Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Ottoman revival?

“We should contest and expose the Kremlin’s lying. But to suggest that the public assault on truth is new, or peculiarly Russian, is also disinformation .  Just as the Kremlin requires a campaign of disinformation to justify its imperial aggression in Ukraine, the  British empire  also needed a system of comprehensive lies.” Good. But I expected to also read about the contemporary lying machine not just the empire one.

Business is business. Who did provide material support to the Nazi regime? Lafarge provided material support to ISIS, a US court rules Related Lafarge in Syria

During a Conservative Friends of Israel event in August, Sunak said there was a  “very strong case”  for the UK moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and recognise the latter as Israel’s capital.  Sunak  opposed  the labelling of Israel as an apartheid state. “Like any nation, Israel is not perfect - but it is a vibrant multi-ethnic democracy with a free press and the rule of law. It stands as a shining beacon of hope in a region of autocracies and religious extremists.” “He would want to see maximum sanctions put on to see whether Iran could be persuaded or forced into a wider agreement that goes beyond just the nuclear programme," Fox said. He  announced plans  to treat those who “vilify Britain” as extremists to be referred to the controversial counter-terrorism programme.  **** And as usual, most Brits will be complicit in the British regime’s criminal actions. And more than usual, they will be busy with their immediate meeds, the cost of living, etc. turning a blind

Clean hands:  Hand washing and car washing will never answer the key question Who speaks: The representative is bound to the existing social order Consolation prize: The metaphysics of sovereignty

Review of  The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance  

European Union foreign  policy chief Josep Borrell  declared  last week that "Europe is a garden. We have built a garden…The rest of the world – and you know this very well, Federica [Mogherini] – is not exactly a garden. Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle could invade the garden.” Borrell’s ignorance, some called it racism, reveals the state of mind of a unconfident ruling class, fear and uncertainty in time of economic and political crisis, fall in living standards, and war in Europe. Josep Borrell’s garden