Brexit Was Johnson’s Churchillian Moment. So Britain Can Now Have Its Cake and Eat It?

January 15, 2021

Britain got its independence back and got the best trade deal it could hope for with Brussels. Too good to be true? There was a great deal of bluffing on both sides, right up to the line. But the Brex…

Guinea Pigs United

January 12, 2021

Opinion

Not many countries are brave or reckless enough to execute a vast medical experiment on their entire population and put vulnerable people at risk. Britain and Israel did. On December 8, Britain was th…

Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror Across Europe

December 18, 2020

Opinion

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The artic…

From Balfour to the Nakba: The Settler-Colonial Experience of Palestine

November 7, 2020

Opinion

The late prominent scholar of settler-colonialism, Patrick Wolfe, reminded us repeatedly that it is not an event, it is a structure. While settler-colonialism in many cases has a historical start…

History as Warfare: The ‘1619 Project’ and the Plot to Destroy the Republic

October 11, 2020

History

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip, as long as this roof shuts out the sky.”Marquis St. Evrémonde (f…

Why Is the British Press Sexing Up Stories on Hezbollah, Iran and China?

October 6, 2020

Opinion

The British press seem to be doing a rancorous business of late of fabricating stories about Iran, Hezbollah and China. It’s almost as though these subjects are fair game for the old newsroom saying, …

Boris Johnson Is Failing So Badly Because of One Clear Weakness

September 22, 2020

Opinion

Twenty years ago, a novelist went to see his publisher to discuss his proposal to write a dystopian novel set in Britain in 2020 when newspaper columnists have taken power and are running the country.…

Britain’s “Gears” are Stuck

September 1, 2020

Opinion

Great Britain, a country that has, undoubtedly, mistreated inhabitants of its former colonies in the East, is in the midst of an “old age crisis”, indicative of an imminent collapse of its empire. Now…