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Former teacher, born in the US now a German citizen. Author of "Correspondence with Vincent Salandria," "Looking for the Enemy," "The Transparent Conspiracy," et al. I blog at morrissey.substack.com.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
A Comprehensive Deal for Peace in the Middle East SHARE
The common-sense answer to Alice Weidel's flummoxed (non-) response to Elon Musk's equally flummoxed question "What to do about Israel and Gaza?" in their recent interview. In short: Stop the killing, follow the UN-mandate to create a sovereign Palestine, try to restore the damage to Palestine that has been inflicted on the Palestinians.
A Comprehensive Deal for Peace in the Middle East SHARE
The common-sense answer to Alice Weidel's flummoxed (non-) response to Elon Musk's equally flummoxed question "What to do about Israel and Gaza?" in their recent interview. In short: Stop the killing, follow the UN-mandate to create a sovereign Palestine, try to restore the damage to Palestine that has been inflicted on the Palestinians.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Shipwreck of Fools SHARE
The link is to my web page because it is a poem with a lot of footnotes. A Google account is not necessary to view the text. Double-click on the footnote number to see the footnote -- and keep the number in mind so you know which footnote to look for. Then hit Esc to return to the text.
Shipwreck of Fools SHARE
The link is to my web page because it is a poem with a lot of footnotes. A Google account is not necessary to view the text. Double-click on the footnote number to see the footnote -- and keep the number in mind so you know which footnote to look for. Then hit Esc to return to the text.
(8 comments)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Some hard thoughts about post Ukraine SHARE
Former CIA analyst Graham Fuller writes: "Sadly for Washington, nearly every single one of its expectations about this war are turning out to be incorrect. Indeed the West may come to look back at this moment as the final argument against following Washington’s quest for global dominance into ever newer and more dangerous and damaging confrontations with Eurasia. And most of the rest of the world–Latin America, India, the Middle East and Africa– find few national interests in this fundamentally American war against Russia."
Some hard thoughts about post Ukraine SHARE
Former CIA analyst Graham Fuller writes: "Sadly for Washington, nearly every single one of its expectations about this war are turning out to be incorrect. Indeed the West may come to look back at this moment as the final argument against following Washington’s quest for global dominance into ever newer and more dangerous and damaging confrontations with Eurasia. And most of the rest of the world–Latin America, India, the Middle East and Africa– find few national interests in this fundamentally American war against Russia."
(6 comments)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Reaching a Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine SHARE
This looks to me like a fair and equitable basis for negotiations. It really amounts to exactly what the Russians wanted before the invasion, namely a commitment to not allowing Ukraine into NATO and the semi-autonomy of the Donbas and the full implementation of the Minsk 2 accords. The failure of Ukraine and the US to agree to these points is what precipitated the invasion. It would have been much better, obviously, if all this had been done before Feb. 24, but better late than never.
Let us watch closely how the various governments respond; ignoring them should not be an option!
Reaching a Just and Lasting Peace in Ukraine SHARE
This looks to me like a fair and equitable basis for negotiations. It really amounts to exactly what the Russians wanted before the invasion, namely a commitment to not allowing Ukraine into NATO and the semi-autonomy of the Donbas and the full implementation of the Minsk 2 accords. The failure of Ukraine and the US to agree to these points is what precipitated the invasion. It would have been much better, obviously, if all this had been done before Feb. 24, but better late than never.
Let us watch closely how the various governments respond; ignoring them should not be an option!
(35 comments)
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
The Bucha Provocation SHARE
Since the news about Bucha appeared on Sunday (April 3) I have been looking for voices of reason in the overwhelmingly Russophobic propaganda stream; they are few and far between. Here is one. See also the links in the article, and here and here. Most importantly, cui bono? The Russians would have everything to lose if they did it, the Ukrainians (especially the Azov extremists) everything to gain -- i.e. more pressure to get NATO directly involved.
