Minister, leader, activist and PhD Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Known for his use of civil disobedience and non-violent protests to combat racial segregation and discrimination in the United States, without his leadership our country would not have made the progress that it has.
Today we honor his life with this 1964 performance of “Freedom Day” by the Max Roach Quintet with Abbey Lincoln on vocals.
About T-90M, Again.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/about-t-90m-again.html
Ukraine Open Thread 2023-13
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/01/ukraine-open-thread-2023-13.html
Ukraine’s & Russia’s Defense Ministers Agree (But NATO
Disagrees): War in Ukraine is Between NATO & Russia, NOT Ukraine
& Russia
https://orientalreview.org/2023/01/13/ukraines-russias-defense-ministers-agree-but-nato-disagrees-war-in-ukraine-is-between-nato-russia-not-ukraine-russia/
Caitlin Johnstone
The US empire’s proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we’ve discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding this war has been the way the nation’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised. The way the most powerful institutions in the western world have been throwing their puppet in everyone’s face to sell the empire’s proxy warfare puts Ronald McDonald to shame.
Gerald Horne: promoting British empire apologia to divert radicals into the Democratic Party
https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2023/01/gerald-horne-promoting-british-empire.html
2023 Outlook For Ukraine
https://popularresistance.org/2023-outlook-for-ukraine/
My, My, My…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-my-my.html
Spiridonov Yuri Vasilyevich (Sakha), Landlord of the Moma Mountains, 2006.Dear friends,
Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
In 1996, the eight countries on the Arctic rim – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States – formed the Arctic Council, a journey that began in 1989 when Finland approached the other countries to hold a discussion about the Arctic environment. The Finnish initiative led to the Rovaniemi Declaration (1991), which established the council’s precursor, the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy.
Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returns to power as left-leaning leaders are in control of six of the region’s seven largest economiesThe tragicomic “insurrection” in Brasilia on Sunday was destined to meet a sudden death. The universal condemnation and, in particular, the brusqueness with which the Biden Administration distanced itself from the protestors, sealed their fate. Certainly, this revolt is no “civil war,” although it is difficult to make predictions about new protests in the country.
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In June 2022 EU policing agency Europol received substantial new powers. Legal changes mean the agency can now process data on entirely innocent people, more easily receive and transmit personal data from non-EU states, and is responsible for developing algorithms and other new technologies for police forces across the EU.
Soledar has fallen to Russian troops. Bakhmut (Artymovsk) will follow soon.
This constitutes the breach of Ukraine’s second defense line within the Donetzk and Lysichansk oblasts. I will discuss those lines with the maps below.
The Vote for House Speaker Obscured Democratic Treachery Margaret Kimberley House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s need for 15 rounds of voting from his party is viewed with alarm or humor. But the right wing proved that activists win if they make demands. Democrats have no members brave enough to confront leadership, and the people’s needs go unmet.
by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle
The failed coup in Brazil is the latest CIA stunt, just as the country is forging stronger ties with the east.
A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in Iran.
Pierre de Gaulle [Source: rt.com]Pierre de Gaulle, a grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. is making Europeans suffer by fueling the Ukraine conflict and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia.
Remote land and people of the Russian ArcticThe Biden Administration’s efforts to put on fast track Sweden’s accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm’s past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed.
Information Warfare 101, or “My evening with a Ukrainian propaganda/agitation unit”
https://popularresistance.org/information-warfare-101-or-my-evening-with-a-ukrainian-propaganda-agitation-unit/
Europe And The Legitimization Of Deception
https://popularresistance.org/europe-and-the-legitimization-of-deception/
Patrushev Framed The Narrative…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/patrushev-framed-narrative.html
Nearly a year after Russia’s invasion, the western narrative of an ‘unprovoked’ attack has become impossible to sustain
Middle East Eye – 10 January 2022
Hindsight is a particularly powerful tool for analysing the Ukraine war, nearly a year after Russia’s invasion.
More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world’s ability to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere — according to a study from Oxford University’s School of Geography.
“We are carrying out NATO’s mission today. They aren’t shedding their blood. We’re shedding ours.”
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleskii Reznikov discussed the roots of the NATO-Russia proxy war being fought in Ukraine on Ukrainian TV last week.
The New Dark Age 