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Jonathan Cook

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August 17 · 12 min
Listen: Thatcher warned in 1989 of a climate crisis. She did nothing. Nor will her successors
Governments knew what was coming with the climate. 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. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
August 11 · 11 min
Listen: A dying West is eating its children. Yet we still can't imagine life without capitalism
Our unwillingness to think about how to change our reality may simply be the noise of capitalism speaking through us. It's time to find value in something more than a new iPhone or pair of jeans. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
August 10 · 16 min
Listen: With Karim Khan's dismissal, the war crimes court's elimination is near-complete
The clearest of messages was sent by a majority of ICC member states when they voted to be rid of Karim Khan. The short-lived experiment in creating a mechanism for enforcing international law is over. We are back to the law of the jungle. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
July 16 · 26 min
Listen: Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet
While immigrants, Muslims and the left are conveniently scapegoated for the state's failures, our rights are being eroded under the guise of protection from these bogeymen. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
July 14 · 9 min
Listen: The West won't punish the settlements. Its two-state solution was always a sham
For decades, the EU has devised ever more convoluted ways to avoid punishing Israel's illegal settlements, even as they devour a two-state solution it claims is the only path to regional peace. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
July 11 · 5 min
Listen: Burnham's contrition on Gaza is hollow. Watch what he actually does in power
Here is a list of the things Britain's incoming prime minister is obligated to do to avoid collusion in Israel's genocide, according to an International Court of Justice ruling. Will he do any of it? Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
July 2 · 18 min
Listen: 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. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 27 · 18 min
Listen: Burnham must break with Starmer's dishonest politics, or fail just like him
Even if Starmer's likely successor, Andy Burnham, wants change, he'll face formidable external controls from the financial markets and insuperable internal constraints from the Labour machine. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 22 · 19 min
Listen: The plot against Palestine Action
Originally published here: Although my posts are freely accessible, they are reader-supported. If you liked this one or any of the others, please consider sharing it with friends and making a donation to support my work. You can do so by becoming a paid Substack subscriber, via Paypal or my bank account, or alternatively setting up a monthly direct debit mandate with GoCardless. A complete archive of my writings is available on my website. I’m on X and Facebook. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 18 · 5 min
Listen: The Labour MPs determined to show they represent Israel, not the British people
Labour wants the repression of Palestine Action to serve as a blueprint for politics. Why not lock up opposition party leaders and any constituents who protest government policy? Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 12 · 19 min
Listen: 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. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 11 · 10 min
Listen: 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 yet complete. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 9 · 6 min
Listen: Like Midas, our rulers want to monetise everything they touch – and kill it
War and profit are intimately tied together. The billionaires cannot secure their profits without war, or the threat of it – whether against workers at home or against other nations abroad. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
June 5 · 14 min
Listen: UK policing – from the Nowak murder to crushing protest – grows ever more rotten
The disorientating goal of the Israel lobby has been to loosen evidence thresholds, constrain critical thinking, and redefine racism and criminality. The effects have bled into dangerous new policing norms. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
May 31 · 13 min
Listen: Israeli claims about an Iran 'threat' were always a lie. Now we have proof
What the past 20 years of lies and misdirections about Iran have sought to hide is a simple fact: it is not Tehran that is led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It is Tel Aviv and Washington. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
May 21 · 23 min
Listen: Western leaders play their part in our charade democracies. Can you spot the tell?
Just as apartheid states always end up producing a violent, oppressive, surveillance institution like Israel's Shin Bet, capitalist states always end up producing voracious, unscrupulous, anti-democratic business entities like the corporation. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
May 13 · 16 min
Listen: If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
The Epstein class are once again imposing a discourse trap for the anti-racist left on antisemitism. The question for Zack Polanski, as for Corbyn before him, is whether the spear of an insurgent politics can pierce the billionaires' defences. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
May 2 · 17 min
Listen: The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
Israel's genocide in Gaza and its ethnic cleansing in Lebanon have exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
April 23 · 15 min
Listen: The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
The real story of Starmer’s political subservience and vulnerability to Peter Mandelson is not being told by the establishment media. For good reason. Because the media itself is deeply implicated in this bigger story, of decade-long dirty tricks and illegality. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe
April 18 · 4 min
Listen: Starmer's go-to excuse: 'I was in the dark'. Don't believe it. He's deeply in the loop
From Jimmy Savile to Peter Mandelson, Sir Keir Starmer has proved he is the most clueless man ever to have entered high office. Here are a few highlights of his long history of career-enhancing ignorance. Get full access to Jonathan Cook at jonathancook.substack.com/subscribe

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