The evidence that Tony Blair has amassed a fortune since leaving office is clear. He’s rather keen on providing advice to dictators. This news is therefore unsurprising. It’s how these people see the world; PR is a substitute for human rights. It pays far more, too: He has produced four volumes of diaries, become a…
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ABC TV News interview about freedom of speech in West and beyond
During last week’s Sydney Writer’s Festival, before my PEN lecture on free speech, I was interviewed by ABC TV News about the growing threat to our freedoms in the West, as governments and private companies monitor and collect our digital details: [video… ogg=”/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/586444_20120517-Sydney-Writers_video2.ogg” mp4=”/cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/586444_20120517-Sydney-Writers_video2.m4v” width=”400″ height=”224″]
Why my people are broken part 775432
Utterly depressing form of group-think at the Jerusalem Post. The title is, “Yes, all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic!“. The Zionist state is immensely powerful in so many ways yet remains utterly insecure. That’s what occupying another people will do to you: That is to say, the historical circumstances under which Israel and the Jews…
Sydney Writer’s Festival photos
Last week’s first public event for the new book by Jeff Sparrow and yours truly, Left … Turn: And the 2012 PEN Free Voices lecture: The rest of the collection is here.
Getting #LeftTurn debate going over gay marriage and equality
A book I co-edited with Jeff Sparrow, Left Turn, is about to launch. One of the contributors, Rodney Croome, a strong advocate of gay marriage, has written a powerful piece in ABC’s The Drum about this issue: The American civil rights movement was a colourful but hollow distraction from the far more important issue of…
US 60 Minutes profiles the Tel Aviv bubble (and Palestinians get barely mentioned)
After the show’s recent coverage of Israeli apartheid against Christians in Palestine caused a massive stir, it’s hard not to see this latest piece as a way of kissing and making up with the Zionist lobby. Despite the fact that the story features Haaretz reporter Gideon Levy telling US viewers that the Tel Aviv bubble…
ABC Radio National interview on free speech and human rights
The last four days have involved extended time at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. There was the first public event for my forthcoming book with Jeff Sparrow, Left Turn. There wasn’t a spare seat in the house. They’ll be far more about this title in the next days and weeks, so stay tuned. The following day…
Zionist state committing suicide with its eyes open
A new BBC poll finds popularity of Israel at a welcome low globally. These numbers in Australia reveal the profound disconnect between political elite opinion and the general public: In the EU countries surveyed, views of Israeli influence have hardened in Spain (74% negative ratings, up 8 points) and in France (65%, up 9 points)…
Don’t rely on Murdoch press to accurately report Wikileaks
WL Central has the story: On 16 May 2012 The Times published a piece claiming that information found in an embassy cable released by WikiLeaks directly led to the execution of Majid Jamli Fashi, an Iranian kickboxer. Within hours, media outlets around the world picked up the article and the story went viral. Nothing could…