Author Archives: Mike

On watching the TV news agenda

by Michael Skywood Clifford Dramatic : striking in appearance or effect, attention catching. The media is aware of the definitions of drama. Drama is often based upon conflict, [..]

Political

Labour Bashing Fake Charity EXPOSED

Tim Fenton, zelo-sstreet.blogspot.com Monday, 4 November 2019 “You may not have heard of the Institute for Statecraft, which was registered in Scotland as a charity, or indeed of [..]

Political

Garbage TV

The Jeremy Kyle show was not a program designed to shed the light of wisdom – but to box, entrench, widen and comodify ‘ignorance’.  It bordered on the [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Political

The Assange arrest is a warning from history

By John Pilger The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the [..]

Guest writers, Political

What has happened to Brexit?

190326So what happened to Britain leaving the EU? The ‘Leavers’ won the referendum with 52% of the vote. A referendum is not representative democracy but a people’s vote [..]

Political

Mick’s pop videos

Culture, style and the arts

AFTER THE FALL

by John Lancaster Some of the more pessimistic commentators at the time of the credit crunch, myself included, said that the aftermath of the crash would dominate our [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Guest writers, Political

Father Frank Daly’s Remembrance speech

At the 11 hour on the 11 day of the 11 month, exactly one hundred years ago today, at this precise moment, the guns fell silent. And in [..]

Political

Money and the war industry

https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/424579-episode-max-keiser-1216/    

Political, Religious and philosophical

Resistance

  By Chris Hedges Resistance entails suffering. It requires self-sacrifice. It accepts that we may be destroyed. It is not rational. It is not about the pursuit of [..]

Political