Lobster Issue 63 (Summer 2012)

Articles

Mark Lewis and ‘the ultimate hacker’ -- Andrew Rosthorn
The ‘Rothschild connection’ the House of Rothschild and the invasion of Iraq -- Will Banyan
The rise of New Labour -- Robin Ramsay
Armed and Dangerous: the corporate origins of war with Iran -- Roger Cottrell
Everybody now loves widgets! -- Robin Ramsay
The Two Goulds -- Robin Ramsay
The View from the Bridge -- Robin Ramsay

Book reviews

The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s secret relationship with apartheid South Africa by Sasha Polakow-Suransky -- reviewed by Tom Easton
Off Message, and, Standing for Something -- reviewed by John Newsinger
The CIA conspiracy to murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer and their vision for world peace by Peter Janney -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay
Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power by David McKnight -- reviewed by John Newsinger
Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the men who stole the world by Nicholas Shaxson -- reviewed by Bartholomew Steer
Romeo Spy by John Alexander Symonds -- reviewed by Robin Ramsay
Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below by Paul Ozorak -- reviewed by Anthony Frewin
A Diplomat’s Day by Geoffrey F. Hancock -- 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.

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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"

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