Lobster Issue 88 (2024)

Articles

Historical notes on the four freedoms -- Scott Newton
Armed and Dangerous: The US Far Right in the Trump era -- John Newsinger
The Clandestine Caucus: a minor update -- Robin Ramsay
The UK and the coup in Chile, 1973 -- Scott Newton
007’s real mission continues -- William Kelly
Olivia Jayne Frank, 1956-2023 -- Andrew Rosthorn
Angles Morts -- Andrew Rosthorn
The view from the bridge -- Robin Ramsay

Book reviews

THEY KNEW: how a culture of conspiracy keep America complacent by Sarah Kendzior -- reviewed by John Newsinger
Labour Takes Power: The Denis MacShane Diaries -- reviewed by John Newsinger
The Lost Peace by Richard Sakwa -- reviewed by Scott Newton
A Tale of Two Factions: The US Power Structure Since World War II by Joseph P. Raso -- reviewed by Will Banyan
A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay

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20 Nov

Column extras. Oswald and the Angleton mole hunt; the British-American Project again; the myth of Britain's economic ranking; the Cold War's arms race inverted; the passing of Tony Bunyan; more.

Robin Ramsay's "View from the Bridge" has been updated.

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20 Nov

"Hanton shows how US corporations own and effectively control the British economy, and how they siphon off vast profits while paying little or no tax."

John Booth (@JohnBooth2017) reviews Angus Hanton's "Vassal State: How American Runs Britain"

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14 Oct

Column extras. A US apologia (sort of) by the Council on Foreign Relations; a self-eulogy by Tony Blair; the Israel lobby again; a raspberry for Rachel Reeves and the Bank of England; more.

Robin Ramsay's "The View from the Bridge" has been updated.

🦞 https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/article/issue/89/the-view-from-the-bridge-52/

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14 Oct

"TA reservists are officially civilians. Did Thatcher use this loophole as cover against allegations that the army was used against the miners?"

Scott Newton (@1956historian) in "Historical notes on The use of troops during the 1984-85 miners’ strike"

🦞 https://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/article/issue/89/historical-notes-on-the-use-of-troops-during-the-1984-85-miners-strike/