October 17, 2016
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Video: The Giant Is Falling Official Trailer 2016
10 October 2016 — Youtube The Giant is Falling takes us through the big political events of recent years that signify the dying days of the ANC in South Africa. Locating the moment when things fell apart as the Marikana Massacre, the film charts the various ways people have collectively responded to the ANC’s failure Continue reading
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Debunking the Western Media’s Coverage of the War on Syria: selected Articles
17 October 2016 — Global Research News Debunking the Western Media’s Coverage of the War on Syria By Daniel Espinosa Winder, October 16 2016 There were indeed anti-Assad protests, sometimes clashing with pro-Assad protests, but they were in many cases infiltrated or even promoted by elements with very different goals, mainly not Syrian in origin, and Continue reading
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On Remembering Joe Bageant
17 October 2016 I’ve been doing some housework on the site and I’ve noticed that Joe Bageant’s Website seems not to be available which is a real shame. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Joe when he came to London promoting his first book, ‘Dear hunting with Jesus…” and we had a jolly Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Centrist Soft-Liberal Feminism’ – Presidentialising Hillary Clinton
These, then, are the four causes for celebration: Clinton is 1) a woman, 2) a ‘feminist’ with 3) ‘a long track record of standing up for the right causes’, and 4) she would be ‘the safest pair of hands in decades’. Continue reading
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US, Saudis to grant 9,000 ISIS fighters free passage from Iraqi Mosul to Syria – source
The US and Saudi Arabia have agreed to grant free passage to thousands of Islamic State militants before the Iraqi city of Mosul is stormed. The jihadists will be redeployed to fight against the government in Syria, a military-diplomatic source told RIA Novost Continue reading