Lobster Issue 6 (1984) £££
[…] – essentially relief that a ‘Marxist’ had been got for the dirty deed. For their journals show that they initially expected to get the blame for the murder and were afraid of the consequences. What Kolky singularly fails to do is (a) explain who these people are – no sociology/psychology, and (b) account for […]
Lobster Issue 16 (1988) £££
This is the text of a letter The Guardian declined to print It was sent from Fred Holroyd on May 13th 1987 Dear sir, It comes as no surprise that Mrs Thatcher over reacted to the media attempting to discover the real facts of the Gibraltar shootings. Her attitude is vulnerable to close scrutiny, especially … Read more
Lobster Issue 42 (Winter 2001/2) £££
[…] funeral at a time when the king’s principally Palestinian country were unimpressed by HMG. A special operations throwback It came as no surprise that the plot to murder Libya’s President – a typical ‘special operations’ throwback, brought to public notice by former MI5 Officer David Shayler, for which he has paid a despicable price […]
Lobster Issue 24 (December 1992) £££
See also: Part 1: British Fascism 1974-92 (Lobster 23) Part 3: British fascism 1983-6 (Lobster 25) Part 4: British Fascism 1983-6 (II) (Lobster 26) The 1986 National Front Split (Lobster 29) Introduction In the first part of this essay, in Lobster 23, after reviewing the strategies adopted by significant British fascist parties in the period, … Read more
Lobster Issue 15 (1988) £££
[…] – which was to be supervised directly by the Mafia’s Havana Lieutenant Santo Trafficante. This secret, “private” unit was to be a political assassination unit assigned to murder Cuban President Fidel Castro, his brother Raul Castro, Che Guevera and five other revolutionary Cuban government leaders. Former associates of Cuban dictator Batista and of Resorts […]
Lobster Issue 36 (Winter 1998/9) £££
Spectre In the last Lobster 35 I reported on the new anti-EU magazine Spectre and wondered about its political orientation. In response, the editor, Steve McGiffen, sent an exemplary piece of candour from which here are some extracts. ‘….. Our original statement, sent out very widely, made it clear that we are minimalist to a … Read more
Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001) £££
[…] American History. The first volume is the better of the two if you want information; the second contains a couple of long graphic features, one on the murder of Officer Tippet done as a comic strip, which I could have done without and a second, a photographic feature on the Manson gang members. Of […]
Lobster Issue 24 (December 1992) £££
JFK bits and pieces Paul Hoch recommends JFK:The Book of the Film (Applause Books, 211 West 71 St NY, NY 10023). This contains a footnoted JFK screenplay and about 350 pages of published articles, including some of the best anti-Stone stories. The final badge of honour was bestowed upon Stone’s movie by a long, ludicrous … Read more
Lobster Issue 46 (Winter 2003) £££
Do they talk like this? At < www.lewrockwell.com/cummings/cummings29.html > there is a very interesting piece by Richard Cummings about the CIA and publishing; agents and operations are named. At the top of the article is this quote. ‘We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications whose … Read more
Lobster Issue 51 (Summer 2006) £££
[…] and The Lost Crusader touch on issues that return with each morning’s newspaper: is a foreign secret intelligence service bound by international conventions governing such matters as murder, illegal imprisonment and the overthrow of governments? Is the word of the Director of Central Intelligence to be believed? Is it proper for a foreign intelligence […]