An alternative view of the world – up to end of 2022

An alternative view of the world – 2023

An alternative view of the world – 2024

An alternative view of the world – 2025

Comedian (Josh Johnson) says what no one else will about healthcare CEO shooting. (1st January 2025)

We mean nothing to them. Video.

Judge threatens to break the UK’s wall of secrecy around Assange’s persecution. (10th January 2025)

For years, the UK and Sweden stymied Freedom of Information requests to hide why prosecutors under Keir Starmer pursued the Wikileaks founder. Finally the game may be up.

Maduro arms Venezuelan citizens against expected coup. (10th January 2025)

Popular mobilisation against US-backed ‘opposition’ as western media spin ‘threat’ of elected candidate’s swearing-in for third term.

Fire weather. (12th January 2025)

The wildfires in California replicate the massive fire storms in the boreal forest in Canada and Siberia, the lungs of the earth. Our addiction to fossil fuel has ignited an age of fire.

Skripal poisoning victim disputed UK narrative, official inquiry reveals. (13th January 2025)

An official inquiry into a notorious 2018 Novichok poisoning case has found the victim briefly emerged from a coma, revealing information which wholly undermined the British government’s narrative. While the medical professional she told was muzzled, mainstream media has ignored the new finding.

Academies haven’t raised pupil achievement – there’s no need for them to have privileges that other schools do not. (14th January 2025)

The UK education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, is planning to cut some of the freedoms academy schools currently enjoy in England to refocus on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. Critics say academies are hugely successful but my research has shown there are better ways to make education fairer.

Judge threatens to expose Starmer’s role in state persecution of Assange. (14th January 2025)

Court order exposes nonsense of Crown Prosecution Service cover-up.

Iraq’s ancient marshes are running out of time. (24th January 2025)

A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern marshes, the birthplace of early civilization, face ruin from environmental and political mismanagement. As the water disappears, so too does a 5,000-year-old culture.

Starmer’s ‘AI superpower’ plan in tatters after China’s DeepSeek causes US tech share collapse. (28th January 2025)

Starmer’s ‘flagship’ plan was touted to offset his trashing of UK social good and protections – it lasted less than a fortnight (surprise)

Emilia Pérez: the film’s wildly unrealistic representation of Mexican narco-violence and trans lives is insulting. (4th February 2025)

You would think that Jacques Audiard’s 13-time Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez was the most watched film of the year given the discussion it has generated. The Mexican-set, French-made film’s opening weekend in Mexico tells a different story.

Streeting appoints health privatiser to oversee 10-year NHS slash-and-burn plan. (4th February 2025)

Health Secretary who has threatened to let NHS die if he doesn’t get his way with it appoints former health privatiser partner to draft implementation plan.

France’s economic collapse: how the Sahel nations ended decades of exploitation. (8th February 2025) Video.

For decades, France relied on Africa’s wealth to sustain its economy—but the winds of change are sweeping across the Sahel. In this explosive documentary, we uncover how Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled French military forces, corporations, and political influence, sending shockwaves through France’s economy.

Labour executive seizes control of Tameside council and selections – to facilitate Reeves’s pension-grab. (9th February 2025)

Reeves plan to take control of public sector pension plans for ‘risky’ investments sees resisters on council likely to be deselected.

 

An alternative view of the world – up to end of 2022

An alternative view of the world – 2023

An alternative view of the world – 2024