Has the Labour front bench ‘taken almost £650,000 from private health companies’? Back in the day I used to spend quite a lot of time (probably more than was strictly necessary) debunking… Continue reading “Has the Labour front bench ‘taken almost £650,000 from private health companies’?”…
Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka? You might have thought there was sufficient substance to the scandal over Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka’s recent appearance in the… Continue reading “Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka?”…
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… Continue reading “Did Zelensky name a Ukrainian army brigade after a Nazi military unit?”…
‘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… Continue reading “‘Give the pop stars a fairer share of the country’s wealth!’ The Beatles and the Taxman”…
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… Continue reading “Churchill and Tonypandy: Did he really shoot down striking miners?”…
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… Continue reading “Has Zelensky sold off Ukraine’s agriculture to US multinationals?”…
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… Continue reading “Is Stepan Bandera’s birthday celebrated as a national holiday in Ukraine?”…
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,… Continue reading “More disinformation on Ukraine: How fake news about a Shukhevych stamp went viral”…
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… Continue reading “Media coverage of fascism in Ukraine: Who’s to blame for ‘disinformation’?”…
Confusion over the Ukrainian far right: Billy Bragg and the Banderite band There was a time when the mainstream media were prepared to report accurately and in some detail on the disturbing… Continue reading “Confusion over the Ukrainian far right: Billy Bragg and the Banderite band”…