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Souls for Sale

In a society built on lies, the search for truth is a game. Consider the debate surrounding alleged ‘threats’ to the BBC’s ‘independence’, even as the BBC itself reports of its outgoing chairman: ‘As for Mr Sharp’s departure, I understand conversations between the BBC and the government have been had in recent days. You’d expect […]
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Preparing for War: The Growing Global Military Budget
US$2.24 trillion is a mighty amount. It’s also a sickening figure when considering the object of this exercise. The flickering tease of war, the promise of bloodshed and an increasingly large butcher’s bill, are inevitable suggestions from such a figure. The scenes are also clear: well-paid suits dazed by theories of the next war; policy […]
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72% of the UN Security Council (by Population) Backed Russia’s Call for a UN Investigation of the Nord Stream Bombing

72 percent of the UN Security Council (by population) Backed Russia’s call for a UN investigation of the Nord Stream bombing (libya360.wordpress.com) International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one. — Ambrose Bierce, The shadow on the dial, and other essays, (ed. 1909); p. 302 in the […]
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The Left and the Ukraine War
To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more dispiriting things has been to see the attitude of many leftists themselves on a subject of crucial importance: the war in Ukraine. The consensus of the Washington establishment remains that the U.S. must support […]
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Leaks Reveal Reality behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine

Leaked document predicts a “protracted war beyond 2023.” Image credit: Newsweek The U.S. corporate media’s first response to the leaking of secret documents about the war in Ukraine was to throw some mud in the water, declare “nothing to see here,” and cover it as a depoliticized crime story about a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman […]
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Finland’s NATO Move Leaves Others to Carry on the “Helsinki Spirit”
Finnish President receives Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. Photo Credit: Nobel Prize On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830-mile border between Finland and Russia is now by far the longest border between any NATO country and Russia, which otherwise borders only Norway, Latvia, Estonia, and […]
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A Huge Difference Between America’s and Russia’s Governments

In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama met privately in the White House with the democratically elected President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, to get him to end Ukraine’s neutralist position ever since 1991 and join the U.S. Government’s EU and NATO alliances against Ukraine’s next-door neighbor Russia, but Yanukovych said no. And, then, Obama’s Secretary of […]
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U.S. and Allies Seek Regime-Change in Russia

On 10 March, Canada’s National Post headlined “Regime change in Moscow ‘definitely’ the goal, Joly says,” and reported that “Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow. … ‘The goal is definitely to do that, is to weaken Russia’s ability to launch very difficult attacks against Ukraine. We want also […]
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Protest at the White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War in Ukraine

On March 18, protesters will gather at the White House to call for an end to Joe Biden’s cruel proxy war. “Cruel” is the operative word, because the war cynically uses Ukrainians as cannon fodder to weaken Russia and bring about regime change. We should all be there – or at one of the 5 […]