Investigative journalism? A look back to when words truly were weapons
AS we today complain, rightly so, of the dearth of good journalists in the mainstream media, I find myself re-reading Paul Foot’s ‘Words as Weapons’, and, for those who may…
Alfred Linnell: the death of an ordinary man
On December 18, Linnell was given a grand funeral. A huge procession of socialists, radicals, feminists, Irish Republicans and working people walked from the West End of London to the…
Ten killed in racially-motivated shooting
ON Saturday a gunman in Buffalo, New York killed ten people and injured three more in what has been described as a racially motivated killing. 18-year-old Payton Gendron, drove from…
Finland and Sweden set to join NATO in what Russia sees as ‘unfriendly’ steps
IT is worrying that two countries with a long history of wartime neutrality – Finland and Sweden – could apply for NATO membership within days. This is of course in…
Aspire Party ousts Labour in Tower Hamlets
IN what must have come as a shock to Labour over the weekend, Lutfur Rahman of the Aspire Party won the mayoral election for Tower Hamlets, defeating the incumbent, John…
Outrage as settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque again
PALESTINIANS are outraged again after warning last week against allowing Israeli settlers to enter al-Aqsa Mosque, yet hundreds of settlers, accompanied by Israeli security forces, stormed the mosque in occupied…
Starmer’s Labour: lies, lies, and more lies
ALMOST everyone in the UK – and abroad – knows that Boris Johnson lies; we’ve become so accustomed to it that a more shocking headline might read ‘Boris Johnson caught…
“Difficult to see” how Corbyn can have whip reinstated says Starmer
ONLY the uninformed can now be unaccustomed to Keir Starmer changing the goalposts – or indeed, simply changing positions depending which way the mood of the public, as portrayed in…
Make every day Earth Day
Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein IT is Earth Day today, the 52nd such day in fact, the first being held on April…
No signs of peace in Ukraine
UNFORTUNATELY for all those involved, the war in Ukraine is showing no signs of de-escalation. Rather, yesterday we saw Russian forces bombarding several Ukrainian cities including Lviv in the west.…