The Threat to Reason

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Lobster Issue 54 (Winter 2007/8) £££

[…] being a conflict between radical Islam and ‘the enlightenment’. (12) Some of this came from former members of the Left (Christopher Hitchens and John Lloyd spring to mind) who have become cheerleaders for American imperialism. ‘Politicians most often define the Enlightenment in terms of its opposition to forces of unreason, whether they be jihadis, […]

Fifth Column: Plots, smoke and mirrors – managing our Muslim brothers

Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7) £££

[…] capability or it had some advance inkling of what was about to happen. Two sleepless British government ministers next morning clearly did not. You make your own mind up. Washington’s objective What was more important was the message. The subtext of coverage from the US was that Europeans should be more aggressive about their […]

The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and their Influence on Nazi Ideology

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Lobster Issue 24 (December 1992) £££

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke I.B.Tauris, London, 1992, £9.95. In his last paragraph the author concludes: ‘Books written about Nazi occultism between 1960 and 1975 were typically sensational and under-researched. A complete ignorance of the primary sources was common to most authors and inaccuracies and wild claims were repeated by each newcomer to the genre until an abundant … Read more

The View from the Bridge

Lobster Issue 44 (Winter 2002/3) £££

[…] closures. No reference is made to bringing company or country down. In the intervening twenty years Edwardes’ memory has gilded the lily. Spook think The Security Service mind is a wonderful thing. To it a potential risk is the same as an actual risk. Thus we discover that Lord Bethell, a Conservative Whip in […]

Elvis has left the building: Political Perspectives on the Fall of Polly Peck

Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001) £££

[…] by circling sharks. The Politicisation of Polly Peck ‘Certain values in life are higher than commerce, profits or personal benefits. The issue of northern Cyprus in my mind should be valued that high’ – Ail Nadir. (4) From 1987 onwards, Polly Peck became increasingly a political entity, as well as a commercial one: in […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 48 (Winter 2004) £££

[…] here on 6 November – and the Democrats will do what they did last time: nothing. Which means the Republicans can steal the next one. Change of mind? Colin Challen MP reports that the index of Bill Clinton’s autobiography lists ‘Bilderberg conference’ at p. 376, where it does not appear; nor on adjoining pages; […]

Web Update

Lobster Issue 36 (Winter 1998/9) £££

[…] Cold War Legacy http://www.webcom.com/~pinknoiz/coldwar/index.html Extract from Interim Report of the Advisory C’tee on Human Radiation Experiments; plutonium expts; gas warfare tests on armed forces personnel; Microwaves and Mind Control – Bank Frauds and Covert Operations. Intelligence Internet Uplink http://ionet.net/%7Eeverett/intel.html Links to intelligence-related websites. eg Sources e-journal (www.dso.com/cgi-bin/webc/home.html) ‘Intelligence ejournal delivers in-depth intelligence on issues […]

The rise of warfare capitalism

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Lobster Issue 54 (Winter 2007/8) £££

[…] were former members of the Communist Party or members of the Demos think tank. Names like Peter Mandelson, Stuart Hall, Martin Kettle and Martin Jacques spring to mind immediately What particularly interests me about Marshall’s book is its dissection of Christopher and Peter Hitchins’s politics and what it says about the absorption of former […]

After Iraq: some FCO/SIS issues

Lobster Issue 48 (Winter 2004) £££

[…] describe terrorist conduct, including the beheading of hostages, is ‘Armed Propaganda’ (AP). This could backfire and seems vaery like a typically dated, crude attempt at ineffective Anglo-US mind control: ‘the Allies’ are equally adept at AP, albeit of a different type. ‘This Week’, BBC TV, 23 September 2004. 15 Financial Terrorists: An example could […]

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