The Israeli propaganda machine is constantly telling the world that they are trying to “avoid” civilian casualties during their near constant bombardment of Gaza. They have assured us that they take every reasonable step to warn civilians to flee their … Continue reading
The US, UK, Russia and France amongst others are engaged in a competition to sell as many advanced weapons systems as we can to any state that can afford to pay for them anywhere around the globe. Unfortunately, most of … Continue reading
“Reformism in local government has a Faustian history, often involving shady deals, compromised principles and unexpected outcomes as much as successful attempts to establish social justice in cities. Play your cards right and you can, like Herbert Morrison’s London county … Continue reading
The world’s so-called super powers are impotent and unable to end or even broker a successful humanitarian pause in the cauldron of the Gaza horrors. Netanyahu understands how weak Obama is in the US and may well suspect that the US president … Continue reading
In the securities industry, much of the multi-trillion dollar trading that occurs in the markets remains un- or under regulated. One such under regulated market is the trading of Credit Default Swap‘s, the banking industry’s own weapons of mass destruction. … Continue reading
The average age of Gaza’s population is 17 and a quarter of million are under 10 years old. Over 1,300 children have been injured and more than 350 killed in this latest round of the asymmetrical middle-east ‘war’. Channel 4 … Continue reading
The compelling and chilling account of a former Israeli Defence Force soldier about his time in Hebron. This is a video that everyone should watch. Re-blogged from Digital Resistance: “Ex-Israeli soldier speaks out… what he says will change everything you think you … Continue reading
Mark Regev, the chief spokesman for the Prime Minister of Israel, is the country’s go to guy when it comes to trying to defend the indefensible to the world’s media. Yesterday he managed to reach a new low following Israel’s … Continue reading
Any time a politician, or any public figure for that matter, tries to discuss the subject of wealth and income inequality they are immediately castigated in the right-wing media as being engaged in “class warfare“. Even president Obama, who had … Continue reading
The Australian tobacco lobbyist, Lynton Crosby, is the Conservative party’s political PR ‘guru’ and his spin machine is out of control. His strategy to win an election involves drumming-up hatred of immigrants and the poor and ‘managing’ the news agenda to … Continue reading
A recent TV debate – on whether internet offenders who view images of child sex abuse are also likely to commit contact assaults – highlights claims which bemuse and concern many of us working with child sexual abuse (CSA). Prof … Continue reading
In former Tory MP Michael Dobbs‘ novel, House of Cards, chief whip Francis Urquhart uses the dubious personal information that party whips gather on MP’s to blackmail them into complying with the government’s (and his own) agenda. Dobbs’ (fictional) account describes … Continue reading
“A lawsuit has been filed claiming that the iconic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” was far from original. The suit, filed on May 31 in the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, was brought by the estate … Continue reading
The coalition government has announced that it will be ‘rushing’ in emergency data laws in response to a three month old decision in the European Court of Justice which struck down the UK’s existing powers which hitherto had not been … Continue reading
“Jon Stewart did a great job in illustrating the warped thinking of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia today. He used the Bruce James Abramski case to ridicule Scalia. Abramski purchased a gun for his uncle three days after the uncle … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 