JACKSON HINKLE discusses the latest developments in Ukraine, including Russia’s referenda in the Donbas republics and the Kherson and Zaparoshia oblasts, plus the challenges posed to the EU by Italy’s election of an independent far-rightist who has announced her disapproval of Woke cultural values.
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BRETT REDMAYNE-TITLEY—The DPR, LPR and Donbas militias again begged Russia for intervention but Putin still refused. Instead, the Russians tried diplomacy and repeatedly contacted Washington and Kyiv in an effort not to militarily intervene. The demands were simple and rational: Abide my Minsk I & II; not attack the East; de-Nazify the AFU and not join NATO. The US and Kyiv did not so much as respond. In an effort to get a negotiated response, and with the AFU continuing to amass forces eastward, Russia began to prepare its army on the Russian/ Ukraine border. Instead of negotiating with Russia for peace, Ukraine and the western media falsely screamed “Russian aggression.” Then on the last week of February Zelensky did the unthinkable. He informed the US that he was now willing to allow US nuclear weapons into Ukraine.
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CALEB MAUPIN—It is well known that individuals who flee from anti-imperialist and socialist countries have every incentive to exaggerate, embellish and flat out lie about what they experienced. The more over the top and grotesque their stories are describing the supposed “oppressive regime” they fled from, the more attention and acceptance they will get from their new neighbors and friends in the USA.
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JEFF J. BROWN—Felix Abt is a serial entrepreneur and, periodically, a coach, trainer and consultant. During his career, he has developed and managed a variety of businesses in different countries. He worked as a senior executive at multinational corporations such as the Swiss-Swedish ABB Group, a global leader in automation and power technologies; the F. Hoffmann-La Roche Group, a global leader in healthcare and the Zuellig Group Inc., a leading Asian distribution and trading group. He also worked with smaller and medium-sized enterprises, in both mature and new markets. He also feels privileged to have had the opportunity to strengthen his expertise as an investor and director of multiple companies. Thus far, he has lived and worked in nine countries, including Vietnam and North Korea, on three different continents.
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EAB—A short decoding of the US empire’s highhanded Orwellian lingo, widely used by its Ministry of Truth to disseminate its santimonious political gospel.
