Ralf Arnold, translation by S. Robinson At the beginning of the already memorable year 2020, a term forced its way into public and private consciousness, which should increasingly determine and overshadow all of our lives: The “novel corona virus”, also called SARS-CoV-2. The name was officially announced by the WHO on February 11th. After that …
Binoy Kampmark The Biden administration’s first White House press secretary is keen that things will be done differently under her guidance. The jaw dropping, sniping sessions between the press and government that were characteristic of the Trump administration were going to cease. “When the President asked me to serve in this role,” Jen Psaki outlined …
Released on 16 January, 2021, James Corbett’s 4th Annual Fake News Awards! is both hilarious and informative, providing a unique and morale-nourishing window of perspective on the surreal 12 months just past. He also says some nice things about Off-Guardian at 13m49s which, of course, we especially enjoyed. Please place your hands together in a …
The instinct among parts of the left to cheer lead the right’s war crimes, so long as they are dressed up as liberal “humanitarianism”, is alive and kicking, as Owen Jones reveals in a column today on the plight of the Uighurs at China’s hands. The “humanitarian war” instinct persists even after two decades of […]
Only 48 hours in power, and already the team behind The Maidan is looking to start a colour revolution in Moscow.
Our current definition of "free speech" is outdated, no longer fit for purpose in the internet era, and potentially dangerous to democracy...according to a chorus of voices across the mainstream media.
Do you think the same architecture that just publically castrated the "most powerful man on Earth" and the "leader of the free world" will suddenly start doing what it's told when a "progressive" voice is in charge?
"Domestic Terrorism" is clearly where it's at in early 2021, so we can expect a brand new law regarding it...probably by March, at the latest.
Philip Roddis What would you do if stuck in a lift with John Pilger? Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, in a new book reviewed here by Media Lens, quotes with approval a fellow journalist saying he’d stick pins in his eyes to avoid such a predicament. Did the drone murders Obama signed off every Tuesday …
Orientation When I first considered myself a socialist revolutionary in 1970, I was hounded by free marketers’ challenge: “name me one country where socialism works”. These market fundamentalists would then hold up the most strident expectations for socialism: Everyone is exactly equal with no classes. There is an abundance of goods which are conveniently circulated. […]
