On critical matters, our medical authorities have no interest in settling the science. Instead, battles are won in the arena of smear and insinuation.

On critical matters, our medical authorities have no interest in settling the science. Instead, battles are won in the arena of smear and insinuation.
There’s only one plausible explanation for the continuing silence on excess deaths: governments, media and regulators are frightened of what the research may uncover.
Scapegoating Jews by twisting the left’s lexicon against elites, the far-right has handed the establishment a slur that keeps on giving
Carlson was a genuine aberration in US corporate media. Which is why he is gone – sacked by media “titan” Rupert Murdoch.
First, journalists lapped up Russian culpability. Now they peddle a preposterous James Bond-style story. Anything to ignore the US role.
In an age of distortion, major columnists have powerful tools and a responsibility. His latest column on Russell Brand is an object lesson in how that can go wrong.
By colluding in Assange’s vilification, journalists can avoid thinking about the difference between what Wikileaks does and what they do.
Had we looked inwards rather than so aggressively outwards, we might live in a Pandora, not the last stages of the Anthropocene.
Asked who his allies against racism are, the Jewish comedian was flummoxed. That’s because he’s thrown his lot in with the racists.
Figureheads like the Guardian’s George Monbiot have wrecked the left’s ability to think critically, encouraging an analysis of power politics more suited to the playground
Monbiot’s position on every major issue, aside from his genuine passion for the environment, chimes precisely with that of his employer, the Guardian. He is not his own man. He’s owned.
If Washington was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Steam pipelines, it would mark a dangerous new stage not only in the Ukraine war but in Europe’s acceptance of vassal status.
The same ‘market discipline’ currently giving Britain’s PM a bloody nose would have crushed a Corbyn programme if he’d won power.
New Al Jazeera documentary reveals a covert alliance between the Labour right and hardline pro-Israel activists to purge the left as antisemites.
Black suits, hushed tones, an air of reverence conceal the panic of an establishment that has just lost the main vehicle for justifying its privilege.
Interviews with Volodymr Zelenskiy, Keir Starmer and Sam Harris strip away the illusion that we control our political system rather than it controls us.
The Satanic Verses novelist is championed by western liberals not because he’s bravely articulated difficult truths but because of who his enemies are.