US Colonel McGregor: “Zelensky no hero”
8
Mar
The real purpose of sanctions on Russia?
7
Mar
. Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, and Nato has made clear it will not step in directly. What America and its allies will do, however, is supply arms and training to further Washington’s desire to bog down Russia – with what … Read More »
Cook on Monbiot on Ukraine
6
Mar
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Media double standards over Ukraine
6
Mar
Our media are large corporations selling privileged audiences to other large corporations. Now the question is, what pictures of the world would a rational person expect from this arrangement? Noam Chomsky . I often use the term, propaganda blitz, in reference … Read More »
Is this Russian propaganda?
5
Mar
A friend posted on FB her admiration of the “hero” Volodymyr Zelensky. Yeah, the guy referred to by this White House reporter for CNN: No Fly Zones imposed by the US Empire plunged Africa’s richest country into over a decade … Read More »
A calmer panorama in the English Lakes
3
Mar
. After spending all of February doing my tiny bit to combat the most intensive propaganda blitz of my life, I took a break in the last few hours of the month. At eight pm I threw the necessaries into … Read More »
The most important question in the world
28
Feb
A good few people for whom I have great respect – and one or two for whom I harbour no such sentiment – are denouncing Russia’s move on Ukraine. I will not, which puts me at odds even with those … Read More »
Ukraine through the eye of a UK diplomat
28
Feb
Writing yesterday, February 27, on the Strategic Culture Foundation website, former UK diplomat and spy Alastair Crooke assesses Russia’s move and the West’s response. First though, a word about Mr Crooke. Says wiki: … Crooke, (born 1949) is a British … Read More »
Ukraine: what does Mr Putin have to say?
27
Feb
A striking feature of corporate media propaganda blitzes is that the targets are not only highly personalised, and often as not likened to Hitler. They are also assiduously deplatformed. How many of the scores of millions of Westerners who rely … Read More »
Diana Johnstone on Russia bear baiting
26
Feb
I’m again indebted to a friend for alerting me to a worthy piece. The Defend Democracy article replicated below is by Diana Johnstone. As far as I know, this American in Paris is no relation to Melbourne’s Caitlin Johnstone. Diana … Read More »