January 28, 2022
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Le Monde’s circus invite: ‘France is a leftist country which votes right’
In less than three months France will have a presidential vote, and I haven’t written much about it because I’ve been too occupied with what I humbly hope will be the authoritative book on the Yellow Vest movement. The working title is France’s Yellow Vests: Western Repression of the West’s Best Values. Continue reading
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Statewatch News – 28 January 2022 – Issue 01/22: The great Europol data scandal; Scrutinising Frontex; EU-UK police cooperation
Friday, 28 February 2022 — Statewatch (Issue 01/22, also available as a PDF) Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter Welcome to our first issue of the year, with features on: The great Europol data scandal Scrutinising Frontex Ongoing UK participation in EU policing and security structures Plus, all our other news, links and documentation – Continue reading
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Russia’s ‘asymmetrical’ war over Ukraine
The formal US response to Russia’s demands for security guarantee was delivered to the foreign ministry in Moscow on Wednesday. Moscow’s worst fears came true: Washington simply ducked without addressing the main Russian concerns — NATO’s expansion, rollback of NATO deployments to pre-1997 level, etc. —and instead offered to discuss confidence-building measures. Continue reading
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‘It’s not the notes, it’s how they’re played’
Setting goals is one thing; meeting them sometimes another. But pianist Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane vowed in 2017 he would release an album a year until 2023 – and number six, Music From My People, has just landed. Conceived on a much grander scale than its predecessors, it involves 17 other musicians and brings together his music… Continue reading
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Shoigu and Gerasimov cause serious confusion in NATO (MUST WATCH!)
27 January 2022 — The Saker This video has its source here and was subtitled for the Saker Blog by Eugenia Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 January 2022
Friday, 28 January 2022 • 21:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. [Ironic Continue reading
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Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda
The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. Continue reading
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Biden Spits on Putin’s Request for Security
Washington delivered a slap in the face to Moscow on Wednesday when U.S. ambassador John Sullivan provided a written response to Russia’s proposals for security guarantees. The missive was given to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko who did not reveal the contents but passed them on to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for analysis. Lavrov, in turn, issued a statement on… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 27 January 2022
Thursday, 27 January 2022 — Black Agenda Report Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as Continue reading
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Is Lockheed Martin Dictating Politico’s War Propaganda Articles in Secret? Hell No–They’re Doing it Right Out in the Open
Check out Politico’s latest “independent” news story designed to scare the bejeezus out of its readers and justify the cry for more and bigger military hardware contracts to fatten the coffers of our leading weapons makers. Continue reading
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The vast anti-Russian psyop campaign that’s brought us to the brink of nuclear war
There’s an absurdity to humanity’s current predicament of standing on the brink of World War III. This is that the decisive factor behind why the U.S. and Russia are close to war has not been the geopolitical struggles, the economic competition, or the imperialist military encirclement around Russia, but the strange and insipid tools that… Continue reading
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The Folly of Pandemic Censorship
Earlier this week, in the latest in a series of scolding campaigns, a Britain-based group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate gave a sneak peek at a research report on Substack to The Guardian and The Washington Post. Both outlets came out with their scare pieces this morning. From The Guardian: Continue reading