The crime of compassion

Sometimes I think I have become so cynical that I am no longer capable of feeling true outrage. I have come to expect fascism, brutality and heartlessness from…

The waters are rising…….

Something strange is happening here. I lived in Britain for about 20 years and never heard much about flooding. There were occasional…

Payback

Many people in Britain have been wondering for the last few years exactly what we get out of the “special relationship” with…

Which group are you in?

I am belatedly getting around to writing about an excellent post over on Colonise This! It really got me thinking, not so…

Clueless

It’s become clear since I moved back to London that most white British people have absolutely no idea what racism is. They persist in lumping it together with…

Fear-based foreign policy

I’m not a very quick thinker. That’s why I don’t post every day, several times a day, responding to the latest news…

Taking Liberties

First of all, here are possibly the most chilling words to come from the mouth of a British Prime Minister since… well,…

Enough! Enough!

Thanks to Contemporary Anarchist for drawing my attention to this protest against the occupation of Palestine being organised by a coalition called…