He could: The Electoral Commission is to be urged to hold an investigation into whether Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire was covertly funding the Conservative Party while David Cameron was leader of the opposition. The call from the Labour MP Tom Watson, who has played the lead role in uncovering the telephone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s…
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Roll up Zionist freaks; Glenn Beck is in Israel praising lunatics
So little comment is required here. If Israel was a serious nation and the global Zionist Diaspora was keen for respectability, they would distance themselves from this settler-embracing extremist who loves Jews because he hopes they’ll convert when the Rapture arrives. Haaretz: Some 3,000 people, mostly American Christians, filled the seats at the amphitheater in…
Australia’s future is not ignoring human rights in the region
My following book review appeared in yesterday’s Sydney Sun Herald newspaper: There Goes the Neighbourhood Michael Wesley (New South Books, $32.95) Australia’s insecurity in the Asia-Pacific region is legendary. Over decades prime ministers and commentators have urged a close relationship with Washington while remaining open to romance with leading powers such as China to buy…
Murdoch is a man of upstanding virtue, says Murdoch man
Surely quote of the week: Mr Murdoch has never asked any journalist to do anything improper. Unless, of course, by “improper” you mean bomb Muslim countries in the name of “freedom”.
Should we trust tech companies talking about censoring speech?
The complete lack of transparency with telecommunication firms deciding with the assistance of government if and when calls or web connections should be stopped or censored is highly disturbing. Who wants a faceless firm making such decisions? From yesterday’s UK Observer: After the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and this summer’s looting in England,…
Start a war, privatise everything and watch failure arrive like clockwork
Project on Government Oversight has the news that will brighten the heart of every pro-war advocate who just wants to make a buck from endless conflict: A top government contractor’s failure to meet contractual agreements with the U.S. government put the entire mission of the Afghan National Police (ANP) training program at risk, according to…
Private companies doing rather well in anti-immigration wave moving across world
Disaster capitalists look for ways to make money from misery, crisis or fear. The growing wave of anti-immigration sentiment sweeping the world suits such companies just fine. It’s an area I’m investigating for a forthcoming book and this New York Times piece perfectly captures the mood in Britain; the dangerous nexus between government rhetoric, firms…
Jews have a choice over Palestine and silence equals complicity
Roger Cohen has been writing in the New York Times for some time about the responsibility of Jews not to remain silent in the face of Zionist occupation and violence. It’s a rare voice in the American mainstream. His latest missive, while dismissing boycotts as apparently morphing into anti-Semitism which ignores the failure of the…
Breaking news; Afghan Hazaras are human beings still being oppressed in their country
I’ve just received this message from a refugee activist in Perth, Western Australia. It’s a release from the… Coordination of Hazara Refugees in Curtin immigration detention centre, a remote camp away from public view.… Freedom It is known to all and history has also proven that Hazaras have always and systemically been target of national, religious…