The Bucha Provocation SHARE
Since the news about Bucha appeared on Sunday (April 3) I have been looking for voices of reason in the overwhelmingly Russophobic propaganda stream; they are few and far between. Here is one. See also the links in the article, and here and here. Most importantly, cui bono? The Russians would have everything to lose if they did it, the Ukrainians (especially the Azov extremists) everything to gain -- i.e. more pressure to get NATO directly involved.
(22 comments)
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Tulsi Gabbard Talks Straight SHARE
Incredible as it may seem, Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is obviously a fan of Tulsi Gabbard, and Tulsi is in my book the best and most courageous politician around. I trust that she is gearing up for another presidential run in 2024 because she would be great -- that is, if the dark forces she speaks of here, the warmongers, don't find a way to get her out of the picture before then, or get to her even after she gets into office, which is what I suspect happened to Trump. But she is no Donald Trump, and I don't think she would cave. She is the best thing on the political horizon that I have seen for a long time -- since George McGovern, the last presidential candidate who tried to stop a war and managed not to get shot, though he was buried in a "landslide" election (about which I have always had suspicions).
Tulsi Gabbard Talks Straight SHARE
Incredible as it may seem, Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is obviously a fan of Tulsi Gabbard, and Tulsi is in my book the best and most courageous politician around. I trust that she is gearing up for another presidential run in 2024 because she would be great -- that is, if the dark forces she speaks of here, the warmongers, don't find a way to get her out of the picture before then, or get to her even after she gets into office, which is what I suspect happened to Trump. But she is no Donald Trump, and I don't think she would cave. She is the best thing on the political horizon that I have seen for a long time -- since George McGovern, the last presidential candidate who tried to stop a war and managed not to get shot, though he was buried in a "landslide" election (about which I have always had suspicions).
(4 comments)
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
A Covid Origin Conspiracy? SHARE
From almost the moment the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the city of Wuhan, the medical-research establishment in Washington and London insisted that the virus had emerged naturally. Only conspiracy theorists, they said, would give credence to the idea that the virus had escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Now a string of unearthed emails—the most recent being a batch viewed by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and referred to in its January 11, 2022 letter—is making it seem increasingly likely that there was, in fact, a conspiracy, its aim being to suppress the notion that the virus had emerged from research funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), headed by Anthony Fauci.
A Covid Origin Conspiracy? SHARE
From almost the moment the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the city of Wuhan, the medical-research establishment in Washington and London insisted that the virus had emerged naturally. Only conspiracy theorists, they said, would give credence to the idea that the virus had escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Now a string of unearthed emails—the most recent being a batch viewed by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and referred to in its January 11, 2022 letter—is making it seem increasingly likely that there was, in fact, a conspiracy, its aim being to suppress the notion that the virus had emerged from research funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), headed by Anthony Fauci.
(9 comments)
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy SHARE
I am linking to this not because I agree with Kevin Ryan but because he is a respected researcher (on 9/11) and I would like to engage in an open dialogue with him and others on the points he discusses here. The last discussion I've seen here on covid was on Dec. 11, 2021, which now seems too far away to arouse any interest. Apparently there is some trouble getting posts like this past the "Google censors"; I am not sure what this means but I hope it is not a real problem. I hate to think that Google is in position to censor what appears on this site. I will post my points of disagreement with Kevin as the first comment below.
Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy SHARE
I am linking to this not because I agree with Kevin Ryan but because he is a respected researcher (on 9/11) and I would like to engage in an open dialogue with him and others on the points he discusses here. The last discussion I've seen here on covid was on Dec. 11, 2021, which now seems too far away to arouse any interest. Apparently there is some trouble getting posts like this past the "Google censors"; I am not sure what this means but I hope it is not a real problem. I hate to think that Google is in position to censor what appears on this site. I will post my points of disagreement with Kevin as the first comment below.
