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#JonathanCook | Western leaders play their part in our charade democracies. Can you spot the tell?
"Questioning the morality or sustainability of Israel’s apartheid rule over Palestinians is a luxury available to Shin Bet leaders only when they are no longer tasked with the enforcement of that apartheid system. When they are outside it."
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"But note this: racism is not central to the media discourse about Reform. However often the profound racism of its members and candidates is exposed, none of it sticks to the party itself. None of it stains the moral character of Farage as leader.
Contrast that with the treatment of the Greens since their new leader, Zack Polanski, took the party from irrelevance a year ago to membership numbers of 230,000 ... But he spent much of the local election campaign defending himself and his party from the constant accusation that the Greens were institutionally antisemitic."
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"But note this: racism is not central to the media discourse about Reform. However often the profound racism of its members and candidates is exposed, none of it sticks to the party itself. None of it stains the moral character of Farage as leader.
Contrast that with the treatment of the Greens since their new leader, Zack Polanski, took the party from irrelevance a year ago to membership numbers of 230,000 ... But he spent much of the local election campaign defending himself and his party from the constant accusation that the Greens were institutionally antisemitic."
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"But note this: racism is not central to the media discourse about Reform. However often the profound racism of its members and candidates is exposed, none of it sticks to the party itself. None of it stains the moral character of Farage as leader.
Contrast that with the treatment of the Greens since their new leader, Zack Polanski, took the party from irrelevance a year ago to membership numbers of 230,000 ... But he spent much of the local election campaign defending himself and his party from the constant accusation that the Greens were institutionally antisemitic."
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"But note this: racism is not central to the media discourse about Reform. However often the profound racism of its members and candidates is exposed, none of it sticks to the party itself. None of it stains the moral character of Farage as leader.
Contrast that with the treatment of the Greens since their new leader, Zack Polanski, took the party from irrelevance a year ago to membership numbers of 230,000 ... But he spent much of the local election campaign defending himself and his party from the constant accusation that the Greens were institutionally antisemitic."
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"But note this: racism is not central to the media discourse about Reform. However often the profound racism of its members and candidates is exposed, none of it sticks to the party itself. None of it stains the moral character of Farage as leader.
Contrast that with the treatment of the Greens since their new leader, Zack Polanski, took the party from irrelevance a year ago to membership numbers of 230,000 ... But he spent much of the local election campaign defending himself and his party from the constant accusation that the Greens were institutionally antisemitic."
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#JonathanCook | If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
"It will be the same hidden hand, belonging to the same Epstein class, that nudges Starmer’s successor to the forefront in the coming months.
But Labour, offering only a game of catch-up with the right, is doomed electorally."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
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#JonathanCook | If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
"It will be the same hidden hand, belonging to the same Epstein class, that nudges Starmer’s successor to the forefront in the coming months.
But Labour, offering only a game of catch-up with the right, is doomed electorally."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
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#JonathanCook | If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
"It will be the same hidden hand, belonging to the same Epstein class, that nudges Starmer’s successor to the forefront in the coming months.
But Labour, offering only a game of catch-up with the right, is doomed electorally."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
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#JonathanCook | If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
"It will be the same hidden hand, belonging to the same Epstein class, that nudges Starmer’s successor to the forefront in the coming months.
But Labour, offering only a game of catch-up with the right, is doomed electorally."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
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#JonathanCook | If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy
"It will be the same hidden hand, belonging to the same Epstein class, that nudges Starmer’s successor to the forefront in the coming months.
But Labour, offering only a game of catch-up with the right, is doomed electorally."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/if-starmer-gets-his-way-reform-not
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#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...
It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...
Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about
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#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...
It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...
Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about
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#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...
It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...
Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about
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#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...
It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...
Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about
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#JonathanCook | The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst
"[T]he BBC has entirely failed to report all but one of the hundreds of clearly genocidal statements made by Israeli officials ...
It is easy to understand why. Legal authorities usually struggle to make a conclusive determination of genocide because, crucially, it depends on divining intent, which is typically hidden by those committing atrocities.
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only do its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear that those actions are intended to be genocidal ...
Once again, the British media have obligingly taken it upon themselves to shield Israel from any legal jeopardy – all in the interests of objective reporting, you understand."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-wests-bubble-of-illusion-about
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#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.
With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."
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#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.
With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."
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#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.
With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."
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#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.
With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."
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#JonathanCook | The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
"With the help of rich donors, Labour Together created a secret slush fund worth at least £730,000 to wage a public relations war against Corbyn and the left – a campaign that was enthusiastically supported by the establishment media.
With Corbyn finally ousted, Labour Together then mounted a new operation, using those same funds, to deceive party members into crowning Starmer as leader on the basis he would continue Corbyn’s policies."
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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."
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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."
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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."
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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."
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#JonathanCook | BBC editor's libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
"Berg and his lawyers had hoped to force Jones to defend the article on the basis it was a “statement of fact”.
