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Ukraine is a millstone around Europe’s neck
The fallout of the war in Ukraine over Europe is largely seen in terms of the uncertainties over the continent’s heavy dependence on Russian energy and the impact of it on the economies of the 27 EU member countries. Imposing restrictions on Russian oil has proven a much more complicated task than imagined previously. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 28-29 May 2022
Sunday, 29 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 and some links… Continue reading
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The June 2022 issue of ColdType (Issue 235) is now online
Saturday, 28 May 2022 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Operation Z
It is a little over three months since Russia began its Special Military Operation in the Ukraine and in that time, much has been written concerning both Russia and the Ukraine, but also the affects and effects that are being felt from further afield. Many articles have through necessity covered individual events and the minutiae… Continue reading
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MSM Offers Rare Glimpse Into How Bad Things Are Really Going For Ukrainian Forces
While everyone’s focused on the latest mass shooting in the US, The Washington Post published what may be the first major acknowledgement from the mainstream western media that Ukraine’s war against Russia has not been nearly the cakewalk they’ve been leading the public to believe. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 May 2022
Saturday, 28 May 2022 • 22:00 — 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 and… Continue reading
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U.S. and NATO Allies Blockade Russia’s Economy, Then Blame Russia for World Hunger
Can Russia be possibly portrayed as any more evil and monstrous than that, as per Western propaganda narratives of Russophobia? In an incredible feat of hypocrisy, the United States and European Union are accusing Russia of using food exports and global hunger as a weapon. Continue reading
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The Power of Lies
The comments on Peter Oborne’s excellent article on Julian Assange in the Guardian last week are a damning indictment of the media’s ability to instil near universal acceptance of “facts” which are easily proven lies. The Guardian chose as its “Guardian pick” to head the section a comment full of these entirely untrue assertions. Continue reading
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Shouldn’t Hillary Clinton Be Banned From Twitter Now?
Last week, in the trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis asked ex-campaign manager Robby Mook about the decision to share with a reporter a bogus story about Donald Trump and Russia’s Alfa Bank. Mook answered by giving up his onetime boss. “I discussed it with Hillary,” he said, describing his pitch… Continue reading
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As Things Fall Apart Biden May Want To Escalate
Is reality setting in? Is that why a Washington Post reporter, who has been on the frontline in Ukraine, was allowed to write this? Ukrainian volunteer fighters in the east feel abandoned Continue reading
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Indo-Pacific power dynamic in radical shift
The joint air patrol over the waters of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on Monday by an air task force composed of Russian Tu-95MS capable of carrying nuclear weapons and Chinese H-6K strategic bombers couldn’t have been a knee-jerk reaction to US President Joe Biden’s Asia tour, leave alone his provocative remarks conjuring… Continue reading
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Ukrainian POW Our commanders threatened us, whoever leaves the position will be shot on the spot
Captured Ukrainian soldier urges his fellow soldiers to lay down their arms “…Our commanders threatened us, whoever leaves the position he will be shot on the spot. There were 450 soldiers-objectors in our unit. Then they were put in the trucks, and their further fate is unknown. What do I think about this war? It’s… Continue reading
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Russian MoD: Briefing on the results of the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine
The Russian Defence Ministry continues to study materials on the implementation of military biological programs of the United States and its NATO allies on the territory of Ukraine. Under the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons, each State Party submits an annual report in the form of a declaration of compliance with… Continue reading
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From Bad to Worse
Anybody who’s anybody knows that the situation in the Ukraine has gone from bad to worse to helpless over the last month. This article will look at how this is affecting the efforts of Kiev and its backers and what this will mean as we look to the future. Continue reading
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The Russia-Ukraine Conflict; a Proxy War between Russia and NATO
For the future development of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there are at least three scenarios and mixed options between them. First is a surrender of Ukrainian forces. It depends on the political decision of president Zelensky. But because NATO countries still providing weapon systems and arms to Ukraine I think it is not possible in near… Continue reading
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After the First Interrogations of the “Azovstal” Surrendered Ghouls, the Following Picture Emerges…
1. Almost all admit that they profess a Nazi ideology based on Russophobia and the glorification of Nazi criminals. Any crimes against the life of Russians and the Russian-speaking population of the former Ukraine were deliberately justified on the basis of the “racial superiority” of Ukrainians over the “Rusnya”. Members of the “Azov” battalion were… Continue reading
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Stella Assange BBC Interview: “I will keep fighting until Julian is free.”
We just wanted to share Stella’s amazing appearance on BBC HARDtalk. In a wide-ranging interview that touched on Stella and Julian’s relationship, the U.S. allegations, and other topics, Stella spoke powerfully about what’s at stake and how she plans to keep fighting. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 26-27 May 2022
Friday, 27 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 and some links… Continue reading
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Tomorrow: Lowkey + Roxanne!
Activist rapper and host of the Watchdog Lowkey is joined by Native scholar and author Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz to talk about mass shootings, white supremacy and an indigenous people’s history of the United States. Continue reading
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UK: Why can’t police acknowledge institutional racism?
How can an organisation become ‘actively anti-racist’ without acknowledging the existence of institutional racism? The National Police Chiefs’ Council and College of Policing this week launched its Police Race Action Plan, tasked with ‘Improving policing for Black people’. Like so many plans and strategies before it, it is laden with commitments to ‘overhaul systems, processes… Continue reading
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