Lobster Issue 48 (Winter 2004)
The apparent re-election of George W. Bush as US President seems to have its roots in a mechanical failure. On 12 March 2004, a car went out of control on a busy highway and propelled itself in front of an 18-wheeler. The driver – an African-American clergyman called Athan Gibbs – was killed outright. Gibbs, … Read more
Lobster Issue 31 (June 1996)
Free Ride Department Meanwhile the Rand Corporation (that liberal think tank in Santa Monica which helps decide which Russian cities should be atom-bombed) has declared that the federal government must continue to support an obscure military satellite system known as Global Positioning Network. Much beloved by high-tech hikers and rental car enthusiasts, the GPS supposedly … Read more
Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7)
Iraqi documents Iraq on the Record (<http://democrats.reform.house.gov/IraqOnTheRecord>) is a searchable collection of over 200 specific misleading statements made by Bush administration officials about the threat allegedly posed by Iraq. The collection would be even larger if it also included statements that appear mistaken only in hindsight. However, if a statement was ‘…an accurate reflection of … Read more
Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1)
A secret service? In the Guardian of 12 June 2000 David Leigh had an important piece on the relationship between our secret servants and the media. At the core of this was his account of the revelation, via a libel suit in London, of an MI6 operation to plant disinformation in the Sunday Telegraph about … Read more
Lobster Issue 55 (Summer 2008)
[…] who’s pulling the trigger and indeed may have encouraged it in the first place – but its fingerprints are rarely, if ever, found.’ Philip Johnson, ‘Licensed to kill? Yes, but…’, The Daily Telegraph, 23 February 2008. See also Stephen Dorril, ‘The truth about MI6…’, The Express, 22 February 2008. Dearlove’s evidence at the inquest […]
Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1)
SIS is dead – you read it first in Lobster – but the funeral has not been announced. Established in 1909, it will not make its centenary. SIS once offered a global brand operating in a market that had been previously divided along the lines of accepted cartels (market fixing). Its market-share, however, has been … Read more
Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998)
[…] lousy swine like Jeffrey Hamm to get up on a street corner in the East End of London and shout, ‘Down with the Jews. Burn the synagogues. Kill the Aliens,’ and he gets away with it, but if a person tries to pull him up, what happens? The so-called keepers of law and order, […]
Lobster Issue 24 (December 1992)
See also: Part 1: British Fascism 1974-92 (Lobster 23) Part 3: British fascism 1983-6 (Lobster 25) Part 4: British Fascism 1983-6 (II) (Lobster 26) The 1986 National Front Split (Lobster 29) Introduction In the first part of this essay, in Lobster 23, after reviewing the strategies adopted by significant British fascist parties in the period, … Read more