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Anthony Powell: The war blew the whole bloody thing up

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war ==== Anthony PowellA Dance to the Music of Time “…People talk of rearming….There is far too much disregard, as it is, of the equilibrium to be maintained between the rate of production and consumption in the aggregate, without the additional … … Continue reading →

How the Western Media Helped Build the Case for Genocide in Gaza

The past five months have been clarifying. What was supposed to be hidden has been thrust into the light. What was supposed to be obscured has come sharply into focus. Liberal democracy is not what it seems. It has always defined itself in contrast to what it says it is not. Where other regimes are … Continue reading "How the Western Media Helped Build the Case for Genocide in Gaza"

Why is the West Suddenly Revealing That It Has Troops in Ukraine?

It has long been an open secret that the West has been providing Ukraine with funding, weapons, training, maintenance, targeting intelligence, intelligence on the position of Russian forces and vulnerabilities and even war-gaming. They have provided Ukraine with everything but the bodies. President Joe Biden has long insisted that American troops “are not and will … Continue reading "Why is the West Suddenly Revealing That It Has Troops in Ukraine?"

Talking Last Rights with Chicago Radio’s Shaun Thompson

Shaun Thompson and I whupped a bunch of politicians and federal agencies this evening on Chicago’s The Answer AM 560.  Shaun, the host of the Liberty Hour program, mentioned that he first read my articles in Playboy though I never thought I compete against the Playmate of the Month. Shaun was aghast at Biden’s waiver […]
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Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll

As I write this, more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and, as Aya Batrawy reported for NPR, thousands more are “unaccounted for – either missing under the rubble, buried hastily in side streets, or decomposing in areas that can’t be safely reached.” Significant numbers of the dead are women and children, and … Continue reading "Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll"

Biden’s State of the Union Address Exposed by US Intelligence Threat Assessment

President Biden used the bully pulpit of the annual State of the Union Address to describe a world that significantly differed from the picture presented just a month earlier in the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. Information fed to the general public is deliberately spun to sell the imperial project. In contrast, … Continue reading "Biden’s State of the Union Address Exposed by US Intelligence Threat Assessment"

The TikTok Totalitarians

On Wednesday, March 13th, a bipartisan group of US Representatives voted to give the US president the power to remove any website, computer or mobile application, or even service provider that the president determines – without due process – is run by “a person subject to the direction of control of a foreign person or … Continue reading "The TikTok Totalitarians"

N.Y. Post: Will federal censorship be the pandemic’s biggest legacy?

New York Post, March 19, 2024 Will federal censorship be the pandemic’s biggest legacy? by James Bovard Will a federal entitlement to censor be the most shocking legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic? This grim prospect arises from a Supreme Court hearing Monday at which some justices seemed to view the First Amendment as a weapon […]

The Canine Constitutional Veto

Police Dogs Have Abolished Constitutional Due Process by James Bovard   The Fifth Amendment declares, “No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Except by dogs. The Supreme Court declared in 1967, “Wherever a man may be, he is entitled to know that he will remain free from […]
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