Jonathan Cook's Blog https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog Commentary on media, politics and corporate power Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:14:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 Criticising Monbiot isn’t ‘demonisation’. It’s a first step on the path to reclaiming our minds https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-10-10/criticising-monbiot-isnt-demonisation-its-a-first-step-on-the-path-to-reclaiming-our-minds/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:26:06 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4671 George Monbiot’s excuses for not speaking out loudly in defence of Assange simply won’t wash https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-10-06/monbiot-guardian-assange/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:40:01 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4644 Doubt is a treacherous path. We must avoid being diverted towards terminal cynicism https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-10-01/doubt-path-despair-cynicism/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:21:28 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4624 The Guardian’s deceit-riddled new statement betrays both Julian Assange and journalism https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-09-26/guardian-assange-denial-deceptions/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:09:23 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4603 Why is the world going to hell? Netflix’s The Social Dilemma tells only half the story https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-09-25/netflix-social-dilemma/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:09:32 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4589 The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent? https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-09-22/guardian-silent-assange-trial/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:08:50 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4561 For years, journalists cheered Assange’s abuse. Now they’ve paved his path to a US gulag https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-09-02/media-assange-persecution/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 07:30:49 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4516 How the Guardian betrayed not only Corbyn but the last vestiges of British democracy https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-08-10/how-the-guardian-betrayed-not-only-corbyn-but-the-last-vestiges-of-british-democracy/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:03:54 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4498 Has the left been gulled into believing its small right to speech is already too much? https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-07-20/has-the-left-been-gulled-into-believing-its-small-right-to-speech-is-already-too-much/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:36:18 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4463 Writers’ open letter against ‘cancel culture’ is about stifling free speech, not protecting it https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2020-07-09/letter-cancel-culture-free-speech/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:50:05 +0000 https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/?p=4432