Des Freedman asks: “When did you last see someone interviewed on the BBC who opposed spending more money on the military?”
UK Media Beating War Drums
Author: corinna barnard
Starmer’s Plan for UK Growth Is the Ukraine War
Mark Curtis on the Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine.
Max Blumenthal: Why Did the Feds Question Me?
A federal agent was waiting for the author soon after he got off an international flight. He was then treated to a brief but disturbing question-and-answer session.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Chihuahuas, Not Dobermans
Trump’s determination to end the Ukraine war has forced the Europeans, at last, to go their own way. And they charge in precisely the wrong direction.
The West, Not Russia, Drove the Ukraine Conflict
John Wight pushes back against a narrative shaped by Western ideologues so shallow that it has been embarrassing to behold.
The Global Spread of Palestine’s Agony
Antony Loewenstein on Israel’s role in developing the military tools of imperial control around the world.
We’ve Seen This Horror Show Before
Joe Biden quietly sought to ethnically cleanse Gaza; Bill Clinton and George W. Bush deported millions; Clinton tried to shrink the state and Steve Bannon warned in 2019 what Donald Trump would do, notes Wilmer J. Leon.
Pro-Israel Bias in UK Newsrooms Revealed
Journalists from five British media outlets speaking anonymously tell Hamza Yusuf about the way their own organisations cover Israel-Palestine.
Vijay Prashad: Readers, Not Commodities
Literacy gives us the power to build a collective life — it allows us to see our history with clarity, be critical of our present and demand the impossible of the future.
Is the UK Spying on Hamas for Israel?
Royal Air Force surveillance flights towards Gaza keep taking place when hostages are released, Mark Curtis and Phil Miller report.