Arthur Dent discusses the Gaza peace plans, the need for a reconstituted independent United Nations that can implement collective security, the struggle for democracy, and Ukraine. The interview took place on 25 October 2025. Interviewer is Barry York.
Here is the link to the article from 2023 to which Arthur refers: https://c21stleft.com/2023/11/18/gaza-send-lawyers-guns-and-money-the-shit-has-hit-the-fan/
I was one of three panelists. I argue that China’s regime is both fascist and imperialist and that this happened after the coup in the years 1977-1980.
Continue readingI never forgot this cartoon strip that I first encountered in my first year at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 1969. I was pleased to recently rediscover it among my old files. Its message remains pertinent – and timeless.
Continue readingA poem written by Tom Griffiths, read by me, with music by my late, much lamented musician friend Peter Gelling (1960-2108), using some material from his archive.
Continue readingThe world wants collective security, countries want independence, nations want liberation, the people want revolution, and information wants to be free.
Continue readingWe need to strongly oppose pacifist opposition to European re-armament. The latter is urgent and essential to defeating Russian fascist aggression in Ukraine and to thwarting the far Right in Europe who will oppose it under a range of popular slogans.
My old comrade and friend David McMullen puts it very well in his substack, which you may like to support:
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Faust’s transformations rely upon magic. As an artistic contrivance this is quite acceptable, but in the real world, where those lower down the pecking order live, something more is required – and that is an economic development that can transform our material existence and provide a foundation for growth. It is here, still under the assistance of Mephisto, that Goethe gives Faust his most dramatic – and for us – his most significant transformation, that of the developer.
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This document needs to be studied carefully and spread widely.
Signatories include people who do know what they are talking about such as:
56. Richard Shirreff KCB, CBE – General (ret.); Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, UK;
69. Philip Breedlove – 4-star General, USAF (ret.); former SACEUR NATO, USA;
70. Ben Hodges – Lt. General (ret.), US Army; former Commanding General, United States Army Europe, USA;Guardian article about the SkyShield plan:
Excerpt from Guardian: ‘A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without necessarily provoking a wider conflict with Moscow, according to a plan drawn up by military experts.
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Global Cooperation Davos 2025: Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of UkraineJan 21, 2025
This article is part of:World Economic Forum Annual MeetingUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns in his special address to Davos that Europe can’t afford to be second or third in line for its allies.
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