November 2003
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Terminal Capitalism Two: It’s a Male Thing By William Bowles
So here we go again, round two of the preparation for Armageddon and no doubt, the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Iranians, Indians et al, read Secrecy News as well they should. And should anyone have any doubts that the leaders of the ‘free world’ are indeed completely balmy, check out the language of the technocrats… Continue reading
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Terminal Capitalism By William Bowles
Then conveniently, we get 9/11, an event that couldn’t have occurred a ‘better’ time as far the US government was concerned. The peacetime equivilent of Pearl Harbour, that gave the greenlight for the psychopaths to really get going on the ‘war on terror’. The dogs of war are unleashed and the scourge of racism used… Continue reading
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Oil, Guns & Drugs – The Money Triangle By William Bowles
When dealing with politics, the personalities of the people involved are supposedly less important than the context, the power relations, money, class and so forth. But when it comes to the cabal of individuals grouped around the Bush presidency, many of whom have a history of involvement with assassinations, terrorism, drugs, money laundering and other… Continue reading
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Iraq: Rhetoric Versus Reality By William Bowles
Bush and Blah have made much of the ‘fact’ that they invaded Iraq to bring democracy to the Iraqi people after thirty-five years of Saddam’s dictatorship. But what are the realities on the ground? Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Archive November 2003 Part 1
November 2003 — Information Clearing House Archive [From the Archives. I’ve been archiving ICH digests since 2003. Unfortunately, an unknown number of the links are now dead, so I can’t guarantee that the link will take you where you want to go. WB] For the Month of November 2003 – Part 1 Date: 6 Nov Continue reading
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Big Brother? No, it’s Biometric Big Blunkett By William Bowles
So Blunkett has finally gotten his way and persuaded his cabinet cohorts that the good citizens of the ‘mother of democracy’ must have a ‘biometric’ ID card. The card, that by the way, loyal citizens will have to pay forty quid for the privilege of owning, will contain your photo, finger and thumbprint and for… Continue reading
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The case for a global political party continued… By William Bowles
On reflection, I fear I didn’t do the idea of the Global Working Peoples’ Association sufficient justice in the essay in the sense that I only touched on what I believe to be the underlying rationale for the (eventual) emergence of some kind of global political ‘party’. And frankly, I can’t see any other alternative… Continue reading
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History Repeating Itself? Not Exactly By William Bowles
This time around, in spite of (or perhaps because of) a massive propaganda campaign preceding the war (whereas the Vietnam debacle was effectively hidden from the public), the imperium has been forced to try and justify its actions every step of the way. For those of us engaged in actively opposing the imperium, there are… Continue reading
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Risen from the grave By William Bowles
As predicted, the Tories have dumped the wimp and chosen Dracula, whose attitudes and policies when in power rivalled the position of the British National Party. Press coverage of Howard’s ascendency has been a wall-to-wall whitewash of this reactionary and racist individual, with acres of coverage of how Michael Howard is now a ‘reformed’ right-wing… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 