Politics
How long will the American Moronocracy last in the New Year?
It’s hard to grab hold of the idea – of which of the morons in the USA administration will crack first? I think that it has to be Pete Hegseth, the Minister for War. Perhaps […]
Articles by Noel Wauchope
Your Say
The obscenity of Christmas, and how to fix it
Last December a bunch of friends got together for our yearly Christmas lunch. This time we each put in $20 and sent a nice total to the Fred Hollows Foundation. And we felt good. No […]
Politics
Why my work is clearly biased
Today, I found myself posting on my website – an article which is vehemently anti-Western, and possibly just an angry version of pro-Russian propaganda. I dithered about this. Is my pro-Russian slant just too much […]
AIM Extra
Right-wing, Left-wing: on the nuclear issue it doesn’t matter
The promotion of nuclear power is a right-wing thing – isn’t it? Over the years, I’ve been following the propaganda of the climate-change denialists, among other liars and frauds. I found that the Koch brothers […]
Politics
Rare Earths processing – a backdoor way into radioactive waste dumping in Australia?
Joy and delight! Australia is to have a booming rare earths industry, mining and PROCESSING – jobs, jobs jobs! Money, money money! And we can stick it up to China, confronting its near monopoly on […]
AIM Extra
Vladimir Putin and a world without Russia
He’s supposed to have said it as a joke. In a 2018 comment, Mr Putin talked about destroying the world in a nuclear holocaust because “what is a world without Russia good for?” OK. perhaps […]
Politics
The nauseating spectacle of European leaders grovelling before Trump at the NATO summit
Trump hilariously responds to ‘daddy’ comments from NATO chief “I May Vomit” Those are the immortal first words spoken by the man as he arrives, in “The Man Who Came to Dinner” – the classic […]
Politics
Priming us up for war – “it’s not so bad, after all” – Britain’s Labour government leads the way
The Unseen March video – short and clear – from a few years ago, but now it’s getting worse: On the outskirts of Berlin, you can visit what’s left of Sachsenhausen, one of the first […]
Politics
Jubilation at Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb – but is this joy justified?
A web, or a trail to Armageddon? The news media is agog with the glorious success of Operation Spiderweb – drones sent deep inside Russia to damage 41 planes. Ukraine claims that these were A-50 […]
Politics
Time to give up the pretense about Ukraine winning the war
The war in Ukraine has reached a new, and very dangerous phase. Not that it wasn’t dangerous before. But the toll of militarism was being paid by the deaths and the sufferings only of soldiers […]
Politics
A tale of two dodgy domes
Missile-Proof America? Decoding Trump’s $175B “Golden Dome” Plan: In outlining Donald Trump’s extraordinary plan for a Golden Dome missile defense shield, Reuters report that: “The aim is for Golden Dome to leverage a network of […]
Politics
President Trump on Ukraine: In pursuit of peace or glory
Yes, he’s a narcissist, yes he’s racist, misogynist, crooked in business, and with no regard for civil institutions and laws. And he’s just been sucking up to the nastiest, most murderous, Arabian Gulf regime, in […]
Politics
The pro-nuclear drive and Zionism are inter-twined
For many years, I’ve been running websites devoted to the nuclear-free movement. People have asked me why, over the past two years, I’ve been including news about Israel and Gaza. What on earth do Israel […]
Politics
Who defeated the Nazis in World War 2? Thank God for Hollywood!
On the 8th May 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. On the 9th May 2025, Russia is holding a grand commemoration – a “Victory Day” for the 80th anniversary of this event. How dare […]
Environment
A resounding win for the world’s nuclear-free clean energy movement
In early analyses of the historic Labor election victory, commentators have tut-tutted over the Coalition’s policies that didn’t impress voters – like reduced tax on petrol, like poor housing plans, and certain Trump-like aspects. These […]