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The End of Western Pluralist Democracy

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/09/the-end-of-western-pluralist-democracy/

Published: September 1, 2024 13:23

No major western leader is ever again going to be able to speak about human rights or ethical values, without attracting howls of derision. They are turning on their own people in order to prevent protest at a genocide they actively support. It is hard to…

Pavel Durov and the Abuse of Law

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/pavel-durov-and-the-abuse-of-law/

Published: August 27, 2024 16:43

The detention of Pavel Durov is being portrayed as a result of the EU Digital Services Act. But having spent my day reading the EU Services Act (a task I would not wish upon my worst enemy), it does not appear to me to say what it is being portrayed as…

The Attack on Truth: Julian Assange and Richard Medhurst

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/the-attack-on-truth-julian-assange-and-richard-medhurst/

Published: August 22, 2024 14:25

Julian Assange was released in the midst of the election campaign and the event was not really given the attention it deserves. Alex Salmond invited me to take a look back with him on what this persecution means and where we are now. I do recommend that…

Richard Medhurst and the Right to Armed Resistance

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/richard-medhurst-and-the-right-to-armed-resistance/

Published: August 20, 2024 19:03

We were waiting for Richard Medhurst to arrive and join our panel at the Beautiful Days festival, when he was arrested and imprisoned for 23.5 hours. Obviously we were all worried sick about him. I was arrested at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act,…

The Purpose of Scottish Independence

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/the-purpose-of-scottish-independence/

Published: August 18, 2024 08:13

The purpose of Scottish Independence is not to replicate the UK state on a smaller scale with a prettier flag. The purpose is to eschew the imperialist past, stop invading other countries, and build a fairer and more equal society both domestically and…

We Are The Bad Guys

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/we-are-the-bad-guys/

Published: August 12, 2024 10:42

In Murder in Samarkand I describe how as a British Ambassador, when I discovered the full extent of our complicity in torture in the War on Terror, I thought it must be a rogue operation and all I had to do was make ministers and senior officials aware and…

Skin in the Game

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/skin-in-the-game/

Published: August 9, 2024 15:33

I cannot think of a period in my lifetime when so much was happening in the world so quickly with which it feels that, as a reluctant UK citizen, I have a direct connection and indeed responsibility. Race riots in the UK, the genocide in Gaza, the attacks…

Freedom of Speech and the Fascist Wave

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/freedom-of-speech-and-the-fascist-wave/

Published: August 3, 2024 09:19

Yesterday I received a phone call from a police Inspector asking me to delete my tweet calling for people to assemble to prevent the far-right demonstration called for Blackburn today and tweeted out by “Tommy Robinson”, the well-known immigrant to Spain…

The Israeli Terrorist State

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/07/the-israeli-terrorist-state/

Published: July 31, 2024 19:15

It is no longer possible to categorise the nihilistic violence of the Israeli state. It appears to have no objective other than violence and an urge for desolation. In 24 hours Israel has murdered the man with whom it would need to negotiate hostage…

The Relative Value of Life and Death

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/07/the-relative-value-of-life-and-death/

Published: July 29, 2024 08:37

The cause of the tragic Druze deaths in Majdal Shams was the illegal Israeli occupation in Syria, a fact which the residents of the town are clear about. The large majority of the Druze community in the Golan Heights has always refused to accept Israeli…