September 22, 2018
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Flight MH17, Ukraine and the Civil War By Prof. Kees van der Pijl
On the margins of D-Day celebrations in Normandy in June 2014, Poroshenko agreed with Putin to start talks on a ceasefire, for which a Russian emissary arrived in Kiev on the 8th. On 24 June the Russian Federation Council revoked the authority granted to Putin in March to deploy Russian troops in Ukraine. Continue reading
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Macron impeachment mooted as more French ministers resign By Francis Dubois
Two months after the Stalinist General Confederation of Labor (CGT) called an end to strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s rail privatization plan, ministers are deserting the government. The cabinet and Macron’s party, The Republic on the March (LRM), are disintegrating and powerful sections of the bourgeoisie are openly debating mechanisms to remove Macron and… Continue reading
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Russia Challenges the Findings of the International Commission on MH-17
The Russian Authorities continue to challenge the version that Flight MH-17 was brought to the ground by an air-ground missile. They declassified information contradicting the conclusions of the Dutch Commission of Inquiry Into the Crash. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #160 By William Blum
20 September 2018 — Anti-Empire Report William Blum takes on the Washington Post again, in the person of columnist Max Boot, formerly of the Wall Street Journal Dear Mr. Boot, You write: “Every administration since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s has tried to improve relations with Moscow.” I stopped. Frozen. Can the man be serious? Yes, he Continue reading
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Syria News Links 22 September 2018
22 September 2018 — William Bowles France not seeking to isolate Russia, hopes for cooperation — top diplomat http://tass.com/world/1022693 Conservative Rationality, War and Refugees, and Trump’s Spending Priorities https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/09/conservative-rationality-war-and-refugees-and-trumps-spending-priorities/ Continue reading