“A post-imperial language.”
Conversing with novelist Peter Dimock. Ray McGovern, who I count a dear friend and supporter, once observed in one of his speeches that it’s not enough to dwell on the incessant rains that fall upon us. The true task is…
“The ‘sacred outcast.'”
Assange behind glass. Part 3. The Scrum concludes publication of an extended essay on the Julian Assange case that first appeared in Raritan, the quarterly journal. Proceedings at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, during which the Crown Prosecution Service presented…
“‘The experiment of total domination.'”
‘Assange behind glass.’ Part 2. The Scrum continues to publish an extended essay on the Julian Assange case. As court proceedings continue in London—a travesty of due process by any serious measure—and in the face of the shocking silence among corporate…
“Assange behind glass.”
Shards of a shattered life. The Scrum begins today to publish an extended essay on the Julian Assange case. We offer it as our contribution to the admirable worldwide effort to bear witness to the WikiLeaks founder’s courage as a publisher…
“A note to readers.”
A year’s publication draws near. As The Scrum prepares to mark its first anniversary as an independent publication on Substack, we look back with measured satisfaction (though no hint of complacency) and forward to another year of work readers will find worthwhile….
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Psyops
The Deep State’s imperative to colonize independent media is now before us. Watch and listen, O you with open eyes and ears. The national security state’s long, very long campaign to control our press and broadcasters has taken a new…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Instead of a Free Press
In the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent. Just before the weekend came news that Steven Donziger, the courageous attorney who fought Chevron and won…
“Economic war crimes.”
Kneecapping China seems the best Biden can do. This is the third of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here and Part 2 here. Gina Raimondo,…
“Our China ‘diplomacy.'”
Incompetents in command. This is the second of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here. Not one week after President Biden announced a…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Manufacture of Decline
Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves. “We modern civilizations have learned to recognize that we are mortal like the others. We had heard tell of whole worlds…