At a time of health crisis one would expect to see an open global scholarly, multi disciplinary debate among scientists, scholars from different fields, politicians and finance experts. Not only does such a discourse not exist, what we have seen instead is a crude attempt to eradicate any such exchange. It isn’t our governments that interfere with this crucial discourse: it isn’t Trump or the FBI that deleted seven million FB posts that didn’t agree with the World Health Organisation’s narrative. It wasn’t the Tories or Boris Johnson who erased thousands of salient videos from Youtube. It has been the work of the giant technology companies operating in concert to silence dissenting views.

Dear friends and music lovers:

Here is our last night’s Livestream from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz club.

The reaction to the performance was astonishing. Many people were watching us live and shared their thoughts. For the musicians this was a very unique experience. We played in an empty club, yet communicated in real time with so many people around the world.

This recording will stay online for a day or two to allow as many of you to enjoy the music as possible.

During these difficult times and in the absence of being able to play live music, livestreaming is our only way to keep in touch with you and also sustain and support the clubs we love.

If you enjoy yourself listening to us, please consider buying us and the club a beer or two using this link: https://ko-fi.com/ronniescotts

https://youtu.be/ZN59YoOKwjo

Adam Green and myself discussed questions to do with the current authoritarian shift and the centrality of Jewish sensitivities in this transition.

What is clear to a growing number of people, perhaps most Westerners, is that Twitter, like FB and Google are not what they initially promised to be. It took little time for these internet platforms to morph into authoritarian and draconian thought police. If there was an initial promise to emancipate us through the internet, it is gone, the internet giants have become the most rigid oppressive and totalitarian forces leading us into the next dark age.