(4 comments)
Thursday, July 1, 2021
The Weird, Creepy Media Blackout On Recent Assange Revelations SHARE
The news that a key witness in the US government’s case against Julian Assange lied, spied and fabricated evidence in return for FBI money and immunity has been blacked out by the mass media. A better example of the US government's stranglehold on the world press can hardly be imagined.
The Weird, Creepy Media Blackout On Recent Assange Revelations SHARE
The news that a key witness in the US government’s case against Julian Assange lied, spied and fabricated evidence in return for FBI money and immunity has been blacked out by the mass media. A better example of the US government's stranglehold on the world press can hardly be imagined.
(12 comments)
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Coronavirus Origin Study Released SHARE
The coronavirus has led to a worldwide crisis for over a year. In a new study, nanoscientist Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger of the University of Hamburg illuminates the origins of the virus. His findings conclude there are a number of quality sources indicating a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the cause of the current pandemic.
Coronavirus Origin Study Released SHARE
The coronavirus has led to a worldwide crisis for over a year. In a new study, nanoscientist Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger of the University of Hamburg illuminates the origins of the virus. His findings conclude there are a number of quality sources indicating a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the cause of the current pandemic.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
German Cross-Party Group Calls for Release of Assange SHARE
This is the ONLY English-language report I have found via Google and Duckduckgo, and it hasn't appeared in the German TV news either. It is important because ALL the German parliamentary parties, including not only the Left (Linke), who have supported Assange for years, but also the SPD, CDU, the Greens and the FDP have joined in this call too free Assange and remove this outrageous threat to free speech and journalists everywhere. (The AfD were not invited.) In the U.S. only Tulsi Gabbard, as far as I know, has called for Trump to "pardon" Assange (and Snowden) for the "crime" of doing what all journalists should do, which is report the truth.
German Cross-Party Group Calls for Release of Assange SHARE
This is the ONLY English-language report I have found via Google and Duckduckgo, and it hasn't appeared in the German TV news either. It is important because ALL the German parliamentary parties, including not only the Left (Linke), who have supported Assange for years, but also the SPD, CDU, the Greens and the FDP have joined in this call too free Assange and remove this outrageous threat to free speech and journalists everywhere. (The AfD were not invited.) In the U.S. only Tulsi Gabbard, as far as I know, has called for Trump to "pardon" Assange (and Snowden) for the "crime" of doing what all journalists should do, which is report the truth.
(6 comments)
Saturday, August 4, 2018
New left-wing German political movement, Stand Up, to go online at weekend SHARE
The high-profile faction leader of Die Linke, Sahra Wagenknecht, has been working for months on a movement to unite left-wing politicians across party boundaries. The movement now has a name and is about to go online.The new left-wing political movement first proposed by Wagenknecht in early 2018 is to be called Aufstehen (stand up). Its website, aufstehen.de, will go live on Saturday, Spiegel reports.
New left-wing German political movement, Stand Up, to go online at weekend SHARE
The high-profile faction leader of Die Linke, Sahra Wagenknecht, has been working for months on a movement to unite left-wing politicians across party boundaries. The movement now has a name and is about to go online.The new left-wing political movement first proposed by Wagenknecht in early 2018 is to be called Aufstehen (stand up). Its website, aufstehen.de, will go live on Saturday, Spiegel reports.
(12 comments)
Thursday, July 12, 2018
NATO Needs to End SHARE
Pat Elder of World Beyond War writes: "The United States generates most of the wars and does most of the fighting, but Europe gets the majority of the terrorist blowback. What kind of a deal is that for Europe? War endangers us all; it does not protect us. It is the top drain on our finances, the top destroyer of our natural environment, the top eroder of our liberties, the top corroder of our cultures and teacher of hatred and violence. We need to replace it with useful spending on human and environmental needs, nonviolent global relations, and the rule of law — yes, including prosecutions of war makers even when they are not from Africa."
