June 7, 2022
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The Frontman of Empire: How Bono’s “Activism” Serves the Powerful
DUBLIN – Bono is again in the news for his political activism. At the behest of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Irish rockstar and frontman of U2 traveled to Kiev, where he performed a few songs with Ukrainian soldiers inside the Khreshchatyk metro station to a crowd of around 100 people – most of whom were journalists. After… Continue reading
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By endangering the petrodollar, Ukraine conflict brings multipolar world & U.S. revolution far closer
The U.S. empire’s social stability can no longer rely on buying off the workers within its own borders. When Che Guevara observed that international worker solidarity gets undermined by the proletarians in the core imperialist countries receiving special benefits compared to the proletarians in the exploited countries, he was right. But with the contraction of… Continue reading
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Some Other People’s Thoughts On The U.S. Role In The Ukraine And Europe
Craig Murray correctly states that U.S. president Joe Biden is working on prolonging the war in Ukraine: Continue reading
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‘Damned Fun’ – ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ And The Military-Entertainment Complex
‘Some people felt that “Top Gun” was a right-wing film to promote the Navy. And a lot of kids loved it. But I want the kids to know that’s not the way war is – that “Top Gun” was just an amusement park ride, a fun film with a PG-13 rating that was not supposed… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 June 2022
Tuesday, 7 June 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 Continue reading
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The Very Special Operation
The special operation in Ukraine has brought the confrontation between Russia and Western countries, led by the United States, to a climax. Battles are going on not only in the vast spaces of the Ukraine, but also in the economic, political and cultural spheres. The style of the Anglo-Saxons has not changed for centuries. And… Continue reading
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Ukraine: The Disinformation War
Radio 4’s hit piece was a personalized attack on a number of British-based academics, who had been recently named and shamed in the British House of Commons for not being sufficiently Russophobic Continue reading
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America’s “Game-Changing” HIMARS: The Rest of the Story
The United States has announced that it will be sending yet another heavy weapon system to Ukraine amid its ongoing proxy war with Russia. After sending thousands of Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, and over 100 M777 howitzers (including several sent by US allies Australia and Canada), the US is preparing to send… Continue reading
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The World Doesn’t Work That Way Anymore
The First World War signalled the end to a mercantilist order that had evolved under the aegis of European powers. One hundred years later, a very different economic order was in place (neoliberal cosmopolitanism). Believed by its architects to be universal and everlasting, globalisation transfixed the world for an extended moment, but then started the… Continue reading
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