August 21, 2022
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US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine
In military terms, the crude, locally assembled drone dropping a country-made bomb or two on unguarded sites in Crimea are at best pin pricks in the big picture of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. But it can be profoundly consequential in certain other ways. Continue reading
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Glenn Diesen: How ‘Russophrenia’ from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
The author and holocaust survivor, Victor Klemperer, identified two distinct styles of language that defined Hitler’s propaganda against the Jews: either “scornful derision” of the inferior race or “panic-stricken fear” of their threat to civilisation. Continue reading
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‘No Farms, No Food:’ Dutch farmers confront billionaire ‘green’ elite’s food system reset plan
Dutch farmers’ protests offer a preview of the resistance to come as transnational “green” billionaires advance a “reset” of the global food system. The elite agenda threatens to deepen an international cost of living crisis and spark unrest well beyond The Netherlands. Continue reading
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RIP – Darya Dugina
Earlier on Saturday evening, Dugin was giving a lecture on ‘Tradition and History’ at a family festival in Moscow Region. His daughter attended the event as a guest. Unconfirmed reports say Dugin initially planned to leave the festival with his daughter, but later decided to take a separate car, while Darya took his Toyota Land… Continue reading
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World-Class Ballerina and Twelve-Year-Old Protégé Among Those Murdered by Ukraine
HOW LONG WILL THE U.S. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE ATROCITIES? AND WHEN WILL A MOVEMENT DEVELOP TO TRY AND BLOCK U.S. MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE? On August 4, Ukrainian army rockets struck the drama theater of Donetsk and a neighboring area, killing famed ballerina and teacher, Galina Vasilyevna Volodina, and one of her protégés, Katya Kutubaeva, 12,… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 20-21 August 2022
Sunday, 21 August 2022 • 16:30 — 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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Truth to the Powerless shines as critical foreign policy analysis
Saturday, 20 August 2022 — Yves Engler Official Canadian foreign policy supports empire and corporate interests, but you’d never know that if you rely on the dominant media or government pronouncements. Continue reading
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How Much has the US Promised to Pay for Lithuania’s anti-Chinese Policy?
On August 7, a delegation of 11 Lithuanian officials led by Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Agnė Vaiciukevičiūtė arrived in Taiwan on a five-day visit. According to the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry, the purpose of the delegation’s visit is to “strengthen strategic cooperation and business ties in advanced sectors.” In reality, however, the Lithuanian vice-ministers… Continue reading
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Quality Of Ukraine Reporting Continues To Deteriorate
The news about the war in Ukraine is getting so fake that even an amateur can debunk it no time. Continue reading
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Marikana’s legacy is one of justice denied and capital’s greed
10 years after the brutal massacre of striking mine workers in Marikana in South Africa, Mbuso Ngubane, Deputy General Secretary of NUMSA, talks about questions of justice and the close ties between mining giants and the state Continue reading