This distinction is crucial. Had the judge agreed with Berg’s team, responsibility would have fallen on Jones to prove what amounts to intent by Berg to skew BBC coverage – something that, in the absence of internal documents revealing what was being said behind closed doors – would have been nigh impossible."
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#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.
First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."
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#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.
First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."
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#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.
First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."
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#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.
First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."
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#JonathanCook | Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
"If the idea that an Iranian opposition is poised to sweep to power looks plausible, it is only because western media has been priming their audiences with two likely falsehoods.
First, that the Iranian regime has no mass support. And second, that those out protesting exclusively blame their plight on their own rulers rather than reserving a share of their anger for external actors meddling maliciously in their lives."
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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.
We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.
If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.
Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."
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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.
We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.
If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.
Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."
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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.
We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.
If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.
Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."
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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.
We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.
If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.
Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."
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#JonathanCook | Ch4 doc shows Starmer's ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry
"But I want to add a point of criticism, in particular, about one scene from the first half. An interview with Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, included a truly cringe-inducing request that she condemn Hamas over its October 7 2023 attack.
We should have long moved past the point where Palestinians – more than two years into a genocide of their people – are expected to make such ritual denunciations before they can be heard.
If that isn't obvious, consider another interview during the programme – this one with Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. The CAA is a virulently pro-Israel organisation that was recently excoriated by a judge for repeatedly misleading him – lying – in an antisemitism case it brought before the court.
Why did the programme makers not ask Falter, who actually is an apologist for Israeli violence, whether he would condemn Israel for its two-year slaughter of children in Gaza? Presumably they shied away from that confrontation because it would have suggested that they were holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government."
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#JonathanCook | The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
"Predictably, these revelations [about Israel] are gaining almost no traction in the establishment media – the very same media whose billionaire owners and career-minded editors once courted Epstein.
Instead, the media seem much more engrossed by weaker leads that suggest Epstein might have also had connections with Russian security services."
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#JonathanCook | The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
"Predictably, these revelations [about Israel] are gaining almost no traction in the establishment media – the very same media whose billionaire owners and career-minded editors once courted Epstein.
Instead, the media seem much more engrossed by weaker leads that suggest Epstein might have also had connections with Russian security services."
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#JonathanCook | The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
"Predictably, these revelations [about Israel] are gaining almost no traction in the establishment media – the very same media whose billionaire owners and career-minded editors once courted Epstein.
Instead, the media seem much more engrossed by weaker leads that suggest Epstein might have also had connections with Russian security services."
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#JonathanCook | The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
"Predictably, these revelations [about Israel] are gaining almost no traction in the establishment media – the very same media whose billionaire owners and career-minded editors once courted Epstein.
Instead, the media seem much more engrossed by weaker leads that suggest Epstein might have also had connections with Russian security services."
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#JonathanCook | The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
"Predictably, these revelations [about Israel] are gaining almost no traction in the establishment media – the very same media whose billionaire owners and career-minded editors once courted Epstein.
Instead, the media seem much more engrossed by weaker leads that suggest Epstein might have also had connections with Russian security services."
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The Guardian joins the cheerleading for a war of aggression against Iran
Corporate media doesn't represent humanity's interests. It promotes the interests of billionaires and their hangers-on, who make huge profits from a war machine in constant need of excuses to kill
by Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook's Newsletter
January 30, 2026https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-guardian-joins-the-cheerleading
#Asia #Iran #US #USA #America #Trump #NuclearDeal #TheGuardian #Guardian #journalism #media #news #NewsMedia #LegacyMedia #JonathanCook #war #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism -
The Guardian joins the cheerleading for a war of aggression against Iran
Corporate media doesn't represent humanity's interests. It promotes the interests of billionaires and their hangers-on, who make huge profits from a war machine in constant need of excuses to kill
by Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook's Newsletter
January 30, 2026https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-guardian-joins-the-cheerleading
#Asia #Iran #US #USA #America #Trump #NuclearDeal #TheGuardian #Guardian #journalism #media #news #NewsMedia #LegacyMedia #JonathanCook #war #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism -
#JonathanCook | The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's
[The] "BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law."
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#JonathanCook | The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's
[The] "BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law."
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#JonathanCook | The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's
[The] "BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law."
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#JonathanCook | The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's
[The] "BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law."
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#JonathanCook | The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump's
[The] "BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law."
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#JonathanCook | Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Rajiv Menon KC: "Obviously, if you agree with the judge’s opinion, you may adopt it. But the opposite is equally true. If you don’t agree with the judge’s opinion, you may reject it. That is your right. That is your privilege, as jurors, because I repeat, you are the sole judges of the facts. Nobody, not even His Lordship, can direct you to convict in this case. So that’s what I say about criminal damage."
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#JonathanCook | Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Rajiv Menon KC: "Obviously, if you agree with the judge’s opinion, you may adopt it. But the opposite is equally true. If you don’t agree with the judge’s opinion, you may reject it. That is your right. That is your privilege, as jurors, because I repeat, you are the sole judges of the facts. Nobody, not even His Lordship, can direct you to convict in this case. So that’s what I say about criminal damage."