Left politics
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Criticising Monbiot isn’t ‘demonisation’. It’s a first step on the path to reclaiming our minds
The other day I wrote a piece criticising Guardian columnist George Monbiot for his failure to speak out loudly in support of Julian Assange during last month’s hearings in which the United States has been seeking to extradite the Wikileaks founder so that he can be locked away for the rest of his life on… Continue reading
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How the Guardian betrayed not only Corbyn but the last vestiges of British democracy
It is simply astonishing that the first attempt by the Guardian – the only major British newspaper styling itself as on the liberal-left – to properly examine the contents of a devastating internal Labour party report leaked in April is taking place nearly four months after the 860-page report first came to light. Continue reading
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Has the left been gulled into believing its small right to speech is already too much?
My post earlier this month on the so-called “cancel culture” letter proved to be the most polarising I have written – matched only by another recent post on the pulling down of a statue in the UK to a slave trader. The ferocity of the reactions to both, I believe, is related. It derives from… Continue reading
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A lesson coronavirus is about to teach the world
If a disease can teach wisdom beyond our understanding of how precarious and precious life is, the coronavirus has offered two lessons. Continue reading
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How the ‘Bernie Bros’ were invented as sexist, racist, antisemitic and unAmerican as borscht
The Democratic presidential nomination race is a fascinating case study in how power works – not least, because the Democratic party leaders are visibly contriving to impose one candidate, Joe Biden, as the party’s nominee, even as it becomes clear that he is no longer mentally equipped to run a local table tennis club let… Continue reading
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How we stay blind to the story of power
If one thing drives me to write, especially these blog posts, it is the urgent need for us to start understanding power. Power is the force that shapes almost everything about our lives and our deaths. There is no more important issue. Understanding power and overcoming it through that understanding is the only path to… Continue reading
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Mark Field and the danger of getting sidetracked
I really do not wish to write about Mark Field, the British government minister who assaulted a climate change activist this week, grabbing her by the neck and violently marching her out of a City of London dinner while all the hundreds of other wealthy diners watched either impassively or approvingly. But whatever my wishes,… Continue reading
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Anti-semitism vigilantes are feeding the far-right By Jonathan Cook
Has anyone else noticed how almost anything you say nowadays – if it’s leftwing – can suddenly be cited as proof of your anti-semitism? That is, if you haven’t already been denounced as a Kremlin stooge. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 