regime change
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War, “Regime Change” and the Globalization of “Austerity Economics” By Hossein-Zadeh Ismael
While not new, social convulsions seem to have become more numerous in recent years. They have become especially more frequent since the mysterious 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and the 2008 financial collapse in the United States, which soon led to similar financial implosions and economic crises in Europe and beyond. Continue reading
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The Crimean Anti-Coup Move
The U.S. and EU sponsored coup against the elected government and president of the Ukraine had several strategic implications and aims. One of them is the Black Sea base of the Russian Navy which is used to supply and defend Syria. A takeover of the government in Kiev was necessary but not sufficient to neutralize… Continue reading
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Ukraine: “Go West, Young Man” By Jeffrey Sommers & Michael Hudson
“Let them loot.” That is the demand of the West when its NGO subsidiaries firebomb government buildings, murder policemen and loot the arms depots of military forts. Kiev is the equivalent of Kosovo as a Slavic city-of-origin. Are we seeing a replay? Continue reading
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Video: The Latest in Ukraine By Eric Draitser
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to discuss the evolving situation in Ukraine. Draitser explains that the warnings directed at Moscow from the US-EU-NATO are utter hypocrisy considering the key role the West played in funding the Nazis and “opposition”. He notes that rumors of a full blown Russian intervention are pure propaganda designed… Continue reading
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Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Declare that Power Comes Out of the Barrels of their Guns By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
To the extent that government exists in post-coup Ukraine, it is laws dictated by gun and threat wielding thugs of the neo-Nazi, Russophobic, ultra-nationalist, right-wing parties. Watch the video of the armed thug, Aleksandr Muzychko, who boosts of killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya, dictating to the Rovno regional parliament a grant of apartments to families… Continue reading
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The Ukrainian Pendulum: Has Russia Lost and the West Won? By Dmitri Minin
In a geopolitical sense, Ukraine is a kind of pendulum space in which everything can only remain stable if there is a strong consensus in society and a lack of any major shocks from outside. Both of these conditions were violated today. And if the pendulum swings too strongly to one side, then you can… Continue reading
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Venezuela: A New Lesson in Democracy By Carlos Fernandez Liria
The complicity of the Spanish media with Venezuelan coup-ism has never been as explicit and committed as it was in 2002, but it has been equally repugnant. The same lies as always, the same topics, the same rubbish. But for me, what stands out the most, is the silence of the most high-profile intellectuals about… Continue reading
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US, Europe step up threats against Russia over Ukraine By Stefan Steinberg
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stepped up pressure on the Russian government after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday. Continue reading
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After pro-EU putsch in Ukraine, Russia puts military on alert By Alex Lantier
The Kremlin carried out large-scale military exercises along its border with Ukraine yesterday, amid rising tensions with the Western-backed Ukrainian regime that seized power in Saturday’s fascist-led putsch in Kiev. Announcing the exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said: “In accordance with an order by the president of the Russian Federation, the forces of the… Continue reading
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Russia mobilizes army groups over Ukraine concerns
A report prepared by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) and signed by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu confirms that the Western Military District has been ordered to prepare for “immediate deployment and conflict” to the Crimea oblast of Ukraine after Prime Minister Medvedev warned of threats “to… Continue reading
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‘Ukraine will only get a pittance from the US and the EU’
The US government is saying it will help Ukraine’s new government with money, but the US Treasury is not in any political shape to give billions of dollars to the Ukrainian economy which requires $35 billion, geopolitical analyst William Engdahl told RT. Continue reading
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European Parliament adopts irrelevant resolution on Ukraine
They recognize the putchist “government” and self-nominated “Supreme Rada” in Kiev as the legitimate central authorities in Ukraine. They call to enforce “targeted sanctions against those responsible for violence” despite the fact that the leaders of the principle initiators of violent clashes in Kiev (Pravyi Sector) are now heading the putchist “Ministry of Defense”. Continue reading
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National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela By Kim Scipes
As protests have been taking place in Venezuela for the last couple of weeks, it is good to check on the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the US Empire’s “stealth” destabilizer. What has the NED been up to in Venezuela? Continue reading
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Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov
What is happening in Ukraine and Syria is a project of the West, a new type of war: in both places you see a clear anti-Russian approach, and as is well known, wars today begin with psychological and information warfare operations. . . Kerry and Obama are encouraging in Kiev what they harshly repress in… Continue reading
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The Question of US ‘Democracy Promotion’ in the Newspaper of Record By Peter Hart
Sometimes the thing we call “media bias” isn’t about what a given piece of journalism explicitly says about the world; it’s more about the assumptions that must be taken for granted. Question those assumptions and the whole thing starts to fall apart. Continue reading
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Was the Ukraine Coup America’s Main Event at the Sochi Olympics?
In my previous post, I speculated that the US and EU orchestrated the climax of the Ukraine crisis to occur while Vlad was preoccupied with presiding over his beloved Olympics, and unwilling or unable to destroy the soft power vibe by intervening forcefully in the Ukraine, or even giving the matter his more complete attention.… Continue reading
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Looks Like US Played Hardball in the Ukraine…and Against the EU
In parsing the circumstances of Yanukovich’s downfall, it is interesting to look for the machinations of Victoria Nuland, the State Department neo-con (wife of Robert Kagan) who was apparently given a free hand in matters Ukrainian by President Obama. Continue reading
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Interview: Coup in Ukraine
Rick Rozoff returns to the program to follow-up on his previous interview about the possibility of a coup in Ukraine. Rozoff’s most dire predictions have come to fruition. The events in Ukraine “have been long in the making” and “methodically planned out.” The only thing that isn’t materializing is EU aid to Ukraine. “If you’ve… Continue reading
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Video: Popular Uprising, Foreign Manipulation and Rising Fascism in Ukraine
Political economist Aleksandr Buzgalin and international law professor John Quigley discuss the internal rivalries for power taking place within Ukraine, and the history of its relations with Russia (inc. transcript). 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
The New Dark Age 