Patrick Cockburn
The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over
July 13, 2021The UK Government is Launching a Multi-Front Attack on Freedom of Expression in the Name of National Security
July 6, 2021Into the Quagmire with Donald Rumsfeld
July 5, 2021Gunboat Diplomacy will not Revive Britain’s Fading Power, Whatever Boris Johnson Thinks
June 29, 2021The Republican Party has Turned Fascist and is Now the Most Dangerous Threat in the World
June 22, 2021The Rise and Fall of Netanyahu
June 21, 2021Britain is a Parasite on Other Countries
June 15, 2021Forget the Peace Process, the Focus Now Should be on Restoring Civil Rights to Palestinians
June 8, 2021Biden’s Timid Gaza Intervention Won’t Count for Much But US Reaction Against Israel has Changed Significantly
May 24, 2021Biden Can’t Avoid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
May 17, 2021The Pursuit of National Liberty Should not be Handed Over to Toxic Populists and Demagogues
May 11, 2021Focusing Purely on Injustices in China and Russia with a Cold War Mindset Damages Human Rights Everywhere
April 27, 2021Britain on the Road to Kleptocracy
April 20, 2021The Return of Northern Ireland as the Most Dangerous Open Wound in British Political Life
April 13, 2021The Delusions of High-Tech Warfare
March 30, 2021The War of Hunger is Taking Over From the War of Guns…and All Syrians are the Victims
March 23, 2021Test and Trace is the Dead Elephant in the Room
March 16, 2021The Internal Feud That May Doom Scottish Nationalism
March 9, 2021ISIS and the UK: the Case of Shamima Begum
March 2, 2021Capitol Riots Were a Dark Day for American Journalism
February 23, 2021Why the Scottish Independence Movement May be Difficult to Stop
February 2, 2021The Political Fallout From the Capitol Hill Invasion May Prove More Significant Than 9/11
January 26, 2021Government Mistakes Provided the Breeding Ground for the Mutant Virus, Which it is Now Using as an Alibi for Its Failures
January 19, 2021Will a Calamitous Week End Trump’s Grip on the Republican Party?
January 12, 2021What Assange’s Victory Really Means
January 11, 2021The UK is Out of the EU, But the Balance of Power in Europe has Tipped Permanently Against It
January 5, 2021COVID-19 Learns From Experience, Unlike Boris Johnson and His Crew
December 29, 2020Boris Johnson is as Incompetent as General Haig at the Somme: the Price is 50,000 Unnecessary Deaths This Year
December 22, 2020Brexit Bluster Exposes the Waning of English Power
December 15, 2020Trump’s Worst Crime Must Not be Forgotten
December 1, 2020America and Britain are the Big Losers on the World Stage
November 24, 2020Robert Fisk had True Independence of Mind, Which is Why He Angered Governments and Parts of the Media
November 17, 2020Trump’s Cult of Personality Will be Badly Damaged by Defeat, But His Toxic Politics Marches On
November 10, 2020Trump’s Bid to Stop the Count Risks Turning America into an ‘Illiberal Democracy’ like Turkey
November 5, 2020When Does Incompetence Become a Crime?
October 20, 2020Is Syria’s Idlib the Next Gaza Strip?
October 12, 2020The Assange Extradition Case is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It?
October 6, 2020Britain Will Seek Coronavirus ‘Herd Immunity’ Covertly or by Default, Thanks to an Inability to Get anything Done
September 29, 2020Boris Johnson is Failing So Badly Because He Still Thinks Like a Newspaper Columnist, a Disastrous Weakness During This Crisis
September 22, 2020America’s War on Terror is the True Cause of Europe’s Refugee Crisis
September 15, 2020