Lobster Issue 57 (Summer 2009)
In Parish Notices in the last issue I wrote ‘there isn’t much in this issue about the economic situation because there really isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said, for example by Larry Elliot in The Guardian every week.’ Well, I changed my mind about that and here are the bits I found … Read more
Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9)
Since 1945, an Agricultural Revolution has occurred in Britain whose significance and impact outstrip anything which occurred in the 18th century. It has turned farming from the practice of husbandry into a form of industrial production, transformed the landscape through its destructive effects on traditional features and substantially changed the nature of the food we … Read more
Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9)
I: Wilson, Cromer and the City One anniversary which has come and gone this year without much comment is the attempted 1968 ‘coup’ orchestrated by Cecil King against the Labour government of Harold Wilson. The plot was provoked by collapse of confidence in Wilson in the media (led by King’s Daily Mirror), finance, industry and … Read more
Lobster Issue 54 (Winter 2007/8)
[…] a critical analysis of globalisation. Who’s Watching You? seems pretty current as of mid-2007 – and pretty comprehensive, encompassing the entire range, from big hardware stuff, like Echelon and Carnivore, and satellites hoovering up the world’s babble, to the big private data collection agencies, such as Choicepoint; recent developments such as RFID chips and […]
Lobster Issue 54 (Winter 2007/8)
[…] her at all. In February 2000 former NSA employee Wayne Madsen stated that ‘undisclosed material held in US government files on Princess Diana was collected via the Echelon system because of her work with the international campaign to ban landmines ……Anybody who is politically active will eventually end up on the NSA’s radar screen.’ […]