By November 2023, it was already clear that the Israeli government had begun to deny Palestinians in Gaza access to water. ‘Every hour that passes with Israel preventing the provision of safe drinking water in the Gaza strip, in brazen breach of international law, puts Gazans at risk of dying of thirst and diseases related… Continue reading

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 — The New Dark Age I’m afraid I’ve been rather tardy of late in updating the site and I suppose I should apologise to regular visitors but I’m kinda burned out and preoccupied with other concerns and frankly, feeling rather lazy, I have after all, been doing this for 40 years,… Continue reading

23 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Wow, what a year eh! 2023 promises to be a watershed year for the planet and for all kinds of reasons. I think it may well be the year that decides whether our species has a future or not. Will the Evil Empire triumph or will it… Continue reading

Monday, 3 October 2022 — Investigating Imperialism Irony #1 What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of postwar history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal… Continue reading

Saturday, 17 September 2022 — The New Dark Age Updates below… Sunday, 18 September, 2022 – Sunset From my hospital Window I’m kinda ‘under the weather’ right now, in fact I’m feeling rather shitty,  some kind of chest infection which, hopefully will respond to antibiotics (when I can get hold of them with our trashed… Continue reading

Thursday, 19 May 2022 — The Tricontinental This image, from the latest Tricontinental Newsletter is so beautiful as well as so sad that it deserves a page all to itself, lest we forget. Malak Mattar (Palestine), Last Scene Before Flying with the Dove to Paradise, 2019. This is an extract from an essay by Nada… Continue reading

Monday, 18 April 2022 — The New Dark Age April 1933. Germany: The Nazis began a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. Stormtroopers positioned themselves in front of Jewish shops, with yellow stars painted on the houses and “Don’t buy from Jews” posters. The SA storm troopers (Hitler took over the SA in 1930) attack shops owned… Continue reading

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Tuesday, 12 April 2022 — The New Dark Age I’m kinda busy, catching up with news on events in Ukraine, and putting together an expanded piece on the Google intercepts issue. I’ll try and update later today if I can. Continue reading

Thursday, 17 March 2022 — The New Dark Age I need to amend this; It’s virtually impossible for me to ‘switch off’, I’ve already broken my own ‘rule’ twice! But I will endeavour to chill out, I have to. I’m going to have to take a step back from editing/publishing for awhile but I hope… Continue reading

Thursday, 10 March 2022 — The New Dark Age Update: South Front is back online as is Indian Punchline! South Front has gone and now Indian Punchline has disappeared, so no one, not even a retired Indian diplomat is safe from the long arm of the ‘fake news checkers’. I’ll keep this page at the… Continue reading

23 August 2021 — The New Dark Age No really, this time I really am taking a few days off, so no updates for a few days. B Continue reading

10 November 2020 — The New Dark Age Yet again I’ve shut down my Twitter account (the last time was several years ago), then I was foolishly persuaded to rejoin the evil propaganda outlet of the Gangsters. Actually, I really MUST BE MAD to use Twitter and not only line the pockets of the bastards that… Continue reading