In a March 19 executive order, Zelensky invoked martial law to ban 11 opposition parties. The outlawed parties consisted of the entire left-wing, socialist or anti-NATO spectrum in Ukraine. They included the For Life Party, the Left Opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Left Forces, Socialists, the Party of Shariy, Ours, State, Opposition Bloc and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. Openly fascist and pro-Nazi parties like the Azov National Corps were left untouched.
US EXCEPTIONALISM
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Craig Pasta Jardula and Fiorella Isabel discuss the truly Orwellian (and underhanded) measures being introduced by the US ruling class as it feels its narrative control may be slipping away.
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RHADIKA DESAI—It is a sign of the difficult choices Europe has had to make in this conflict that even the most loyal US mouthpiece across the Atlantic, Britain’s The Guardian, had to demur: “declaring someone a war criminal is not as simple as just saying the words.”
Meanwhile, it is useful to consider Ukraine itself. There has been attention to the racism of reporters, opinion columnists, and policy-makers, and even many ordinary citizens of Western countries who favour refugees from Ukraine, along with the racism of some Ukrainians, who keep underling how “European” they, their country, and their cities are. Unacceptable as this is, however, it does not exhaust the racism that is at work in the Ukraine conflict.
Those rightly decrying the aforementioned racism do not appear to realise that, ultimately, racism is also the consolation prize that poor whites receive from white elites, the prize that permits the latter to consolidate support among the former, whose economic subordination continues or even gets worse.
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Kim Iversen: PayPal BANS Independent Anti-War Journalists
8 minutes readKim Iversen criticizes PayPal for choosing to cut off their services to some independent media organizations and journalists. We reached out to PayPal for comment, they provided the following statement: We regularly assess activity against our long-standing Acceptable Use Policy and carefully review actions reported to us, and will discontinue our relationship with account holders who are found to violate our policies. We work hard to achieve the right balance and to ensure that our decisions are values-driven and not political. Per company policy, PayPal does not disclose specific account information for current or former customers.
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Russia Crushing Ukrainian Army – No Threat of Nuclear WWIII
5 minutes readPutin’s warning….weapons you have never seen and have no answer for – hypersonic Kinzal, Avantgard missiles. Russia security and survival is existential and real…but USA doesn’t seem to realize that or understand it. China – Russia joint statement on Feb. 4 in Beijing – we’re going in a different direction without you. Join China Russia statement, Feb. 4 Beijing. We are going in a different direction without you (USA). Can USA realistically fight the two major superpowers simultaneously? Denazification – what does that imply?