New documentary reveals how false and inflammatory allegations made their way into the journalistic mainstream Forensic. Sober. Clear-sighted. Scrupulous. Al Jazeera’s investigative unit has produced a film that tells the story of what really happened on 7 October. This authoritative documentary does not flinch from detailing the atrocities and war crimes carried out by Hamas. But it shows beyond reasonable doubt that many […]
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A Profound Act Of Sincerity
One of the main reasons the self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell is having such an earth-shaking impact on our society is because it’s the single most profound act of sincerity that any of us have ever witnessed.
Tribute to John Pilger
We have lost the greatest journalist of our time. John Pilger has passed away. And what can one possibly say about this great man that will do him justice? Where are the words that can convey how inspirational and important he was? Not only his unparalleled journalism, but the man he was, made John universally admired and respected, because his […]
BSN Tribute to Shane McGowan
Shane McGowan died yesterday. An event which we dreaded would happen much sooner than it did touched the souls of not only those who admired his musical and lyrical genius but of those who recognised that a very special person has been in our midst. What can I say about Shane? The greatest lyricist, a true poet, a punk spirit, […]
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience – Henry David Thoreau
This seminal 1849 essay changed the lives of Gandhi and Martin Luther King when they read it. Indeed, it’s influence can be clearly seen in Dr. King’s important ‘A Letter From a Birmingham Jail. It changed my life too in that it resounded so strongly with my deepest feelings about societal justice and articulated so perfectly my most profound thoughts […]
Letter From an NHS Clinical Scientist to Sajid Javid on Why She is Quitting Over the Covid Vaccines
There follows a letter from an NHS Clinical Scientist of some 25 years – currently employed at an NHS University Hospital Trust but who has just resigned – to Health Secretary Sajid Javid to tell him why she is quitting over the complicity of the health service in the national scandal that is the Covid vaccine rollout. The letter is […]
President Assad Speech: Our army – an army from the people and for the people
President al-Assad made a televised speech on the occasion of the latest liberation wars: President al-Assad: Our army will never hesitate to carry out its national duties, and it will be as it always has been: an army from the people and for the people Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad on Monday delivered a televised speech on occasion of […]
The Truth About The Syrian Arab Army
Vanessa Beeley’s moving report from northern Syria: A Syrian Arab Army soldier just arrived at a base on the outskirts of Ayn Al Arab (Kobane). The SAA are not entering the center of these Kurdish controlled towns to allow the civilian population to establish a new equilibrium following the detente between Damascus and the Kurdish separatist factions promoted and supported […]
White Helmets and Hala Systems: the grotesque militarisation of ‘humanitarianism’ in Syria
Vanessa Beeley looks at how the now-infamous White Helmets partnered with Chicago-based Hala Systems to militarize so-called humanitarian efforts in Syria. Syria, August 2019 – reports came in that Russian warplanes had destroyed two terrorist-manned early warning radar posts in the Northern Hama countryside, known as the 20th post and the Eagle post. White Helmets training in early warning systems – […]
Khaled Al Khateb: The Death of a Syrian Hero and Ambassador For Real Journalism
Only last night here in the UK this co-editor was watching in anguish another manufactured report on the Syrian Arab Army’s ‘crimes’ in Idlib, complete with, of course, footage supplied by the terrorist White Helmets. The reporter for ITV’s News At Ten, Geraint Vincent, colluding in blatant propaganda that will add to the suffering of the Syrian people, is to […]
My Three Syrian Years: Aleksandr Kharchenko
Russian journalist Aleksandr Kharchenko gives a compelling and moving account of his work at the front lines in the Syrian Arab Army’s fight against NATO and Gulf state backed terrorism: Syria is a nice Middle Eastern country. The Middle East is always a fairy tale. We have heard a lot about this state, but it was always hard to tell […]