PATRICE GREANVILLE—Russell Bentley, quickly nicknamed “Texac” after he first touched Slavonic ground, has always. been a highly improbable character. A native son of Texas and a Communist, gifted with more than his share of valor and audacity, but above all a man of action, he didn’t have to meditate too long to figure what he needed to do when he heard about the US coup in Kiev in 2014, and the ensuing war by the new neo-Nazi regime on the rebel republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. Echoing the International Brigades, he simply packed his things and made his way at his own expense to the Donbas, via Russia. Once there, to the surprise of many (he was certainly not exactly in his prime), he offered his services as a frontline soldier and soon enough was involved in several (by now) almost legendary battles in the first war between the young but tough little republics and the much larger but apparently tactically deficient (though still vicious) Ukrop army.
CAPITALIST TENTACLES & FRONTS
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ERIC ZUESSE—READ THE STUNNING DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL THE SOVIETS TENDERED AT THE END OF WW2
Who benefited from America’s refusal even to discuss what had been U.S. President FDR’s aim for the post-WW-II world? The beneficiaries are what Eisenhower when leaving office called the “military industrial complex,” and are basically America’s hundred largest military contractors, especially the owners of the largest weapons-manufacturing firms such as Lockheed. Ike had served them well, and then three days before leaving office warned the public about them so as not to be blamed (along with Truman) by historians, for having created it. -
DON HANK—It was known earlier that the United States is carrying out its “shady dealings” with the help of Ukraine. As the founder of Tsargrad, Konstantin Malofeev, recalled, back in 2016, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin initiated a corruption investigation into Burisma Holdings, but he was dismissed. [He was dismissed after Joe Biden made a quick call to the Ukraine government. Biden admitted this. He thought it was funny!]
And, as we see now, there is only one step from corruption to terrorism. But the Russians do not intend to give up; the case against the sponsors of terrorist attacks in Russia will be brought to its conclusion.
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The Politicized FBI Is Creating Terror Plots and Entrapping Americans | The Gov Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Kim Iversen
35 minutes readKIM IVERSEN—Iversen and Christina Urso report on a clear and extremely dangerous trend, the politicization of American security agencies. Urso is an independent journalist, currently directing and producing her first documentary film on the FBI’s Gov. Whitmer “kidnap plot” called “Kidnap and Kill: an FBI Terror Plot.” While some of this unconstitutional chicanery by the Democrats (one wing of the Uniparty), may now be partially directed at their established political opponents (Repblicans), the ultimate target is always the pro-democracy masses, as this is part of the broader class war waged by an oligarchy in decline.
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MAX BLUMENTHAL—There are three major factors behind the shift: first, many on the right have begun to share the same sense of disgust and indignation with Israel that progressives have. Who can suppress the pangs of outrage when confronted with the live-streamed industrial level Israeli butchering of children each day for the past 6 months?
Second, more American Christians recognize the threat Zionism poses to Palestinian Christians, whether in Gaza, Bethlehem or Jerusalem. The Christ at the Checkpoint Initiative Munther Isaac helps to lead and US groups like Sabeel have provided a critical network for connecting US churches to Palestine.
Finally, American conservatives are recognizing that the Israel lobby’s influence runs counter to the ethos of America First, and that many of the most heavily promoted right wing influencers are just controlled opposition projects whose careers were astroturfed by pro-Israel billionaires.