Monthly Archives: January 2026

Guardian: Any such attack will not be designed to weaken Iran’s already shattered nuclear programme, the chief target of the 12-day war in June, but to target Iran’s political leadership and bring the protesters angered by falling living standards back … Continue reading →

I just learned that Mick Jagger wrote Sympathy for the Devil inspired by reading Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, a copy of which he had been given by Marianne Faithfull.

Berliner Zeitung: Kotau vor Trump: Merz will Grönland nun gegen Russland verteidigen Der Bundeskanzler sieht Russland als die größte Gefahr für die Welt. Mit einer interessanten Volte unterwarf sich der Kanzler dem amerikanischen Präsidenten. The Russians are coming. No matter … Continue reading →

Guardian: Britain will not join Donald Trump’s “board of peace” on Thursday, Yvette Cooper has said, citing concerns about Russian involvement. The foreign secretary said the UK strongly supported the US president’s 20-point plan for peace in Gaza as he seeks to … Continue reading →

Far from destroying the legacies of Yeltsin’s neoliberal restructuring, Putin in many crucial ways preserved and extended them. There are, to be sure, differences between the style and temperament of the two leaders, but there has been no fundamental change … Continue reading →