Tag: Russia
Attack on Antiwar Activists Exemplifies Russophobia Among “Leftist” Apologists for Western Imperialism and a Fascist-Loving Regime
Charles Pierce - 5
CounterPunch podcaster Eric Draitser has published a hit piece attacking veteran anti-war activists Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies in the form of a review of their new book, War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War.
His review, published on January 27 by an obscure avowedly socialist...
Claims made by transatlantic politicians and their media partners turn reality upside down—and would baffle even George Orwell.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Western politicians and their media partners agree that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “unprovoked.” The president of the country notorious for its numerous unprovoked wars of aggression called...
With Us or Against Us’ Fails in Munich and Bengaluru as U.S. Tries ‘Offer They Can’t Refuse’
Dee Knight - 3
“You can’t be neutral” in NATO’s proxy war with Russia, foreign ministers of the U.S., Germany and Ukraine told leaders of Global South countries at the Munich Security Conference on February 18. “Neutrality is not an option,” said Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, “because then you are standing on the side of the...
Expansion of U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine makes nuclear war more conceivable
“We are fighting a war against Russia,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told the Council of Europe on January 24. The next day German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to send high-powered tanks...
CovertAction Bulletin: Is Left Right Unity Possible in the Anti-War Movement?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 5
Just before the one-year anniversary of the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, President Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev over President’s Day weekend. According to the AP, the plan was approved just two days before, but discussion began a month prior. Air Force One flew to Germany, then turned its transponders off for a flight to Poland. Only two U.S. journalists accompanied Biden—and they had to surrender their devices to the White House for the trip. The Russian government was notified hours before...
Left and Right Join Together to Rage Against Ukraine War on Its One Year Anniversary
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 9
Several thousand people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, February 19, to protest U.S. support for the war in Ukraine around the time of its one-year anniversary.
The protest was organized by the People’s Party and Libertarian Party. It brought together groups on the left and...
Eyewitness to War: Escaping the Meat Grinder—My Encounters with Refugees from Soledar in Eastern Ukraine
Arnaud Develay - 4
As is usually the norm in this conflict zone, we had not received prior notice as to the day’s schedule.
Our vehicle worked its way to a district outside Donetsk called Shakhtersk, which bore the stigmata of nine years of shelling. The grim landscape of desolation stretched for miles on...
Sends U.S. an SOS with huge military losses expected in Russian winter offensive
A leading Ukrainian government official has admitted that a demilitarized zone to divide the battlefield, protect the Russian east of the country from the U.S. and NATO long-range assault, and partition Ukraine is in negotiation.
“'We are...
The Ukrainian Army wants not only to annihilate pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine but also wipe out the region’s heroic history of resisting the Nazi onslaught in World War II.
We had just received the news that another shelling had taken place.
To be sure, the school we had just...
Hero Worship of Zelensky in Washington Would Make for a Good Episode of the Twilight Zone—If It Weren’t Real
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 14
Joe Biden compares Zelensky to Judah the Maccabee but he is more like the evil Greek King Antiochus in the Hanukkah story
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky received a hero’s welcome in his visit to Washington on December 21. Departing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi compared him to Winston Churchill, while President...