BBC Asks: ‘What Will I Tell My Grandkids About The Summer of ’26?’ How Much I Miss It
Jonathan Cook Substack The BBC suggests 2026 will replace 1976 as the ‘benchmark’ for a hot summer. It could not be more wrong. We will look back on this year’s…
The British State Has Lost The Argument, Even As It Rigs The Trials Of Genocide Opponents
The UK isn’t a dispassionate arbiter of justice in prosecuting anti-genocide activists. It has been aggressively colluding in Israeli crimes. That huge conflict of interest is the elephant in the…
Thatcher Warned In 1989 Of A Climate Crisis. She Did Nothing. Nor Will Her Successors
Governments knew what was coming. They failed to act because the political costs of taking on the corporate sector were too immense. Those corporations are now more powerful than ever…
A Dying West Is Eating Its Children. Yet We Still Can’t Imagine Life Without Capitalism
Jonathan Cook Substack We are on the brink of a series of catastrophes of our own making that humankind will be exceptionally lucky to survive. There is a path ahead,…
With Karim Khan’s Dismissal, The Elimination Of The War Crimes Court Is Near-Complete
Jonathan Cook Substack The most important question we should be asking after Karim Khan’s dismissal last week as chief prosecutor of the ICC – the international war crimes court in…
Britain’s Big Brother State Is Already Here – We Just Don’t Realise It Yet
Jonathan Cook Substack While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or ‘Israel haters’, the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of control to protect…
The West Won’t Punish The Settlements. Its Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham
Jonathan Cook Substack If I asked you to cut off your arm, would you do it? What if I pointed out that that your arm regularly punched a neighbour in…
Rules of Engagement: A Plea For Less Anger, More Focus In The Comments
Jonathan Cook Substack Till now, I have maintained a very light touch in monitoring the comments and discussions below each article. Policing discourse isn’t something I like doing, not least…
Burnham’s Contrition On Gaza Is hollow. Watch What He Actually Does In Power
Jonathan Cook Substack Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes. So far, all we have from Andy Burnham – expected to become Britain’s new prime minister in little…
Israel Is An Apartheid State – And Its Weird Marriage Laws Show Us How
Israel is the only country in the world that does not recognise its own nationality. Why? Because a common national identity would sabotage Israel’s carefully veiled system of segregation Jonathan…
Burnham Must Break With Starmer’s Dishonest Politics, or Fail Just Like Him
Jonathan Cook Keir Starmer’s announcement on Monday that he was stepping down as Labour leader – and therefore as Britain’s prime minister – is a remarkable turnaround for the man…
The Plot Against Palestine Action
British courts have upheld the proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. A series of abuses of legal process ensured these outcomes were all but…
The Labour MPs Determined To Show They Represent Israel, Not The British People
Jonathan Cook Substack Mike Tapp, a minister in the Home Office, recently posted on X a “gotcha” response to Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s criticism of the Labour government’s decision…
Legal Profession Revolt Against The UK Judge Whose Job Is To Protect Israel’s Genocide
Judge Johnson so rigged the trial of anti-genocide activists that 1000s of legal professionals have urged him to step down from the sentencing hearing. But Johnson’s dirty work is not…
How Israel Planned The Gaza Genocide Decades Ago
In October 2023, Israel found an excuse to breathe new life into an old story of slaughter and expulsion. The chief differences this time have been of scale and duration…