One of the most important books of recent times about the UK political scene is Peter Oborne’s, The Triumph of[...]
Month: September 2025
Reporting on a genocideReporting on a genocide
0 Comments 5:41 pmI don’t want to criticise the Guardian on this. Some of their reporting on Gaza has been very good, for[...]
Review of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling SocietyReview of Ivan Illich’s seminal Deschooling Society
0 Comments 1:57 pmIllich’s profound analysis of modern Western societies through the fulcrum of the ‘manipulative institution’ is as significant an analysis as[...]
Review of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedReview of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0 Comments 1:51 pmFirst published in 1968 this is a world-famous work on pedagogy in the context of a struggle for liberation. The[...]
The fake intellectuality of the WestThe fake intellectuality of the West
0 Comments 1:40 pmOne of the lines that gets trotted out repeatedly by the Western political-media nexus, (the PR wing of the corporate-financial-military[...]
Fun fact of the day – UK spends nearly twice as much on servicing the national debt as on defenceFun fact of the day – UK spends nearly twice as much on servicing the national debt as on defence
0 Comments 5:44 pmIn 2025 UK National Debt stood at 96% of GDP. [1] In 2023/24 the UK defence budget was £53.9 billion[...]
Putin is the governor of Texas?Putin is the governor of Texas?
0 Comments 11:02 amThis truly bizarre statement appears to have been made by Mark Rutte, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, and now[...]
Claiming that Putin “claimed”.Claiming that Putin “claimed”.
0 Comments 1:25 pmThe pseudo-journalists who produce propaganda for Western media have blood on their hands. Copious amounts of it. With varying degrees[...]
A case study in hypocrisy – the EU and Russian gasA case study in hypocrisy – the EU and Russian gas
0 Comments 9:39 amThis image seems to have been contributed to WikiMedia Commons by an individual. I would guess that this is a[...]