NATO Needs to End SHARE
Pat Elder of World Beyond War writes: "The United States generates most of the wars and does most of the fighting, but Europe gets the majority of the terrorist blowback. What kind of a deal is that for Europe? War endangers us all; it does not protect us. It is the top drain on our finances, the top destroyer of our natural environment, the top eroder of our liberties, the top corroder of our cultures and teacher of hatred and violence. We need to replace it with useful spending on human and environmental needs, nonviolent global relations, and the rule of law — yes, including prosecutions of war makers even when they are not from Africa."
(4 comments)
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Protesters outside gate demand Ramstein Air Base's closure SHARE
Strange as it may seem to be linking to Stars and Stripes, which publishes "News for America's Military," the only other report in English was in Sputnik News (link in comment). The protest did not make the German TV news either, although a major politician, Sahra Wagenknecht of The Left, spoke, as well as Eugen Drewermann, Ann Wright, Pat Elder, and others.
Protesters outside gate demand Ramstein Air Base's closure SHARE
Strange as it may seem to be linking to Stars and Stripes, which publishes "News for America's Military," the only other report in English was in Sputnik News (link in comment). The protest did not make the German TV news either, although a major politician, Sahra Wagenknecht of The Left, spoke, as well as Eugen Drewermann, Ann Wright, Pat Elder, and others.
(16 comments)
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
US Democratic senators demand eviction of Julian Assange from Ecuador's London embassy SHARE
James Cogan writes in wsws.org: "Ten Democratic Party senators have issued a reprehensible call for the Trump administration to demand that the Ecuadorian government renege on the political asylum it provided WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange six years ago and evict him from its London embassy. He would then be detained by British police, while US agencies filed extradition warrants."
The signatories are a roll-call of leading congressional Democrats: Robert Menendez, Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Edward J. Markey, Michael Bennet, Christopher Coons, Joe Manchin, Jeanne Shaheen, Diane Feinstein and Mark Warner.The document exudes deceit, and the hatred of the American ruling class for Assange, a journalist who has exposed the criminality of US imperialism and the real goings-on within its corridors of power, including within the Democratic Party.
US Democratic senators demand eviction of Julian Assange from Ecuador's London embassy SHARE
James Cogan writes in wsws.org: "Ten Democratic Party senators have issued a reprehensible call for the Trump administration to demand that the Ecuadorian government renege on the political asylum it provided WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange six years ago and evict him from its London embassy. He would then be detained by British police, while US agencies filed extradition warrants."
The signatories are a roll-call of leading congressional Democrats: Robert Menendez, Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Edward J. Markey, Michael Bennet, Christopher Coons, Joe Manchin, Jeanne Shaheen, Diane Feinstein and Mark Warner.The document exudes deceit, and the hatred of the American ruling class for Assange, a journalist who has exposed the criminality of US imperialism and the real goings-on within its corridors of power, including within the Democratic Party.
(4 comments)
Friday, June 15, 2018
The end of net neutrality SHARE
Andre Damon of wsws.org writes: "Net neutrality, the legal requirement that internet service providers (ISPs) treat all communications as equal, officially ended on Monday. The move is a major milestone in the attack on a free and open internet and on freedom of expression in the United States."
The end of net neutrality SHARE
Andre Damon of wsws.org writes: "Net neutrality, the legal requirement that internet service providers (ISPs) treat all communications as equal, officially ended on Monday. The move is a major milestone in the attack on a free and open internet and on freedom of expression in the United States."
(3 comments)
Sunday, June 10, 2018
The Eerie Silence Surrounding the Assange Case SHARE
Julian Assange remains cut off from the world in Ecuador’s London embassy, shut off from friends, relatives and thousands of supporters, leaving him unable to do his crucial work, as John Pilger discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein...Dennis Bernstein spoke with John Pilger, a close friend and supporter of Assange, on May 29. The interview began with the statement Bernstein delivered for Pilger at the Left Forum last weekend in New York on a panel devoted to Assange entitled, “Russia-gate and WikiLeaks”.
