[…] in Britain’s shaky post-war situation economic information should be given a high priority. It was indeed satisfying when a single report could pay for the annual Secret Vote several times over. This was the pattern which, in his later appointments, Young attempted to set for the whole service. One report, however, did not meet […]
[…] to get Bush Jnr. elected both times. I do not have direct knowledge of the operation, but research “Robert Gates”, “Bill Owns”, “electronic voting security”, “HAVE”, “ vote here” and “Scientific Applications International Crop”. The operation went so well that Gates was going to be made the first ever Director of National Intelligence. He […]
Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire Anne Norton New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004 $25/£16 What’s the Matter with America? Thomas Frank The Resistable Rise of the American Right London: Secker & Warburg, 2004, £12 Most of us in Europe find it difficult to understand what happened in America on … Read more
Of the many questions left unanswered from this summer’s so-called Lobbygate furore, one stands out: why did Prime Minister Tony Blair expend so much energy and political capital saving Roger Liddle, the Downing Street adviser who was caught by The Observer offering access through his former lobbyist business partner, Derek Draper? Loyalty cannot be an … Read more
[…] Postscript Despite these last minute boosts to his campaign, Chirac suffered a decisive defeat in the election of May 8th. After Mitterand’s victory with 54% of the vote, the period of ‘co-habitation’ between Socialist President and Republican Prime Minister is over: Chirac resigned within a few days. The French vendetta starts a new stage […]
From Colin Johnson Re: review of Neck Deep in Lobster 54. I think your reviewer missed the main point. The book intended to demonstrate, perhaps over verbally because much of the material comes from articles previously published on Consortiumnews.com mail out, that over the period of George ‘Woodentop’ Bush’s presidency the republic of America was … Read more
A Bilderberg Press Release I don’t think I’ve ever published a press release before, but this is unmistakably a press release from last year’s Bilderberg meeting.(1) There is the occasional oddity in this, possibly caused by e-mail transmission, which I’ve highlighted, and I’ve arranged the participants by country, rather than alphabetically as in the original. … Read more
[…] SDP in which Rodgers, Horam, Thomas and Wrigglesworth were prominent members to British society was to keep Thatcher in power after 1981 by dividing the vote against her in 1983 and 1987. The impact this had on UK manufacturing and municipal government (the core of the GMB membership) indicates that the union […]
Amnon Reuveni Temple Lodge Publishing, London 1997, £9.95 The author notes in his Introduction that this was ‘written with the aid of Anthroposophy….and seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the post-Cold War world situation.’ The author’s assumptions are listed as: ‘The present is not only to he regarded as the outcome of … Read more
[…] win any important section of the working class to anti-imperialist positions, even where it is subjectively anti-capitalist. The situation in Northern Ireland highlights the urgency of doing so. If effective solidarity action is to be achieved, a considerable work of propaganda and demystification in Britain will be needed. VOTE LABOUR 7 Carlisle Street, London, W1
