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 »
The Economist today, February 25, 2022: … on a gloomy grey morning on February 24th, the onslaught against Ukraine ordered by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, had acquired a sickening inevitability. Yet nothing about this war was inevitable. It is a conflict … Read More »
RT published the following at 12:55 today, February 24. Putin will decide when Ukraine offensive ends – Kremlin Russian military action is the prerogative of the president, who makes the calls on its goals and terms, Kremlin said. Russia’s President … Read More »
Clara Weiss, on the World Socialist Website today, February 24. After Russia announces “special military operation” in Ukraine, Biden declares US will “hold Russia accountable” At 5:50 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a “special military … Read More »
In a short post – monolithic control at the Guardian? – I set out why that paper, though many of its writers are subjectively sincere, is not to be trusted. I home in on this organ more than any other … Read More »
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I came across this last night on Facebook. A chap named Mike, unknown to me, set out a list of motives for Russia invading Ukraine. It’s laborious, he offers no source for his claims about the latter’s natural wealth (not … Read More »
Within the tight confines of their worldviews, I often find the writings of the Guardian’s more rightwing columnists more useful than the bleatings of an Owen Jones or sub-clause stacked look-how-clever-I-ams of a Marina Hyde. (Hyde was good the other … Read More »
He being chief foreign correspondent for NBC, we’d expect Richard Engel to know something about the countries he reports on, wouldn’t we? Only kidding. Of course we wouldn’t! But we might expect some lowly minder to take him to one … Read More »
First, accuse Putin of plotting something he never intends to do. Second, tell the world you will strongly respond to the fabricated scenario. Third, tell the world when the fabricated scenario is to happen. Then, when the fabricated scenario never … Read More »