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MINDING RONNIE – Cover story is the remarkable tale of a journalist who hid Ronnie Kasrils, the ‘Red Pimpernel,’ an ‘armed and dangerous’ terrorist on the loose during the latter days of South Africa’s final days of apartheid. We’ve also got the story of Hanoi Hannah, the woman behind the famous Vietcong propaganda broadcasts to… Continue reading

BLOOD AND FIRE AND SLAUGHTER – The world’s top politicians and elite media lauded Shimon Peres as a great ‘peacemaker’ after his death last month. Robert Fisk recalls a different side of Peres, a man of blood and slaughter. We’re also re-running Fisk’s greatest indictment of Peres – 17 Minutes In Qana – which first… Continue reading

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13 September 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net This month’s cover story highlights Chris Hedges’ alarming essay about the effect voter illiteracy has on democracy in America in the 21st-century. Continue reading

28 July 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net SPECIAL MID-SUMMER ISSUE: We’ve got a great collection of features this month. Top of the list is Colin Todhunter’s revealing tale of corporate capers as British companies grab Africa’s energy and mineral resources. Then we’ve got Conn Hallinan’s dire warning of impending… Continue reading

14 July 2016 — Coldtype THE CHILCOT REPORT: At last, Tony Blair has been called to account for his reckless handling of the build-up that led to the disastrous 2003 war in Iraq. We’ve got 17 pages of insights into the events from George Monbiot, Felicity Arbuthnot, and David Cromwell & David Edwards. Plus a… Continue reading

14 June 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE: This issue we focus on some of the big issues that are plaguing American society: Pay inequality at Wal-Mart, inner-city poverty, the arms build-up by school boards, and the continuing executions fiasco. Articles by Chris Hedges, Sarah Lazare,… Continue reading

1 June 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net The CHINA SYNDROME: What’s the US playing at with its naval forays into the South China Sea – is a new world war on its agenda? ask John Pilger and Brian Cloughley in this issues cover stories. In other features, Vashti… Continue reading

18 May 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net VOTERS’ DILEMMA: As November approaches, it looks increasingly likely that Donald Trump may emerge as the most powerful man on the planet. Danny Katch analyzes his chances, while Nomi Prins wonders how Trump, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders might repatriate some… Continue reading

2 April 2016 — Coldtype Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net REFUGEES, NOT TERRORISTS – Ben Ehrenreich ventures into the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, France, and finds . . . not terrorists, but troubled people who have fled their homes due to Western-backed aggression. In other, related, essays, Chris Hedges shows how… Continue reading

BORDER CROSSINGS –We’ve got another fine selection of features, covering a range of international hotspots. In our cover story, Edward S. Herman discusses the many failings of US President Obama, while John Pilger looks at the shameful conduct of Australian politicians at the time of the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia, Jonathan Cook and… Continue reading

26 February 2016 — Coldtype Remembering a renegade – Hilton Hamann tells of the troubled life and tragic death of South African photographer Juhan Kuus in this month’s 8-page cover story. In other articles, Peter Van Buren takes a job at minimum wage – and survives, Daniel Margrain criticizes the corporate takeover of public spaces,… Continue reading

10 February 2016 — Coldtype COLDTYPE Issue 112 Mid-February 2016 –  is now on line Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net GO TO HELL! Does political correctness trump free speech? John W. Whitehead says not, and explains why society needs to be more tolerant of hateful words and bullying. Other top stories include… Continue reading

25 January 2016 — Coldtype COLDTYPE Issue 111 February 2016 – Special Issue – is now on line Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net Continue reading

22 January 2016 — Coldtype Download and read Nic Oatridge‘s 20-page photo essay of the year-long strike that began on January 24, 1986, at www.coldtype.net/Assets/pdfs/Wapping1.pdf —————————- Note: The February issue of ColdType will be on line on Monday, January 25. Continue reading

11 January 2016 — Coldtype COLDTYPE Issue 110 January 2016 – is now on line Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net Do your newspaper front-page photographs tell the truth about what’s happening in the world? Probably not, according to David Shields, who, in our cover story, looks at more than 4,500 front pages of… Continue reading