I am concerned it is already too late . Most people are indifferent , not
Interested and easily indoctrinated by flow of narratives employed by media that are controlled by Zionist .Zionist are influencing and buying politicians and basically ruling Us . Social
Conscience is slow and helpless Against rise of authoritarian and fascist trends .
Uk and other European countries want a share of Middle East resources . This is a war for power and influence and most people do not understand that our lives mean nothing if we stand in the way of new order that is being now imposed .
100% correct thank you for saying it out loud. I lost all my decreasing British pride. After the amount of lies & blatant propaganda. Over my governments support of the facist extremists in Ukraine. I've never witnessed such a lying propaganda blitz on the British public. But unbelievably it's gotten worse since 2022 & leading up to that time. Our rulers are treasonous criminals, who's last thing on their minds. Is to serve their country & the citizens. They're supposed to be public servants of. It's treason, no sugar coating or fudging the issue. Their support of the genocidal psychopaths in Israel. Has shown the whole World who & what type of people. We have allowed to rule over us. There's never been a time in my life, when I've been so ashamed to be British. These criminals has stained us all.
Once upon a time when Mahatma a Ghandi visited Britain's millstream workers cheered him even though what he was telling them about India making their clothing homespun instead of buying it from England. That was when he was working to get India free of the yoke of England, the mill workers rallied to him. And he won the freedom to self rule, of course religious factions messed up things as they so often do. Without religion we would just be people with common interests, possibly in keeping our planet from being plundered by those who never think too much is enough.
This piece reaches to the heart and soul of those of us who really care about what is going on in Palestine but also what is now happening in our own countries. Jonathan is right about having to stand up to the oligarchs now before they eventually take over.
Isn't it a disconcerting sign of the times that those who advocate peace, love, justice, respect for human life and dignity are called "radicals" whilst those who advocate genocide, ethnic cleansing, wage slavery, environmental destruction, profit making and careerism are feted as "good and worthy" citizens?
Had a bitter fight with some family members recently about their ever growing Islamophobia, which clouds their intelligence (the derisory amount still left) to such an extent that they trace every affliction in the world to the fundamentalism and fanaticism of Muslims. It is astonishing, the level of bigotry and ignorance. And they don't even realise their own fanaticism in even holding these extreme beliefs.
This is a vivid illustration of Gramsci's theory of imposed common sense. And as mainstream media carries out its function of meting out ruling class apologia ever more efficiently, thanks to accelerating corporatization and concentration, it seems like an increasingly forlorn situation.
As Noam Chomsky wrote all those years ago, it is the responsibility of people who have transcended the challenge of securing life's bare minima and have the resources and the access to not become unwitting disseminators of propaganda and lies. I have very little patience for the bourgeoisie, with their blinkers on , only the petty pursuit of superficial consumption and faux prestige in their sights. Let such self regarding fools not delegitimize us with the moniker "radical". Let it be our nom de guerre.
Thank you Jonathan for never shutting up about the holocaust of our time. Your paragraphs on deradicalisation clarified for me a basic argument about the roots of the evil that has yet to be vanquished.
As corrupt and indifferent as Netanyahu has proven himself to be, and as convinced so many westerners are that he is the enemy that must be defeated, I have to applaud the anger, but I must disagree.
The shame that Netanyahu has gifted the West is a societal mirror that projects a terrified population. It isn’t racism or ethnosupremacist longings that implicate millions of Westerners. It’s greed.
Americans, and to a less stark degree, Western Europeans, grow up knowing that resources are finite, and to the victor goes the spoils. They have internalized the imperial mandate, that taking is the role of the soldier, and supporting the theft is what grateful citizens are obliged to do. When this process is comfortably compartmentalized, myths about billionaire philanthropy and the decency of the hard working, Godfearing everyman in the west can proliferate in the empire. And in that self-satisfaction, political elites can pontificate on our superior political system.
