Israel is in trouble. ‘Victory’ in the material sense of the word might be within reach: at least as far as land-grabs, geopolitical ambitions, and the like are concerned. But it comes at a cost. And its carefully-managed
A bit of a coincidence. A bit of a coincidence that, just as the Israeli government was having its worst PR week since its Gaza campaign began over eighteen months ago, a random young guy happened to kill two Jewish
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In 1994, James Dean Bradfield raised eyebrows by wearing an IRA-style balaclava during a Manic Street Preachers appearance on Top of the
“So this is how liberty dies,” she says, with a sullen, resigned expression, “with thunderous applause…” The line is spoken by Senator
It gets tedious after enough time to keep going on about 1984 or encroaching surveillance states, etc. Cliched even. Days after
On March 31st, she apparently posted a photo of her battered and bruised face, saying she had four days left to live.
So… the long anticipated and much hyped ‘JFK files’ document dump. Some 80,000 pages of files have been made public, as per promises President Trump had made during his election campaign. But does it really tell us anything? Does this massive release of documents actually bring us any
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It is a fascinating, though rather grim, story, spanning the First World War, the creation of the states of Israel, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia, and taking in Lawrence of Arabia, all the way to the fall of Gadaffi in Libya, the Syria Civil War and Rise of the so-called Islamic
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If you’ve never heard of Smedley Butler, it wouldn’t be your fault. But we all should have heard of him. Let’s rewind 80 years or so and remember the case of the Retired Marine General Smedley Butler: what he did, what it meant and what the implications are. Butler uncovered a
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Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro
If the Jurassic Park films have taught us anything, it’s
There was a pre-9/11 world and a post-9/11 world. And
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
Yes, we’re going there. Why not? You know, I was
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You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
As I didn’t write anything about Avengers: Endgame at the
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To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to
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Tonight, twenty years after Kurt Cobain chose to burn out
On 5th April it will be precisely 20 years since
The ongoing infantilisation of American politics and discourse is something
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I love PJ Harvey. I’ve always loved PJ Harvey. Ever