Lobster Issue 34 (Winter 1997)
[…] far right The first was the tale of Andy Carmichael who described in the Sunday Times (27 July 1997) his ‘five years as a fully salaried MI5 agent’ inside the National Front (NF). According to Carmichael, the National Front, in the guise of National Democrats, had planned to disrupt the Referendum Party’s General Election […]
Lobster Issue 37 (Summer 1999)
Richard Beeston Brassey’s, London and Washington, 1997 no price stated This is worth skimming through, especially for the early 1950s period when Beeston was very close to SIS operations in the Middle East. These early chapters convey very clearly how the patriotic British journalist of the period rubbed shoulders with his country’s ‘secret agents’ and … Read more
Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001)
[…] Yugoslav newspaper. Are the US military stupid enough to monkey around with the world’s weather? Of course they are! These are the people who sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange and are now spraying Colombia with a nasty herbicide made by…………why Monsanto, of course! If the article by the Yugoslav academics is accurate, the potential […]
Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6)
[…] Rochemont as a conduit.() Having provided the money, the CIA also had ‘psy warrior’ Joseph Bryan () participate in early script conferences and monitor the filming. Another agent, Carleton Alsop, was on hand to view the film as it neared completion. Little wonder that the film’s ending differed from that of the book. ( […]
Lobster Issue 30 (December 1995)
Observers of the activities of the neo-nazi Combat 18 (C18), otherwise known as the National Socialist Alliance (NSA), have been treated to some bewildering documents and allegations recently. In an attempt to clarify who is saying what, and why, I will examine the origins and initial purpose of C18, the role (if any) of alleged … Read more
Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6)
[…] than increased surveillance and trans-national co-operation once the pass has already been sold on free movement of peoples, goods, services and pathogens. The security forces’ role as agent of state formation and of socio-political control needs to be taken much more seriously in this context the terrorism that fuels acceptance of surveillance and […]