The Vietnam War: Riding The Tiger – the problem with Ken Burns’ Vietnam documentary
“The most ominous danger we face comes from the marginalization and destruction of institutions, including the courts, academia, legislative bodies, cultural organizations and the...
Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO VI: From war propaganda to peace journalism
This series has argued that the war in Ukraine is being fuelled by a propaganda campaign which hides previous and current NATO/US aggressiveness towards Russia...
Wall Street, the Nazis, and the Crimes of the Deep State
This article has now been developed into a book, published with Skyhorse in June 2024. The book provides full and detailed analysis of the continuities between...
Far-Right Extremists and Neo-Nazis are Everywhere (but some are more ‘worthy’ than others)
February 2022 was a crucial turning point in human affairs. For two years, all matters Covid-19 dominated the public sphere, yet within a few...
Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO Part V: From Politics to Propaganda
Previous articles in this series addressed the expansion of NATO, the US government’s refusal to negotiate on further expansion with Russia and its unwillingness...
Whose Disinformation Is It Anyway? BBC vs Critical Academics
BBC Radio recently broadcast a File on 4 programme called Ukraine: The Disinformation War, promoted with the strapline ‘British academics accused of sharing Russian...
The Atrocity of Western Mainstream Media
My 2017 book, Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis: A Study in Conflict Propaganda (Routledge), chronicles the absurdly one-sided tunnel vision of Western...
Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO Part IV: From War to Peace
This article is Part IV in a series of six addressing the Ukraine war, war propaganda and peace journalism. It is also published in...
Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO Part III: From Peace to War
(Note from the Editors: This article is Part III of a series of six which will be published on a weekly basis; A version...
Thoughts about Weapons in the Context of the NATO-Russia War
A common motif to the narrative of NATO conflict in Ukraine has to do with war profiteering by the arms industries.
There is absolutely nothing...