This should be a surprising post, part history (WW2), part travelog in today’s Russia. It will surprise and educate, we hope. It’s obvious why we desperately need peace in this world. The Snipers in the headline were training in the fertile fields and forests of the Belgorod region, Western Russia, near the famous Kursk region where the legendary tank battle took place, and the Miraculous Kursk Root Icon hails from. (Map: Belgorod in red, near Kursk, Orel, and Voronezh, south-west of Moscow.)
ACTIVISTS & HEROES
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STEPHEN LENDMAN—Aged-28, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is cut out of the same mold – a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, a different breed from the vast majority in Congress, showing what’s she’ll be up against in pursuing her progressive agenda. She scored a stunning 58 – 42% triumph over longtime undemocratic Dem incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday’s New York primary – a Wall Street, war-profiteers, machine favorite, a likely House leader to replace Nancy Pelosi before his defeat.
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Watch: Rally to Free Julian Assange held in Sydney; John Pilger speaks: “Bring Julian Assange Home”
18 minutes readRally in Australia to protest the Australian government’s complicity in Assange’s persecution, and the unlawful imprisonment of Julian Assange for divulging the crimes of the empire.
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BIG BROTHER FACEBOOK: DRAWING DOWN THE IRON CURTAIN ON YANKEEDOM
19 minutes readBRUCE LERRO—We think it is reasonable to suspect that Facebook wants to get rid of its “political underground”, the groups that exist beyond the two party system. Why? For one thing people at both extremes of the political spectrum are not likely to buy the products that are advertised on their pages. The second reason is that our ads are chump change for them. Getting rid of us will cost them close to nothing in revenue. The third reason is political. Facebook, like most media institutions is committed to the Democratic Party. Cleaning its house of “Fake News” (the news and opinions of the socialist or fascist sides of the spectrum) will steer people back to reasonable choices like the Democratic Party.
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Progressive activist & Iraq vet Mike Prysner lays it on the line about living under capitalism and its endless wars
10 minutes readMIKE PRYSNER—Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don’t understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it’s profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it’s profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us health care when it’s profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it’s profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us.