LIE No.1 about Ukraine is that it is “Putin’s war”, consequence of his unprovoked aggression. I’ve set out in many posts the many reasons for rejecting that inversion of culpability. Because it’s the simplest of those reasons, requiring the fewest … Read More »
… a weakening of its biggest trade competitor, Europe, has been the most tangible benefit for Washington of the war it provoked in Ukraine. Most glaringly evident in the sabotage of Nordstream and its consequences for European businesses, Germany’s in particular, it … Read More »
Before I get to Brian Berletic, four remarks: three of them general and of major importance; the fourth a sneaky but minor amendment to an earlier commitment. Those who rule the West beneath a thinning veneer of democracy lie routinely … Read More »
The more time you spend talking about whether the leaker is a good person, the less you’re devoting to the official deception and misbehavior the leaks have shed light on. This is not an accident. But ask yourself: What’s more … Read More »
The shifting balance of global power … technical aspects of China’s ascendance … the bid to protect profits for the few by moving the UK to a US model of healthcare provision at cost of falling life expectancy for the … Read More »
Vladimir Putin with his co-accused, Maria Lvova-Belova I’ve already written two posts on the ICC warrant against Russia’s president, and had thought that the end of the matter. In itself the move isn’t all that important, and I’ve given – … Read More »
Well worth a read is Finian Cunningham’s forceful response, today on Information Clearing House, to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for President Vladimir Putin and his Children’s Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova. Many have yet to grasp … Read More »
“The safest, most redundant, least courageous thing anyone can do right now is condemn Vladimir Putin” – Caitlin Johnstone The Guardian yesterday, March 17, 2023. Sarcasm alert: how perverse of the Kremlin and its Putinbot pals! What on earth could … Read More »
Not even her worst enemies could call Caitlin Johnstone a Pollyanna. She is never other than terrifyingly forthright on a US aggression as easy to ascertain and quantify – by the few willing to set aside meta-narrative in favour of … Read More »
With regard to the reports in the [New York] Times and [Washington] Post, the notion that a massive, highly-sophisticated international undersea terror attack simultaneously destroying four separate pipelines would have been launched by Ukrainians operating from Germany without the knowledge of … Read More »
