DANNY HAIPHONG—Brian Berletic of The New Atlas and Mike Jones of iEarlGrey joined to discuss the ways in which Ukraine’s offensive was doomed before it started. This video aired just prior to the official launch of Ukraine’s offensive on Russia which was telegraphed for six months in advance.
CAPITALIST SICKNESS
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PAUL EDWARDS—This odious assault on our protective cognitive shield prompted our government to go Full Disney. The idea is this: Disney magic defeats all unpleasantness by addressing it with a light-hearted, spontaneous insouciance that overcomes all pernicious negative vibes. It is so irrepressibly, effervescently positive that dark, grim facts are powerless against it. In the full knowledge of this our government has begun utilizing that Disney spirit through classic melodies in the battle against dangerous negative thinking.
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SEYMOUR HERSCH—Blinken, unchallenged by his interviewer, Margaret Brennan, as he knew he would not be—why else would he appear on the show?—went on to suggest that the defection of the crazed Wagner leader would be a boon for Ukraine’s forces, whose slaughter by Russian troops was ongoing as he spoke. “To the extent that it presents a real distraction for Putin, and for Russian authorities, that they have to look at—sort of mind their rear as they’re trying to deal with the counter offensive in Ukraine, I think that creates even greater openings for the Ukrainians to do well on the ground.”
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Today, we speak to political commentator and analyst Garland Nixon about Washington’s growing confrontation with Russia and China, the political climate back in the United States, and much more…
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BOOK REVIEW: WORKING CLASS GIANT, THE LIFE OF WILLIAM Z. FOSTER
14 minutes readBOB BONNER—Foster was so feared by the capitalists that he was twice seized and kidnapped by them, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1919 and Denver, Colorado 1922 to keep him away from the striking steelworkers and railroad workers he was supporting. He was shot at, beaten, arrested numerous times, smeared, condemned from the floor of the House of Representatives. He served two prison terms and was indicted under the Smith Act.