February 20, 2022

  • Ukraine – Who Is Firing At Whom And Who Is Lying About It?

    The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine. It reports that on Friday the number of ceasefire violations around the rebellious Donbas region of Ukraine had again nearly doubled: Continue reading

  • The Maoist ‘Exceptionalism’ at the Heart of China’s COVID Strategy

    Arguably the best known contemporary proponent of Chinese exceptionalism in the English-language is Martin Jacques, best known for his 2009 bestseller When China Rules the World, a tour-de-force in the repackaging of orientalist tropes for the 21st-century. By framing China as a historically and culturally unique “civilisational-state,” Jacques has spent the past decade or so reinforcing the… Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 19-20 February 2022

    Sunday, 20 February 2022 • 17:00 — 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. Mr Continue reading