I feel so lucky to be alive now, when the internet and social media have pulled back the curtain, and exposed the lies of the whole western project.
Jonathan Cook wrote a trenchant eulogy for liberalism several years ago, when it was clear that the rhetoric coming out of the mouths of political elites and their minions in the media was simply that, rhetoric. When western values were shed to accommodate necessary injustice in the open.
So when the manipulated and the indoctrinated begin to see the curtain opening, this reinforces the imperial mandate narrative. If we want our two cars and our heated pools, and our manicured lawns and our safe spaces, we have to stay schtum when the world begins to turn on us. I really think this is the truth of western managers on behalf of oligarchs.
We have reached the stage in the empire, where the gloves are off, and the Pentagon is now openly promoting “victory at all costs.” War crimes are okay, murder is unavoidable, don’t sweat the details, just get the job done.
What is happening is surreal, but very real. The emperor is disrobing, and the masses are trembling. As soon as the economic bubble is burst, the American Empire is over. What will follow is difficult to contemplate. Maybe Palestinians will be able to go home.
He needs to know when the last remaining Jews moved back to the home land after the war they worked hard to make something out of nothing during which time the Arabs would shot at them from the sand dunes so they started to arm them selves the rest is history.
This information came from my father that fought in the second world war and died at 94,this story was told to me when l was 10 now 76.
You’re a captive of mythology, dear. Your magical revisionism bears no resemblance to reality, but my guess is it’s folly to try to lure you back to a truth-based relationship with the world. There, there….
Exactly, the West have to be deradicalised ! Thanks a lot, piece translated in French here : https://zanzibar.substack.com/p/lecon-a-tirer-apres-deux-ans-de-genocide
I am concerned it is already too late . Most people are indifferent , not
Interested and easily indoctrinated by flow of narratives employed by media that are controlled by Zionist .Zionist are influencing and buying politicians and basically ruling Us . Social
Conscience is slow and helpless Against rise of authoritarian and fascist trends .
Uk and other European countries want a share of Middle East resources . This is a war for power and influence and most people do not understand that our lives mean nothing if we stand in the way of new order that is being now imposed .
100% correct thank you for saying it out loud. I lost all my decreasing British pride. After the amount of lies & blatant propaganda. Over my governments support of the facist extremists in Ukraine. I've never witnessed such a lying propaganda blitz on the British public. But unbelievably it's gotten worse since 2022 & leading up to that time. Our rulers are treasonous criminals, who's last thing on their minds. Is to serve their country & the citizens. They're supposed to be public servants of. It's treason, no sugar coating or fudging the issue. Their support of the genocidal psychopaths in Israel. Has shown the whole World who & what type of people. We have allowed to rule over us. There's never been a time in my life, when I've been so ashamed to be British. These criminals has stained us all.
Brilliant writing Jonathan, we must all stand together
We all need some respite but we carry on
Fuck fuck palestine
Thanks Jonathan. Thought provoking stuff as usual..
Whilst I was in support of justice for the occupied Palestinian people two years ago, I was fundamentally benign towards the Israelis.
Today I accept I have become totally radicalised to the point under current UK law I should probably be proscribed for my thought crimes.
Seriously what did they expect?
Criminal idiots!
Thankyou Jonathan, bravo👏👏👏
Once upon a time when Mahatma a Ghandi visited Britain's millstream workers cheered him even though what he was telling them about India making their clothing homespun instead of buying it from England. That was when he was working to get India free of the yoke of England, the mill workers rallied to him. And he won the freedom to self rule, of course religious factions messed up things as they so often do. Without religion we would just be people with common interests, possibly in keeping our planet from being plundered by those who never think too much is enough.
This piece reaches to the heart and soul of those of us who really care about what is going on in Palestine but also what is now happening in our own countries. Jonathan is right about having to stand up to the oligarchs now before they eventually take over.
