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The West’s ‘war on terror’ was built on a series of deceptions to persuade us that our leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it The story: Did you believe it 30 years ago when they told you that the Oslo Accords would bring peace to the Middle...
Owen Jones played a significant role in enabling the downfall of Jeremy Corbyn by failing to challenge the antisemitism smear campaign that was used as a political weapon against the Labour left. Despite positioning himself as a key figure on the British left, Jones consistently reinforced the false premise...
The story of Pope Joan has captivated scholars, theologians, and feminists alike for centuries. Allegedly a woman who disguised herself as a man and ascended to the papacy in the ninth century, Pope Joan’s existence remains highly contested. While mainstream historians largely dismiss the tale as myth, its endurance...
Modern slavery is a persistent and growing issue in capitalist economies, with an alarming number of individuals trapped in forced labour, exploitation, and human trafficking. Despite international 'condemnation,' the machinery of capitalism depends on modern slavery to sustain profit margins, and state institutions appear reluctant to fully address the...
It is deeply ironic that Donald Trump is talking of seeking to open our NHS health service to American  health companies   The United States has the lowest life expectancy at birth and the highest death rate for avoidable or treatable . conditions among all the higher-income countries. Furthermore, the US also...
Plans to develop the UK’s largest untapped oilfield, Rosebank, have been blocked in a landmark climate court ruling. A Scottish court determined that the previous Conservative government acted unlawfully when it approved both the offshore Rosebank oilfield and the smaller Jackdaw gas project without fully assessing their environmental impact. The...
Defence Secretary slams university protests at arms trade lobbying dinner while protesters heckle guests over Gaza genocide complicity  On 28th January, Defence Secretary John Healey spoke at the annual ADS dinner. The dinner, held at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane, is a major lobbying and networking...
What Nigel Farage and his Reform UK colleagues conveniently forget to communicate when advocating for private health care is that the UK health care system is dramatically underfunded compared to other health care systems. With comparative funding, it would provide the same or better outcomes. The United Kingdom operates under...
The political landscape in the United Kingdom has always been fraught with tension between the forces of radical change and the guardians of the status quo. Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, occupies a particularly contentious position in this dynamic. To some, he represents a steadying...
We tried to explain that they would never work, but few listened. Now the response by Biden and Trump exposes exactly what the USA thinks about free markets. They are, as the video above exposes, an illusion that is merely lip service by charlatans. (Interestingly, the spellcheck for 'charlatans' suggested...