Media
Chris Dillow: The Puzzle of Media Influence
Newspapers and television news are losing readers and viewer at an incredible rate. Why are this still so influential? Read Here
Media Influence
Fake News
Patrick Cockburn – Ukraine the Powderkeg Story: Always Smoking, Never Quite Exploding
The Ukraine conflict is becoming a media spectacle. Who needs a real war when this sort of stuff is available. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
Economics
Craig Murray – Cry “Havoc!” and Let Slip the dogs of war
Following the pummelling we have taken concerning Ukraine from mainstream media in the past week, we thought it might be interesting to hear another opinion. Alone the video contained in this article is worth posting […]
Media
Jonathan Cook – Didn’t those enraged at Boris Johnson’s ‘smears’ of Starmer defame Corbyn at every turn?
This may be difficult to understand if you are not British, but there is a lot to be learnt about the political class in general from this article. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist […]
Media
Jonathan Cook – Is it already too late to say goodbye?
This is a very poignant piece, as we consider Jonathan one of those few journalists with credibility. We are seeing many such websites closing down. One does not launch these websites to end up begging […]
Climate Crisis
PRovoke Media: 450 Climate Scientists Step Up Pressure On PR & Ad Agencies
Scientists are joining climate activists in calling on the PR and ad industries to cut ties with fossil fuel companies. Read here
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – My dummy spit over The Guardian and Don’t Look Up: climate change & 50 years of media degeneration
Just a few opportunistic comments: We began our boycott of the Guardian over two years ago for similar reasons (about the same time David Graeber decided to stop writing for the Guardian). Steve is an […]
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: Losing It
First when we admit that mainstream media is not defending our democratic rights, but instead destroying democracy and the planet, then turn our back on it to develop truly democratic media, do we have a […]
Climate Crisis
Andrew Stirling, Phil Johnstone – Why is support for nuclear power noisiest just as its failures become most clear?
The UK government and mainstream media agree we need nuclear to avoid the worst climate change. They’re wrong – so why aren’t we hearing that? Andrew Stirling is Professor of Science & Technology Policy (SPRU […]
Finance
Chris Dillow: Class, sympathy & solidarity
The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell has promoted some sympathetic headlines. Both ABC and CBS write of her “fall from grace” and the BBC of her “downfall”. All of which reflects Rachel Johnson’s attitude, that “it’s […]