Isn't it a disconcerting sign of the times that those who advocate peace, love, justice, respect for human life and dignity are called "radicals" whilst those who advocate genocide, ethnic cleansing, wage slavery, environmental destruction, profit making and careerism are feted as "good and worthy" citizens?
Had a bitter fight with some family members recently about their ever growing Islamophobia, which clouds their intelligence (the derisory amount still left) to such an extent that they trace every affliction in the world to the fundamentalism and fanaticism of Muslims. It is astonishing, the level of bigotry and ignorance. And they don't even realise their own fanaticism in even holding these extreme beliefs.
This is a vivid illustration of Gramsci's theory of imposed common sense. And as mainstream media carries out its function of meting out ruling class apologia ever more efficiently, thanks to accelerating corporatization and concentration, it seems like an increasingly forlorn situation.
As Noam Chomsky wrote all those years ago, it is the responsibility of people who have transcended the challenge of securing life's bare minima and have the resources and the access to not become unwitting disseminators of propaganda and lies. I have very little patience for the bourgeoisie, with their blinkers on , only the petty pursuit of superficial consumption and faux prestige in their sights. Let such self regarding fools not delegitimize us with the moniker "radical". Let it be our nom de guerre.
Thank you Jonathan for never shutting up about the holocaust of our time. Your paragraphs on deradicalisation clarified for me a basic argument about the roots of the evil that has yet to be vanquished.
As corrupt and indifferent as Netanyahu has proven himself to be, and as convinced so many westerners are that he is the enemy that must be defeated, I have to applaud the anger, but I must disagree.
The shame that Netanyahu has gifted the West is a societal mirror that projects a terrified population. It isn’t racism or ethnosupremacist longings that implicate millions of Westerners. It’s greed.
Americans, and to a less stark degree, Western Europeans, grow up knowing that resources are finite, and to the victor goes the spoils. They have internalized the imperial mandate, that taking is the role of the soldier, and supporting the theft is what grateful citizens are obliged to do. When this process is comfortably compartmentalized, myths about billionaire philanthropy and the decency of the hard working, Godfearing everyman in the west can proliferate in the empire. And in that self-satisfaction, political elites can pontificate on our superior political system.
I feel so lucky to be alive now, when the internet and social media have pulled back the curtain, and exposed the lies of the whole western project.
Jonathan Cook wrote a trenchant eulogy for liberalism several years ago, when it was clear that the rhetoric coming out of the mouths of political elites and their minions in the media was simply that, rhetoric. When western values were shed to accommodate necessary injustice in the open.
So when the manipulated and the indoctrinated begin to see the curtain opening, this reinforces the imperial mandate narrative. If we want our two cars and our heated pools, and our manicured lawns and our safe spaces, we have to stay schtum when the world begins to turn on us. I really think this is the truth of western managers on behalf of oligarchs.
We have reached the stage in the empire, where the gloves are off, and the Pentagon is now openly promoting “victory at all costs.” War crimes are okay, murder is unavoidable, don’t sweat the details, just get the job done.
What is happening is surreal, but very real. The emperor is disrobing, and the masses are trembling. As soon as the economic bubble is burst, the American Empire is over. What will follow is difficult to contemplate. Maybe Palestinians will be able to go home.
Amazing piece. Thank you!
There isnt a crackdown on humanitarian principles. It's a straight up global fascist movement and its cracking down on everything.
Brilliant as ever Jonathan.
He needs to know when the last remaining Jews moved back to the home land after the war they worked hard to make something out of nothing during which time the Arabs would shot at them from the sand dunes so they started to arm them selves the rest is history.
This information came from my father that fought in the second world war and died at 94,this story was told to me when l was 10 now 76.
Oh, dear, how sad when the radicalised try to reinforce the lies everyone else has worked out are total fabrications.
Did you get your $7,000?
You’re a captive of mythology, dear. Your magical revisionism bears no resemblance to reality, but my guess is it’s folly to try to lure you back to a truth-based relationship with the world. There, there….
Thank You Jonathan