The Austerity Myth

I get annoyed when politicians and their sycophants in the media speak to me as if I have the intelligence of an eight year old child. And that is exactly what they are doing when they refer to the economic policies adopted by the Tories and their Lib Dem supporters as “austerity”. In fact even … Read more

BBC reported al-Assad’s troops killed >53 protesters on Fri but did NOT use the phrase “killing his own people” It’s only for Libya stories

When Saleh’s troops killed 39 protesters last wk BBC did NOT use the phrase “killing his own people” which it reserves for reporting Libya

UK imperialism attacks Brega to “protect civilians”. Brega is a “strategic oil city” (Guardian) and most civilians have fled. Go figure