“First there was a bad man, then there was another bad man, now we have Tony Blair.”
So says ‘Tony 2012‘, the new documentary which is taking the internet by storm since its sudden release one month ago.
The film, which charts the crimes of British-born warlord Tony Blair and his radical New Labour Party (NLP), is the brainchild of the Ugandan charity ‘Invisible Adults’ which seeks to help adults who have been hurt by the evil activities of the NLP.
The Department for Education has announced controversial plans to phase in £9,000 a year ‘tuition fees’ for children attending primary school.
Michael Gove, the education minister led the announcement by saying that the changes were crucial in his plans for creating ‘internationally-competitive primary schools’ with would ‘attract the world’s brightest and best four-year olds’. The minister also said that the plans were being driven by the realisation that the government could no longer afford to ‘bankroll’ primary education. (more…)
A recent report by the think-tank Demos has warned of the hazardous and ‘multiplying’ effects of extremist conspiracy theories upon our society, and has recommended strategies to mitigate these effects – including the infiltration of conspiracy websites.
‘The Power of Unreason’, which has analysed the literature, ideology and propaganda of over fifty extremist organisations – ranging from religious-hate groups to 9/11 conspiracy theorists – has charted how the radicalising viewpoints trotted out by such cliques has become a mainstream cultural phenomenon.
The report illustrates how these coteries develop theories through ‘cognitive dissonance‘ – by only acknowledging information which reinforces their preferred viewpoint. This psychologically-dysfunctional process builds fantastical ‘demonologies of the enemy’, while the cabal seeks to ‘deligitimise voices of dissent and moderation’ against themselves. Most worryingly, as their theories ‘drive a wedge of mistrust between governments and particular communities’, they often ‘encourage violence’ to achieve their nefarious objectives.
“First there was a bad man, then there was another bad man, now we have Tony Blair.” So says ‘Tony 2012‘, the new documentary which is taking the internet by storm since its sudden release one month ago. The film, which charts the crimes of British-born warlord Tony Blair and his radical New Labour Party [...]
This is the final part of a series of four pieces about Anti-Semitism and the Left. The other parts can be viewed here: 1, 2 and 3. While the Left’s tendency to single Israel out is, in my opinion, the combination of misunderstood and misused post-Zionism, and a crude anti-colonialism, this does not mean that [...]
The Department for Education has announced controversial plans to phase in £9,000 a year ‘tuition fees’ for children attending primary school. Michael Gove, the education minister led the announcement by saying that the changes were crucial in his plans for creating ‘internationally-competitive primary schools’ with would ‘attract the world’s brightest and best four-year olds’. The [...]
This is the third of four pieces about Anti-Semitism and the Left. The other parts can be viewed here: 1, 2 and shortly 4. In the ‘Introduction’ to Orientalism (1978), his fierce attack on Western perceptions of the East, Edward Said sets out a tripartite definition of Orientalism. The second definition is as follows, Orientalism is a style of thought [...]
Last week the Washington Post published the results of a phone survey of 1900 adults, on a range of issues, with individuals identified by gender and race. This weekend’s Observer published a follow-up article by Victoria Coren giving her interpretation of these findings. The general thrust was: According to this poll’s results, American black women tend to have higher self-esteem are [...]
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