The Eerie Silence Surrounding the Assange Case SHARE
Julian Assange remains cut off from the world in Ecuador’s London embassy, shut off from friends, relatives and thousands of supporters, leaving him unable to do his crucial work, as John Pilger discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein...Dennis Bernstein spoke with John Pilger, a close friend and supporter of Assange, on May 29. The interview began with the statement Bernstein delivered for Pilger at the Left Forum last weekend in New York on a panel devoted to Assange entitled, “Russia-gate and WikiLeaks”.
(2 comments)
Friday, June 1, 2018
The New York Times and the murder that wasn't SHARE
Andre Damon of wsws.org says the faked murder of Arkady Babchenko and attempt to blame it on Russia " has shown who the real purveyors of 'fake news' are: not the oppositional news sites targeted for censorship, but the newsrooms of the mainstream press in New York, Washington and London."
The New York Times and the murder that wasn't SHARE
Andre Damon of wsws.org says the faked murder of Arkady Babchenko and attempt to blame it on Russia " has shown who the real purveyors of 'fake news' are: not the oppositional news sites targeted for censorship, but the newsrooms of the mainstream press in New York, Washington and London."
(2 comments)
Monday, May 21, 2018
The Philip Cross Affair SHARE
Craig Murray poses some disturbing questions about Wikipedia. This is supposed to be an "open source" website, that is, editable by virtually anybody, but that is not the case. Anyone who has actually tried to "edit" Wikpedia articles should have similar stories to tell. So who or what is really behind Wikipedia?“Philip Cross” has not had one single day off from editing Wikipedia in almost five years. “He” has edited every single day from 29 August 2013 to 14 May 2018. Including five Christmas Days. That’s 1,721 consecutive days of editing.133,612 edits to Wikpedia have been made in the name of “Philip Cross” over 14 years. That’s over 30 edits per day, seven days a week. And I do not use that figuratively: Wikipedia edits are timed, and if you plot them, the timecard for “Philip Cross’s” Wikipedia activity is astonishing is astonishing if it is one individual:
The Philip Cross Affair SHARE
Craig Murray poses some disturbing questions about Wikipedia. This is supposed to be an "open source" website, that is, editable by virtually anybody, but that is not the case. Anyone who has actually tried to "edit" Wikpedia articles should have similar stories to tell. So who or what is really behind Wikipedia?“Philip Cross” has not had one single day off from editing Wikipedia in almost five years. “He” has edited every single day from 29 August 2013 to 14 May 2018. Including five Christmas Days. That’s 1,721 consecutive days of editing.133,612 edits to Wikpedia have been made in the name of “Philip Cross” over 14 years. That’s over 30 edits per day, seven days a week. And I do not use that figuratively: Wikipedia edits are timed, and if you plot them, the timecard for “Philip Cross’s” Wikipedia activity is astonishing is astonishing if it is one individual:
(4 comments)
Monday, May 7, 2018
US relaunches Second Fleet in war preparations against Russia SHARE
Bill Van Auken of wsws.org writes:"This naval buildup, designed to prepare for an all-out war in which securing supply lines between North America and Western Europe would be a priority, is justified with propaganda indicting Moscow’s aggression, Russian military expansion and the “annexation” of Crimea. All of this turns reality on its head."Having waged a quarter of a century of uninterrupted wars of aggression in the Middle East, the US and its NATO allies are seeking to militarily encircle Russia, which is viewed as a principal impediment to US imperialism’s assertion of its hegemony over the Eurasian landmass."
US relaunches Second Fleet in war preparations against Russia SHARE
Bill Van Auken of wsws.org writes:"This naval buildup, designed to prepare for an all-out war in which securing supply lines between North America and Western Europe would be a priority, is justified with propaganda indicting Moscow’s aggression, Russian military expansion and the “annexation” of Crimea. All of this turns reality on its head."Having waged a quarter of a century of uninterrupted wars of aggression in the Middle East, the US and its NATO allies are seeking to militarily encircle Russia, which is viewed as a principal impediment to US imperialism’s assertion of its hegemony over the Eurasian landmass."
