlets would have us believe that the hostilities that began on the 24th February were an unprovoked aggression launched by Russia for the purposes of territorial expansion. No evidence is offered for this claim. The reality is different. The Ukrainian army concentrated on … Continue reading Making Sense of the Ukraine Conflict
NATO, Ukraine and the Labour Party
Diary of an ex-Corbyn foot soldier (April, 2022) Dictionary definition of “foot soldier”: “…a dedicated low level follower…” Michael Murray: murraymicha@gmail.com; FaceBook: Michael Murray London (1) Introduction “Time to get your mind right on NATO, boy!” (2) Stop The War fights back (3) Jack F Matlock: “I was there: NATO and the origins of the Ukraine crisis” (4) George … Continue reading NATO, Ukraine and the Labour Party
Russia’s Objectives in Ukraine—Reality and Media Myth
A Letter to the Editor 30 march 2022 from Eamon Dyas Pentagon Press Secretary: “Up until recently, we had still assessed that their [Russia] plan was to occupy and annex Ukraine” - 29 March 2022. That’s been the baseline of the US/NATO narrative from the start. It was necessary to construct it in order to … Continue reading Russia’s Objectives in Ukraine—Reality and Media Myth
Newsnotes
Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams NATO as ‘They Who Must Be Obeyed’?MICE – a Team of RivalsDown and Out in the G7P&O: Britania Losing the WavesSlavery: a World HeritageIran and SubversionSnippetsHollywood as Foe?Alternative East AsiaThe World Burns? NATO as ‘They Who Must Be Obeyed’? We have just seen a naked display of … Continue reading Newsnotes
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