ERIC ZUESSE—The chief source of gas to all EU countries was the by-far cheapest, which was Russian-supplied pipelined natural gas, which became increasingly barred by the EU countries throughout 2022, and was replaced mainly by U.S.-supplied fracked canned and cross-Atlantic-shipped liquefied natural gas (LNG), at prices many times higher than what EU countries had been paying for Russian pipelined natural gas. This recent history is ‘justified’ by statements that are false and that hide the key truths, so as to fool voters to fear Russia instead of America.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Stoltenberg’s remarks would probably have been classified as Russian propaganda by plutocrat-funded “disinformation experts” and imperial “fact checkers” if it had been said online by someone like you or me, but because it came from the head of NATO as part of a screed against the Russian president it’s been allowed to pass through without objection.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—In an article published in Antiwar this past July titled “ATACMS: Be Very Afraid of This Acronym,” West Suburban Peace Coalition president Walt Zlotow wrote that this missile system “has potential to draw the US and NATO into all out war with Russia”
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LARRY JOHNSON—The Democrats and the media proclaimed this modern day march of the brownshirts as representative of the Republican rightwing in Florida. They are not. It clearly was a staged event. The questions are, who funded this and who is pulling the strings? The leader of the group, Mr. Pohlhaus, did not follow the script. He loudly proclaimed he supports Joe Biden because Biden backs Ukraine. Oops!
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BRUCE LERRO—Most poor people don’t vote and in a way, they are smart because they understand that the Democratic Party can do nothing for them. While many working-class people don’t vote, highly skilled working class people do vote, and many will vote Democrat.
