Ukraine Is A Sacrificial Pawn On The Imperial Chessboard

Sunday, 6 March 2022 — Caitlin Johnson

by Caitlin Johnstone

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The war is not going well for Kyiv, and it would be unreasonable to expect that to change. As a vastly superior military force overwhelms the US client state, reality is in the process of crashing down hard in the face of western liberals who bought into the war propaganda that the brave, sexy comedian was leading an upset victory to kick Putin’s ass out of Ukraine.

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Ukraine News Links 5-6 March 2022

Sunday, 6 March 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.

Another Lie By Zelenskiy: “Civilian Airport” In “Peaceful Vinnytsia” Turned Out To Be Ukrainian Military Air Base (Photos)
https://southfront.org/another-lie-by-zelenskiy-civilian-airport-in-peaceful-vinnytsia-turned-out-to-be-ukrainian-military-air-base-photos/

Nasrallah: In Ukraine, US imperialism threatens world peace
http://thesaker.is/nasrallah-in-ukraine-us-imperialism-threatens-world-peace/

Anarchy In Ukraine: Police Busy Escorting Elite To Europe (Videos)
https://southfront.org/anarchy-in-ukraine-police-busy-escorting-elite-to-europe-videos/

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Capitalism’s fallen angels

Sunday, 6 March 2022 — Michael Roberts Blog

In several previous posts, I have highlighted what are called ‘zombie’ companies (companies whose regular profits do not even cover the cost of servicing their outstanding debts) and so must, to paraphrase former BoE governor Mark Carney, depend on the kindness of their creditors”. An OECD study found that such zombies take up a frighteningly large part of the economy. Across the nine European countries they studied, the share of the total private capital stock ‘sunk’ in zombie companies ranges from 5 to 20 per cent. The suggestion is that such businesses hog capital and crowd the market for newcomers, make it harder for more promising companies to expand and hold back the reallocation of labour and capital to more productive and faster-growing companies.

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Understanding Ukrainian Nazism

Saturday, 26 February 2022 — Struggle – La Lucha

Solidarity rally in Galicia, Spain, in 2014.

In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality.

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Ukraine & Nukes

Thursday, 3 March 2022 — Consortium News

| US troops arrive at Nuremberg International Airport on Feb 28 to join the NATO Response Force which was activated for the first time in history in a collective defence context NATO | MR Online U.S. troops arrive at Nuremberg International Airport on Feb. 28 to join the NATO Response Force. which was activated for the first time in history in a collective defence context. (NATO)

The New York Times recently published an article by David Sanger entitled “Putin spins a conspiracy theory that Ukraine is on a path to produce nuclear weapons.” Unfortunately, it is Sanger who puts so much spin in his reporting that he leaves his readers with a grossly distorted version of the what the presidents of Russia and Ukraine have said and done.

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The fascist mythology behind the demonization of Russia & its denazification effort in Ukraine

Sunday, 6 March 2022 — See You in 2020

What the headlines aren’t telling us is that if not for Russia’s intervention, the newly independent DPR and LPR would at this point likely be getting crushed by the belligerent regime Washington has installed within Ukraine. Not only that, but the ethnic Russians within the Donbass region would be subjected to an even more severe genocide than they already have been. This was essentially articulated last month by a DPR pro-independence activist, who said that “We can’t live in the same country as the Nazis. We can’t forgive all that we experienced through the years. How can I live in one country with those who killed my loved ones?”

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Listen: An intelligent analysis of Putin, WEF and the Ukraine NATO alliance

Sunday, 6 March 2022 — The AltWorld

 

An illuminating conversation with Alex Thomson, former GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), Russian speaker and regional expert, a regular guest on UK Column News.

We cover the Russian incursion into Ukraine and the preceding history that will put the Russian initiative into context. We also cover the Putin-WEF connections that many analysts are highlighting – Alex brings a little more nuance, history and insight to the overall global parasite class composition.

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