Probably the definitive novel of the 20th century, a story that remains eternally fresh and contemporary, and whose terms such as “Big Brother”, “doublethink” and “newspeak” have become part of everyday currency, Nineteen Eighty-Four has been translated into more than 65 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide, giving George Orwell a unique place in world literature. Video Runtime 108 […]
Edward Snowden, the person who disclosed top-secret documents on the U.S. government’s massive surveillance programs, is reportedly in Hong Kong and seeking asylum from countries that value openness and freedom, conditions seen as slipping away at home by Ray McGovern Before the U.S. government and the mainstream media engage in the customary character assassination of truth-teller Edward Snowden – a fate […]
I watched the first part of the BBC’s ‘History of the Iraq War‘ series, and I have no intention of watching any more, because it won’t do my blood pressure any good by Matt Carr I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a shallow and essentially reverential piece of telehistory. Within ten minutes I was ready to scream with frustration […]
It is not whether the individual had done anything wrong: it is whether the state has done anything wrong. Hague’s plea for the omniscient state is chilling: if you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about by Craig Murray So it is alright for the state to eavesdrop all our social interactions, to follow our every […]
“I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong. I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions. I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant. I know […]
An update to yesterday’s article by Simon Wood (The 99.99998271%) The NSA whistleblower has now been identified as Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant who, until the leak, worked in Hawaii for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. His identity was made public at his own request. There can be no doubt that Mr. Snowden is a classic example […]
By Simon Wood (The 99.99998271%) “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare” – Mark Twain For those tired of being dismissed as ‘conspiracy theorists’ for the crime of paying attention and digging deeper than a Yahoo.com news headline, this has been a week of vindication. An unidentified whistleblower trusted […]
By Stephen Lendman On June 5, the London Evening Standard headlined “No minutes, no press conferences – just the world’s power brokers chewing the fat on the issues of the day. It’s the Bilderberg conference – and it’s coming to a suburb near you.” On June 6, it convened. It continues through June 9. It’s a rite of spring. A […]
Imagine the fear of letting your children out to play knowing they might be murdered by an anonymous person sitting in a control room thousands of miles away by John Hilley Welcome to the drone age. Or, more immediately, the most unwelcome terror for those at the receiving end of US drone missiles. As a new study reveals, “for every high-level suspect in Pakistan, the U.S. military […]
In the last week we have been following British and French’s desperate attempts to push for a military intervention in Syria. It is far from being a secret that both British and French government are dominated by the Jewish Lobby. In Britain it is the ultra Zionist CFI (Conservative Friends of Israel) – apparently 80% of Britain’s conservative MPs are […]
Although al-Qusayr may not be the decisive battle for Syria, it is irrefutably an important turning point in the crisis which has given the regime much sought military momentum. Plenty of adjectives and some clichés are being bandied about from Washington to Beirut to describe the al-Qusayr battle results and significance. Among them are game-changer, mother of all battles, a […]
by Positive Money George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme ‘stands head and shoulders above most of the stupid economic policies I have seen implemented during my 30 years in this business’, according to a leading City analyst, reads the Guardian, 4th June 2013 Albert Edwards, who heads the global strategy team at Société Générale said the chancellor’s flagship Help to […]
