John Pilger on Britain’s disaster capitalism: These days, the stirring lines of Percy Shelley’s The Mask of Anarchy may seem unattainable. I don’t think so. Shelley was both a Romantic and political truth-teller. His words resonate now because only one political course is left to those who are disenfranchised and whose ruin is announced on…
Britain desperate to insulate Zionists from examination
How far will Western states go to protect the Zionist state from legal prosecution? Israel has postponed all strategic dialogue with Britain in protest at a law which allows UK courts to prosecute visiting Israeli officials for alleged war crimes. Strategic dialogue between the two countries takes place annually and focuses on defence and security…
Serco says it’s doing a wonderful job
Seriously, Serco has nominated itself for Australia’s Employee of the Year and the Australian government may back it, I hear on the grapevine.
Serco bring in the robots, body and soul
First they privatise hospitals and then they call for cost cutting to increase “efficiency”: Robots, instead of human staff, would provide some essential services at WA’s new Fiona Stanley Hospital under a plan that unions warn could cost hundreds of jobs. Serco the company the WA Government wants to provide privatised services at the hospital…
Israel firsters rejoice in US at taming of Obama
Well, the Zionist lobby is pleased: One prominent pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington is already praising the GOP takeover of the House of Representatives as a net benefit for Israel. “While Democrats are likely to keep control of the U.S. Senate, Republicans will take over the U.S. House of Representatives following Tuesday’s elections. This is…
Americans just love being American
Why is it that when many Americans are pleased with a politician – such as during today’s big Republican win in the mid-terms – they start shouting in unison “USA! USA! USA!? I’m sure the Iraqis and Afghans are cheering every time an American soldier drops a bomb on their village.
Hamas is flailing on all fronts
Haidar Eid is a writer and activist based in Gaza. I met him there last year and his determination and passion was striking. He’s one of the key leaders behind the BDS movement. His latest piece damns Hamas for failing, in his view, to prepare for a democratic future in Palestine: Despite its somewhat fiery…
Being gay in Israel (with two Jews)
You certainly wouldn’t be seeing this on mainstream TV in most of the Middle East (but then again, if Israeli and Palestinian women wanted to appear, the racism towards the Arab would be massive): In identical net costumes and with matching long, blonde tresses, a television presenter and a professional dancer will tonight glide on…
New Delhi and Tel Aviv get all cosy
The growing friendship between Israel and India. In a post-US century, the Jewish state can’t simply rely on Washington for backing.
Those WMDs must be somewhere safe, reflected Bush
Causing mass carnage in Iraq? Oh, that was a shame: Former US President George W Bush still has “a sickening feeling” about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, US media report. The revelation comes in his memoir, “Decision Points”, to be published next week. He also reveals that he temporarily considered…