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…
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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…
Ukraine and the Bandera cult
After pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was brought down in 2014 by the Maidan protest movement, in which a decisive part…
On the ‘doxxing’ of J.K. Rowling
Last Friday comedian Holly Stars, actor Georgia Frost and drag king Richard Energy staged a small-scale demonstration outside the Edinburgh…
New wave of disciplinary action against Labour members: A rightwing campaign to purge the left
A fortnight ago I finally got a letter from the Complaints Team in the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit…
John Pilger’s fantasy history of Afghanistan
Last week the veteran leftwing journalist John Pilger published an article titled “Afghanistan, The Great Game of Smashing Countries”, which…
Boris Johnson and his hero from Jaws
One interesting feature of Dominic Cummings’ account of Boris Johnson’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic last year was his revelation…
Keir and the coronavirus crank: Why Starmer’s leftwing critics were wrong
One of the bizarre features of the much-publicised clash between Keir Starmer and Bath pub landlord Rod Humphris, which took…
Corbyn and the peace prize: Skwawkbox embarrasses the Left again
Labour MP Chris Williamson made an appearance on the Daily Politics show yesterday to vigorously defend the view that there…
Dorset Eye and conspiracies — how a leftwing website mistook satire for fact
If you spend much time on social media you can often come away with the impression that the entire left…