May 2022
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Andrei Biletsky, the neo-Nazi father of Azov
The supreme heroes of the West are the mostly neo-Nazi soldiers of the Azov regiment. These heroes, who smell of sulphur and swastikas, the Western journalists do not want to hear about them, they are only heroic fighters of the free and democratic Ukraine, a fabulous country where life was good before the Russian special… Continue reading
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The Price Of ‘Selective Inattention’ – Iraq, Ukraine, Libya, And The Climate Apocalypse
Thursday, 5 May 2022 — Media Lens Humanity’s great Achilles’ heel, the flaw that may well determine our fate, was summed up in a couple of lines in the classic Simon & Garfunkel song, ‘The Boxer’: ‘Still a man hears what he wants to hear ‘And disregards the rest.’ Continue reading
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Inflation: wages versus profits
The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey set the attitude of the mainstream view on the impact of inflation in February, when he said that “I’m not saying nobody gets a pay rise, don’t get me wrong. But what I am saying is, we do need to see restraint in pay bargaining, otherwise it will… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 9-10 May 2022
Tuesday, 10 May 2022 • 15:30 — 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. The Continue reading
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“The Once Bright City Became Gloomy and Sad:” Survivor of 2014 Odessa Massacre Reflects Back on Tragedy
On May 2, 2014, at least 48 people were killed when right-wing Ukrainian forces burned down the Trade Unions Building in Odessa. The victims had taken refuge in the building after opposing the February 2014 coup d’etat in Ukraine that was backed by the U.S. State Department. Continue reading
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Assad renews Syria’s bonds with Iran
The unannounced arrival of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Tehran on Sunday makes yet another wrinkle to the geopolitics of West Asia. In a short trip of a few hours, Assad had meetings with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raeisi and returned to Damascus. Continue reading
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Ukraine – Putin On Why The War Started, Failed Attempts On Snake Island, Other Issues
Monday, 9 May 2022 — Moon of Alabama Updates below (17:15 UTC) It is Victory Day. As Ernest Hemingway said: Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid. The most important part of Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Victory Parade on the Red Square is the narrative that explains Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2022
Monday, 9 May 2022 — Climate & Capitalism Democracy, insects, Cuba, plastic, capitalist drug pushers & trespassing. Books for understanding and changing the world Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly Climate & Capitalism feature, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C Continue reading
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Mariupol – Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Azovstal reveal their faces as terrorists and hostage-takers
After shelling the new firing positions that Ukrainian soldiers had set up in Azovstal during the evacuation of civilians held in the factory, the Russian army organized a new ceasefire and new humanitarian corridors over three days to continue the evacuation. But instead of letting out the civilians still in the Azovstal basement, the Ukrainian… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 8-9 May 2022
Monday, 9 May 2022 • 16:00 — 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. Poland Continue reading
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Watch: Mariupol – The Truth about the Azovstal Evacuees !!
Sunday, 8 May 2022 — Youtube Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 7-8 May 2022
Sunday, 8 May 2022 — 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. SR 2022: Pandemic Polarizations Continue reading
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Another assassination in Durban
Last night, just before 8pm, Nokuthula Mabaso was assassinated at the eKhenana Commune in Cato Manor, Durban. She was shot six times, four times in the back, and died in the arms of her comrades. She is the second leader in the commune to be assassinated. Ayanda Ngila’s life was taken on 8 March. Continue reading
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Is Satan 11 a Game Changer?
Although Satan 11, Russia’s latest super‐heavy RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), packs a lethal punch, it is not of itself a game changer. Because leopards don’t change their spots, NATO won’t stop its war mongering until it is defanged, disarmed and demobbed. Though Satan 11 is necessary to deter NATO’s aggression, it is not nearly… Continue reading
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Masha and Mishka
The aim of children’s entertainment, it seems, should be to engender eternal hatred of all NATO’s enemies and Masha and Mishka must be no exception to that. Continue reading
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History of World War II: Russia’s Defeat of Nazi Germany (1941-1945)
In 2022 we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, which marked a turning point in the war against German fascism. Stalingrad represented the first nail in the coffin of the German Wehrmacht. Russia’s war against German fascism lasted four years and took an immense toll on the people of the Soviet Union… Continue reading
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Ukraine: What Can the Imprisoned Canadian General Tell?
The arrest of Canadian general Trevor John Cadieu on May 1 by Russian troops while trying to escape from Azovstal in Mariupol can serve as a piece of evidence that official evidence of the “collective West” has unleashed a war against Russia in Ukraine. Seven months ago he was considered a prime candidate for the position of… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 May 2022
Saturday, 7 May 2022 — 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. 21st century fascism: Continue reading
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Statewatch News 6 May (Issue 07/22)
Friday, 6 May 2022 — Statewatch Also available as a PDF Welcome to our latest edition, featuring: A new report from Statewatch and the Transnational Institute: At what cost? Funding the EU’s security, defence, and border policies, 2021–2027 Event: AI at the borders: negotiations, regulations and fundamental rights EU sanctions against “radical rhetoric”, intelligence agencies in Continue reading
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Showdown at “Credibility Gulch” in Ukraine War
Back in the 1960s and 1970s during the war in Vietnam, everybody knew about the “credibility gap,” which morphed into Credibility Gulch as the official story stretched ever-farther from reality. Continue reading
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