Ex-Minister of Defence of DPR Igor Strelkov: “In general, we can say that the ceasefire is over – the entire front is under fire, including artillery. Shock troops of the enemy moved to the forefront.” http://fortruss.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/kiev-junta-launches-large-scale-attack.html?m=1
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‘Right Sector’ Fascists Incorporated into Ukrainian Army
April 8, 2015
The mainstream have missed this one (they’re very good at doing that): “Dmitro Yarosh, the founder and leader of the fascist Right Sector organization, has been appointed official advisor to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian Ministry of…
Russophobia Liberally Turned Up to 11: Soros in the Guardian
April 8, 2015
By a man taken to be a liberal in a paper taken to be the home of liberalism in the UK we have the same US neo-con pro-war narrative gavaged down our throats yet again: “Vladimir Putin’s Russia is the…
Consortium News: “A Family Business of Perpetual War”
April 8, 2015
The always excellent Robert Parry on the family Neo-Con team, Victoria Nuland and Robert Kagan, who “run a remarkable family business: she has sparked a hot war in Ukraine and helped launch Cold War II with Russia – and he steps in…
More Russophobia: “Russia Expected to Escalate War Soon”
April 8, 2015
Despite Russia being instrumental in brokering the peace-bringing Minsk 2 Summit agreement to end the assault on Eastern Ukrainian separatists, who reject the post-coup Kiev leadership, Russia is blamed once again here in advance for any resumption of fighting –…
William Blum, The Anti-Empire Report 138
April 8, 2015
http://williamblum.org/aer/read/138
One example of the daily Russophobia
April 8, 2015
Writing on Greece’s relationship with Russia, The Guardian’s Natalie Nougayrede comments: “Russia is a player that cannot be ignored across many international fields, from the Middle East to nuclear proliferation and even climate change. It attacked Ukraine and trampled on…
Noam Chomsky: In ‘Free’ Countries, Unpopular Ideas Can Be Suppressed Without the Use of Force
April 8, 2015
Noam Chomsky discusses income inequality, media, democracy and activism, among many other topics. One of the highlights comes when the renowned linguist paraphrases George Orwell’s virtually unread introduction to “Animal Farm” to explain how listening to the media, which are…
Where did all the Ukrainian neo-nazis go?
April 8, 2015
Interesting article that provides clear examples of how the mainstream softens its condemnation of extremist groups when they’re fighting to serve Western interests. Here it’s neo-nazis in Ukraine who pushed through the US/EU-backed coup, and act as the the SS…
Why the West is to blame for the crisis in Ukraine: the full story
March 30, 2015
Chris Nineham of Stop the War Coalition: “We in the West have a responsibility to do everything possible to force our leaders back from the brink.” http://stopwar.org.uk/news/why-the-west-is-to-blame-for-the-crisis-in-ukraine-the-full-story