A Conspiracy Realist’s Framework for Predicting the US Elections
The voting ritual is a ridiculous pantomime. It’s worse than that because in panto, both the audience and actors know...
Analysis
Rwanda, DRC and the New Scramble for Africa – Part 4: Africa’s Israel and the BRICS/NATO Punch and Judy Show
The early formation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) as an underground movement was as close in character to a...
Rwanda, DRC, and the New Scramble for Africa – Part 3: Is The Genocide a Lie?
Originally published on A Plague on Both Houses substack. Also published on Real Left’s substack. Please consider subscribing if you...
Rwanda, DRC, and the New Scramble for Africa – Part 2: What Really Happened in 1994
Open up a google map of the African continent and you’re likely to have as much trouble as God in...
Rwanda, DRC, and the New Scramble for Africa – Part 1: The Genocide’s Historical Context
This four-part piece was sparked by James Corbett’s May 2024 video about the 1994 Rwandan genocide, with the eye-catching and...
The Abyss: future shock, algorithmic capitalism and the destruction of all values
In September 2019 the Western world faced an unsolvable debt crisis. Even with historically low interest rates and the panicked...
Russian Impressions
The Kant 300 Conference and Reflections on life in Kaliningrad. Also published on Real Left’s substack. Please consider subscribing if...
The Case for UK Democracy
Originally published on ‘Civilise’ substack. Please consider subscribing to Real Left’s substack, if you haven’t already. This is the second...
The Misrepresentation of UK Democracy
Originally published on Civilise Substack. “I don’t do portfolio politics. I don’t take the line that because I think something...
Avoiding the Issue at our Peril
Bert Olivier resolves to start choosing truthfulness over keeping the peace at every opportunity. Also published on Real Left’s Substack....