Ah yes, the marvelous Manchester Guardian, that bastion of anti-capitalist politics. In same issue of the paper that brought you Serbian death camps was Tom Wolfe, writing in defence of the free market and attacking political correctness in academia.
In the New Statesman this week, columnist Laurie Taylor - who was chairing a session at Institute of Ideas - reveals he was approached by a Guardian journalist and asked to find evidence of Serb/white South African/CIA/MI5 funding: none showed up, but they keep on insinuating anyway.
Whatever next, the Zinoviev telegram? Graham Barnfield Fax. +44 (0)870 7345198 PS. These sections of the article have already been corrected as factually wrong by the Guardian itself or on the letters page: [snip] Leading the libertarian charge from the US, funding one of the debates and providing speakers for others, is the Reason Foundation. The institute's programme does not say it, but this rightwing think tank/magazine, which has been promoting the corporate takeover of schools in the US, is pro-guns and pro-GM. Both its founder and senior editor accepted invitations to talk at LM events - and will be paying their own way to come. Their leading writer, the syndicated columnist Sandra Postrel, is author of the libertarian book The Enemies of Freedom and frequently talks at the Hudson Institute. This body is mainly run by former Reaganite cold war warriors and initiates much of the "research" that attacks environmentalists and liberal governments. LM has forged strong links with internet companies, including Cyberia - the company that set up the first internet cafe and has a place on the Cabinet Office websites policy group. [snip ends]