Tag: Caitlin Johnstone
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The likeable chaps who destroy worlds

This area I’ve been trying to think about – the whole sweep of countries that Israel seems to have a license to bomb – it’s been going under the name of ‘The Middle East’, normally pronounced in news reports with the prefix ‘Troubleinthe’: here in the UK, the BBC brought me up to be very…
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A thank you and an urgent hallooo!

Dear all, This is my periodic thank you to all who read my blog, and especially to those who help out by liking, sharing and/or donating to keep the blog going. As ever, I would like to spread that thank you, to cover all those who write outside the mainstream media – you know why…
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Find the human – then find some more humans

Avanti Lentemente (forward, slowly) This is the story of a train ticket. It is quite long but it contains a big welfare issue (actually, the biggest welfare issue) and a potential time-saver (actually, a life saver) for humans everywhere. One day back in June, I turned up at Penrith station with the intention of getting…
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Of Musk and Money

***long read for the weekend*** The enemy of your enemy is not your friend. Nor is the friend of your friend necessarily on the same page as you, and just to make things even more complex, your friends and comrades just might not agree with you… There’s been a noticeable change in the prevailing winds…