Israel First!

Israel has made its third attempt in 8 months to destroy Iran.  This time it has got what it always wanted—the full power of the United States as its instrument. In previous pieces the present writer has asked the question of Trump:  Is it America First or Israel First?  That question was answered on Saturday 28th February! On … Continue reading Israel First!

Basil Thomson the Writer

         Angela Clifford, writing in January’s Irish Political Review, focused attention on the remarkable man who was Roger Casement’s main interrogator.  Sir Basil Thomson is well worth looking at closely.  He can never be entirely ignored by anyone telling the Casement story, but he may be—and normally is—marginalised.  He always seems to get less notice than he deserves.    It has … Continue reading Basil Thomson the Writer

Ideology And State

Fascism is the political system by means of which the Versailles states—set up by Britain and France, but chiefly by Britain—at the end of the First World War, without regard for viability—established unchallengeable authority for themselves. Those states were not the product of a struggle for national freedom.  Many of them had no national history.  … Continue reading Ideology And State

Victor Grossman RIP

The late Manus O'Riordan often liked to quote analysis by the German Socialist, Victor Grossman—a supporter of Die Linke—who has just died, aged 95! We reproduce the following tribute to him—thereby remembering both him and Manus!  Lives worth living Obituary, Victor Grossman 11 March, 1928 – 17 December, 2025 Phil Butland20/12/2025 Victor Grossman died on … Continue reading Victor Grossman RIP