Tag Archives: Ceasefire magazine

Sibel Edmonds: the woman no one wants to hear

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Matt

Anyone interested in getting to grips with the twisted and murky contradictions of the great war on terrorism should read the absolute must-read story by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on the Ceasefire webzine on the FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. A former … Continue reading →

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Three Cheers for Hsiao-Hung Pai

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Matt

Journalism should be an honourable, inspiring and admirable profession, but few people will need to be reminded that it frequently isn’t. Ever since newspapers were invented, it has generated more than its fair share of cynics, propagandists, and opportunists. Journalism … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Dead

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Matt

I had a bit of an Internet disaster yesterday, when I upgraded WordPress and my entire blog disappeared,  to be replaced by the dreaded White Screen of Death.   I felt as if I’d been airbrushed from history by technological forces … Continue reading →

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Europe Cracks Up

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Matt

European governments tend to present ‘austerity’ as though it were an inevitable and unavoidable response to a natural disaster, and many have used the economic crisis as an opportunity to enact a privatisation programme that would once have seemed like … Continue reading →

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