Day: May 24, 2022

Ukraine News Links 23-24 May 2022

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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 • 18:30 — 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 and some links may not work, depending on your location but I’ve kept them anyway, so at least the reader has some idea of the scale of censorship now operating in the ‘democratic’ West.

New York Times Repudiates Drive For ‘Decisive Military Victory’ In Ukraine
https://popularresistance.org/new-york-times-repudiates-drive-for-decisive-military-victory-in-ukraine/

Truly Dangerous’: Biden Vows US Military Response If China Invades Taiwan
https://popularresistance.org/truly-dangerous-biden-vows-us-military-response-if-china-invades-taiwan/

In The Wake Of Russian Victory In Mariupol
https://orientalreview.org/2022/05/24/in-the-wake-of-russian-victory-in-mariupol/

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Russia to Score Major Victories in Donbass, Must Adapt to New NATO Game

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Sunday, 23 May 2022 —  Internationalist 360°

Ekaterina Blinova

NATO has raised the stakes by flooding Ukraine with heavy weaponry and trying to prolong the conflict, says Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine intelligence officer.

Sputnik: In a recent interviews with Sputnik you said that if Russia is “able to achieve some sort of demonstrable battlefield victory of such a large scale that the inevitable defeat of Ukraine is played before the European community, that would put a damper on the provision of weaponry [by the West] in a futile exercise.” Could the surrender of Ukrainian military, National Guard and neo-Nazis in Azovstal be considered this sort of victory?

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The Depravity of the Armchair Communists

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Sunday, 22 May, 2022 — The Saker

By Kahlil Wall-Johnson for the Saker Blog

The inter-imperialist camp, as it has been called, has dedicated itself to painting the Ukraine conflict strictly in terms of inter-imperialist struggle. In their dedication to this interpretation, they have committed to a series of surprisingly extravagant claims, some of which I intend to gather here and hold up to the light. However, it is this camp’s total lack of scruples, specifically when it comes to their sources, that has compelled me to object. Having said this, I find it necessary to reassure the reader that what follows is not (unlike the pieces being critiqued) a rant on how we ought to interpret Lenin’s Imperialism, or even really an attempt to engage with theory. Nor is it a detailed comparison of the role of the US and Russia in the world-system. There is no need to repeat the many articles which have rebutted these claims and contrasted the specific nature of US imperialism to Chinese or Russian foreign policy and trade. Rather, what I am trying to scrape at here is their lazy and offensive attitude towards their sources; an attitude that is repeatedly criticized by the very authors they cite!

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The Assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh: Who Gave the Order?

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Monday, 23 May 2022 — MintPress News

Shireen Abu Akleh Feature photo

JENIN, OCCUPIED PALESTINE – Israel’s announcement that it will not pursue an investigation into the killing of famed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was not surprising. The specific reasons it gave to justify the decision make little difference. However, one thing is certain: It is highly unlikely that the killing of a journalist like Shireen Abu Akleh was the decision of a lone soldier or a commander on the ground.

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The Costs of Kiev’s War

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Monday, 23 May 2022 — The Van Says…

This map shows Russian gains, but cannot begin to explain the costs to Kiev

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There are a number of factors coming into play throughout the Ukraine that not only have a bearing on the conflict, but are becoming deciding factors for both Kiev and those who have chosen to support it. This article will examine a range of matters in order to evaluate what this may mean as the struggle develops. The author would like to recommend two channels that have been extremely helpful in the compilation of this article. If you do use Telegram, both https://t.me/EurasianChoice and https://t.me/levigodman are great sources of information.
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