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The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East By James Petras
Not since the US and EU took over Eastern Europe, including the Baltic countries, East Germany, Poland and the Balkans and converted them into military outposts of NATO and economic vassals, have the Western powers moved so aggressively to seize a strategic country, such as the Ukraine, posing an existential threat to Russia. Continue reading
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Washington, Ukrainian puppet regime prepare new fascist slaughter in Odessa By Alex Lantier
In the wake of Friday’s fascist massacre of pro-Russian protesters at the Trade Unions House in Odessa, the US puppet regime in Kiev deployed National Guard units to the city yesterday. The sending of the National Guard, a force created by the Kiev regime after the fascist-led putsch in February that has worked closely with… Continue reading
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“Global Society Destruction” and The Ukraine Crisis: Decoding its Deep Structural Meaning By Prof. John McMurtry
The “Ukraine crisis” repeats a script as old as the Cold War. The narrative features rising attacks by corporate states and media on the traditional whipping boy of Russia. As usual, “escalating the crisis” is US-led. As usual, alarm about “increasing lawless aggression” is projection of US policy itself. In fact, one more US-directed violent… Continue reading
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Press Kit on Human Rights in Ukraine
The flywheel of political repressions in Ukraine is gaining momentum these days. In sharp contrast with the liberal approach by president Yanukovych to the “Euromaidan” rout, the interim Kievan administration did not hesitate much about cracking down the public uprising against the “neo-Nazi regime” on the rise in the East and South of Ukraine. Today… Continue reading
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Volodymyr Ishchenko: ‘For Ukrainians, the main threat is capitalism
Volodymyr Ishchenko. Note from the editors: We publish the transcript of Volodymyr Ishchenko’s interview on This is Hell! radio station with Chuck Mertz from April 19 and 20, 2014, organised in cooperation between the Chicago-based radio station, AntidoteZine.Com, and LeftEast. It includes two questions that Volodymyr answered in writing after the show. Continue reading
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Anti-govt protesters seize Ukrainian APCs, army units 'switch sides' (VIDEO)
Kiev’s military faced off with protesters in east Ukraine on Wednesday to sort out their differences…and found none. Soldiers appeared reluctant to go into battle against anti-government activists. Continue reading
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Kiev Declares War on South-East Ukraine By Boris Novoseltsev
The coup brought to power extreme right Ukrainian nationalists. They started to threaten the population of the south-eastern part of the country which tried to preserve its national Russian authenticity. The people were actually pushed to take resolute actions to defend themselves. Now they are not as quite as they used to be before –… Continue reading
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The New York Times’ propaganda campaign against Russia over Ukraine By Alex Lantier
The denunciations of Russia published in yesterday’s New York Times, as the armed forces of the US and European-backed Kiev regime assaulted protesters in eastern Ukraine, are vile propaganda. The newspaper whitewashes the social and political character of the new Ukrainian government, installed in a fascist-led putsch in February, and blames on Moscow the violence… Continue reading
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Russia and the Ukraine crisis By Samir Amin
Russia’s policy to resist the project of colonisation of Ukraine by western powers should be supported. The target of constructing a Euro-Asian community, independent of the Triad and its European subordinate partners, is a positive initiative Continue reading
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As the tanks roll in, the USA/EU/NATO imperialist axis that has almost destroyed the Ukraine plans ever closer co-operation
On Sunday John Brennan, the CIA Director, paid a secret visit to the Ukraine. Within 48 hours, Ukrainian armed services launched a controlled assault against rebel positions in the Eastern Ukraine. Repeated claims by the Ukrainian regime and its sponsors in Brussels and Washington that this is an anti-terrorist operation are distortions of reality. The… Continue reading
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Press Kit on Human Rights in Ukraine By Oriental Review
The flywheel of political repressions in Ukraine is gaining momentum these days. In sharp contrast with the liberal approach by president Yanukovych to the “Euromaidan” rout, the interim Kievan administration did not hesitate much about cracking down the public uprising against the “neo-Nazi regime” on the rise in the East and South of Ukraine. Continue reading
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Fraternal Genocide in Ukraine: U.S. Instigating Yugoslav Scenario
The US effort to turn Ukraine into a forward area for positioning NATO bases is paving the way for fraternal genocide and ethnic cleansing in the former Soviet state, repeating the Yugoslav scenario, Aijaz Ahmad, a famous Indian philosopher and political expert said in an article in a leading Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. Continue reading
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Ukraine, a Fascist Coup? A Photo Essay By Andre Vltchek
Ukraine is burning, it is going to the dogs; it has been taken over by an illegitimate government engorged with fascists, neo-Nazis and simple pro-Western opportunists, as well as countless EU and US-sponsored members of various NGO’s. The West has destabilized an entire nation, supporting right-wingers and fascists. Then it began spreading anti-Russian propaganda, even… Continue reading
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The Role of Fascism and the Oligarchs in Ukraine
The following interview with The Last Defense is with the main spokesperson of Ukraine’s Borotba Party, Sergey Kirichuk. Borotba is “a left-wing, antifascist Ukrainian political party fighting for the solidarity of Ukrainians”. Continue reading
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NATO commander paints dark picture of ‘Russian threat’ as USA moves to further isolate Russia By Lionel Reynolds
NATO is the world’s most powerful military bloc. It was supposedly founded as a collective security bloc in which each member undertook to come to the aid of a fellow member in appropriate circumstances. The 28 members that currently make up NATO are responsible for 70% of global defence expenditure, and 70% of that expenditure… Continue reading
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Kiev snipers, the regime and Yanukovych By Alexander MERCOURIS (UK)
The regime in Kiev says the snipers on 20th February 2014 belonged to the security forces. No surprise there. It also insinuates that the Russians were involved – a predictable but nonetheless fantastic allegation that will only serve to undermine its credibility on this issue. Continue reading
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Why America Needs a Face-Saving Retreat Plan for Ukraine By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
The American foreign policy blunders in Ukraine have been colossal, and as it currently stands, it looks as like they have completely backfired. Ukraine rejected the EU Association Agreement in November, only to have a covert Western-led coup usurp power. At that time, American policy seemed to have prevailed, but the flimsy foundation it was… Continue reading
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US-Ukraine loan ‘final rape and plunder by the West’
The law approved by Congress to grant a one billion dollar loan to Ukraine is only a loan guarantee and will not even dent Ukraine’s huge debts, 25 billion of which must be paid this year, William Engdahl, a geopolitical analyst, told RT. Continue reading
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Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun By Paul Craig Roberts
It is now apparent that the “Maiden protests” in Kiev were in actuality a Washington organized coup against the elected democratic government. The purpose of the coup is to put NATO military bases on Ukraine’s border with Russia and to impose an IMF austerity program that serves as cover for Western financial interests to loot… Continue reading
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Ukraine? Russia? Keep Your Eyes on the Prize By Steven Jonas, MD, MPH
In a previous column on this subject, I reviewed briefly the history (that is the full picture, not just the half that is presented in the US media) of what has been going on in Ukraine and the Russian response to it. I considered what in my view is the main strategic reason for that… Continue reading
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