Pam Bromley and the Rothschilds
Over the years I’ve had a few online spats with a former Labour councillor from Rossendale, one Pam Bromley. The…
Author: bobpitt (page 3)
Did Zelensky name a Ukrainian army brigade after a Nazi military unit?
On 14 February Volodymyr Zelensky issued a presidential decree awarding the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…
‘Give the pop stars a fairer share of the country’s wealth!’ The Beatles and the Taxman
The reissue of Revolver in a new and expanded edition, fifty-six years after its original appearance, has reinforced my view…
Another secularist rant from Nick Cohen
In today’s Observer, Nick Cohen rallies to the defence of Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, who published a book immediately following the Madrid…
Antisemitism and the Brick Lane mural: A retrospective assessment
It’s ten years since the creation, and rapid obliteration, of a now infamous mural off Brick Lane in East London.…
Churchill and Tonypandy: Did he really shoot down striking miners?
The controversy over Tariq Ali’s book Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes stirred renewed interest among the left in Churchill…
Has Zelensky sold off Ukraine’s agriculture to US multinationals?
According to a story doing the rounds on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky has sold 17 million hectares of his country’s…
Is Stepan Bandera’s birthday celebrated as a national holiday in Ukraine?
Every new year’s day far-right nationalists in Ukraine hold a torchlight march in Kiev to mark the birthday of their…
More disinformation on Ukraine: How fake news about a Shukhevych stamp went viral
This image, which depicts a Ukrainian stamp marking the 30 June birthday of notorious World War 2 Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych,…
Media coverage of fascism in Ukraine: Who’s to blame for ‘disinformation’?
For all its dodgy Cold War origins, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty once had a good record of exposing the role…