Would Iraq, still under Saddam, have embraced the Arab Spring?
With over one million Iraqis dead and millions displaced since the 2003 invasion, it’s a fascinating question asked in Foreign Policy (though the idea of US military intervention is hardly an answer to...
View ArticleABCTV News24′s The Drum on Israel/US/Iran and Syria
Last night I appeared on ABCTV’s The Drum (video here) discussing both domestic and international affairs. The key part of the show began when this week’s meeting between Barack Obama and Benjamin...
View ArticleWhat Israeli attack on Iran may bring
Gideon Levy in Haaretz on the real consequences of an Israeli strike against Iran (a message to be given to the litany of neo-cons and Zionist fanatics itching for war): Even the strongest supporters...
View ArticleMy #LeftTurn chapter on media complicity in war post 9/11
This appears in Crikey’s Pure Poison blog today: Following is an extract from “Media War Junkies Unite”, an essay by Antony Loewenstein from Left Turn: Political essays for the new Left which is edited...
View ArticleABCTV New24′s The Drum on Romney/Obama debate, Iran, Israel and Zionist...
Last night I appeared on ABC TV News24′s The Drum (video here) discussing the last Presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The real challenge was counting how many times Israel was...
View ArticleSo this is how the Iraq war could have started
A fascinating insight from the British mercenary Simon Mann in Vice magazine about what the Bush administration were really like; criminals on a war mission: Weren’t you also asked to help kick start...
View ArticleMurdoch press kindly protects Israel from Nazism, fascism and Maoism
What would a day be without lies, slander and mad exaggeration from the Murdoch media about Israel and its critics? After running one article this week, by Stuart Rees, that explained how BDS isn’t the...
View ArticleAustralian Jewish heads love Zionist colonies, conservatism and remain lost...
Australia has a federal election on 7 September. We’re looking at a change of government to Liberal leader Tony Abbott; a period of neo-conservatism awaits us. I agree with Wikileaks head Julian...
View ArticleWhy do so many Australians embrace spying?
My weekly Guardian column: Australians feel very comfortable with spying on our friends and enemies. During his visit to Canada this week, Tony Abbott, the prime minister, backed the Five Eyes...
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