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Video: Anti-Russian sentiment a resource play diversion By Michael Hudson
Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters have seized public buildings in Eastern Ukrainian cities. They’re demanding referendums to secede from Ukraine in order to become a part of Russia. Ukrainian officials have blamed Putin for this continued unrest, but it should be noted that Ukraine is a major transit route for natural gas exports to Europe from… Continue reading
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Ukrainian crisis: Eight strategic recommendations BY GEAB
This crisis is well and truly a test of national leaders’ ability to grasp the tools of independence, power and peace that their fathers (the generations of politicians which ruled right until the end of the 80s basically) have put at their disposal, this united and institutionalized Europe which only remains to be put under… Continue reading
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Editor of Ukranian leftwing site: “The enemy is within”
We publish an interview with Ukrainian left-wing activist Kolesnik Dmitry. The interview gives an excellent insight to the situation in Ukraine and the forces that are at play. We believe that this is an important contribution to the discussion about the class struggle in the country and the tasks of the Marxists. Continue reading
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Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In the days following the Ukraine coup d’Etat of February 23, leading to the ousting of a duly elected president, Wall Street and the IMF–in liaison with the US Treasury and the European Commission in Brussels– had already set the stage for the outright takeover of Ukraine’s monetary system. The EuroMaidan protests leading up to… Continue reading
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Challenging the Western Narrative on Events in the Ukraine By Lionel Reynolds
The mainstream western media has presented a united front in its coverage of events in the Ukraine since the Maidan protests began in late November 2013. The same narrative has informed the comments and actions of the so-called ‘international community’ – typically an anglo-american-zionist affair consisting of Washington, London, Jerusalem and NATO, but on this… Continue reading
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Is Crimea’s Shift the First of a Long Series? By Thierry Meyssan
Beyond the emphatic cries of the West against the accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation, the real issue is whether this is an orphan event or whether it foreshadows a turning of Eastern Europe toward Moscow. With only enslavement to the Brussels bureaucracy to offer, Brussels fears that existing clienta may be attracted… Continue reading
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Attempts of EU, far-right opposition to set up Ukraine government collapse By Alex Lantier
Attempts to set up a government by the Western-backed Ukrainian opposition forces that seized power in Saturday’s fascist putsch have collapsed amid rising demands for social attacks on the working class from Washington and the European Union (EU), and military tensions with Russia. Continue reading
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The Anglo-American Axis: Losing Ukraine, Losing Europe By Umberto Pascali
Concerning Ukraine, it now appears that the fury shown by the Anglo-Americans (that seems really too excessive and reckless even considering recent standards) is due not simply to the danger of losing Ukraine, but to the danger of losing Europe. Continue reading
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EU and Washington step up pressure on Ukraine By Peter Schwarz
The European Union and the US used last weekend’s Munich Security Conference to massively step up pressure on Ukraine. They are seeking to install a technocratic government pledged to implement harsh economic reforms drafted by the International Monetary Fund, change the constitution, curtail the power of the president and bring the opposition into power. Continue reading
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Ukraine on the Verge of Civil War: Blood on the Maidan By Mark Hackard
Ukraine is teetering on the verge of civil war, and as usual Western media haven’t been particularly helpful in shedding light on the unravelling situation. Aside from evocative photos of clashes between legion-like formations of Berkut riot police and their rough nationalist opponents on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), about all we can expect from… Continue reading
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Ukraine Spring, NATO Springboard
In a country with an average monthly national minimum wage equivalent to around 100Euros, 15 billion dollars in IMF loans being suspended, a zero growth forecast and a danger of default, it isn’t hard to understand how perceptions of being denied economic lifelines would bring people out in protest. On closer inspection however, it appears… Continue reading
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The Real Causes of the Catastrophic Crisis in Greece and the “Left” By Takis Fotopoulos
The almost complete destruction of the lower classes in Greece is not due to the causes usually attributed to it by the “Left”.[1] In fact, contrary to the misleading “explanations” provided by this Left and the Right alike, the actual cause is the full integration of the Greek economy into neoliberal globalization, through its accession… Continue reading
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Crucible of Resistance: Class Struggle Over Ways Out of the Crisis By Andreas Bieler
Having postponed the necessary restructuring for too long, austerity would be the only solution to enforce liberalization and deregulation from the outside. In their impressive book Crucible of Resistance: Greece, the Eurozone and the World Economic Crisis (Pluto Press, 2013), Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos challenge these understandings and reveal the class dynamics underlying the… Continue reading
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Ukrainian Dream Comes True By Oriental Review
No doubt that the deals became an oxygen bag for official Kyiv, the EU & IMF commissioners (commissars in Russian, a word associating them in the eyes of both Russians and Ukrainians with the ruthless bolshevik emissaries of the 1920s) tried to hug to death. President Yanukovich could hardly conceal his content stating “today’s fruitful… Continue reading
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Putin Scores a New Victory in the Ukraine by Israel Shamir
A tug-of-war between the East and the West for the future of Ukraine lasted over a month, and has ended for all practical purposes in a resounding victory for Vladimir Putin, adding to his previous successes in Syria and Iran. The trouble began when the administration of President Yanukovich went looking for credits to reschedule… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 4 November 2013 (19/13): Metropolitan police detained David Miranda for promoting ‘political’ causes
4 November 2013 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 27 October – 2 November 2013
2 November 2013 — — Strategic Culture Foundation Who is the USA in Debt to? (II) 02.11.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV …Switzerland, Belgium, Great Britain, Luxembourg and Ireland each have a bundle of securities amounting to more than USD 100 billion, and each of them has external debt that far exceeds their GDP… It is one of… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (18/13): full background coverage on EU-UK-USA Data Surveillance
28 October 2013 — Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (18/13) Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (17/13): EU rules on maritime rescue: Member States quibble while migrants drown
28 October 2013 — Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (17/13) Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org EU “SEARCH & RESCUE Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 18 October 2013: Report: EU to bypass its own anti-settlements guidelines
18 October 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterBody Of Slain Palestinian Still Held By IsraelIMEMC – The Israeli Authorities are still holding the body of Younis Radayda, who was shot and killed on Thursday allegedly after he drove into a military base, and said that his body will be handed to the Palestinians Sunday,… Continue reading
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