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The New Type of ‘Democracy’: U.S-&-Allied Leaders Lie Constantly to Their Citizenry

The New Type of ‘Democracy’: U.S-&-Allied Leaders Lie Constantly to Their Citizenry

ERIC ZUESSE—The chief source of gas to all EU countries was the by-far cheapest, which was Russian-supplied pipelined natural gas, ...
• NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion

• NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—Stoltenberg’s remarks would probably have been classified as Russian propaganda by plutocrat-funded “disinformation experts” and imperial “fact checkers” if ...
Western press fetishizes Ukrainian amputees as limb loss epidemic grows

Western press fetishizes Ukrainian amputees as limb loss epidemic grows

KIT KLARENBERG—After 18 months of devastating proxy warfare, the scale of the depletion of the Ukrainian military is so extensive ...
Trump: A Communist Perspective for the Politically Ignorant

Trump: A Communist Perspective for the Politically Ignorant

BILLY BOB—Honest intelligent folks can agree to disagree on precisely what Trump’s deeply held convictions were, whether he had any ...
Billy Bob's Dispatches: The West & the Rest—the world situation discussed intelligently from every angle

Billy Bob’s Dispatches: The West & the Rest—the world situation discussed intelligently from every angle

EDITOR—Given the dimensions of this crisis, and with an increasingly enraged or clueless public clamoring for a restoration of some ...
Subservience to Washington Does Not a Superpower Make

Subservience to Washington Does Not a Superpower Make

MICHAL KRUPA—Simply put, between Western neoliberalism and Eastern traditionalism, Poland has nothing exceptional to offer nations that would seek a ...
Will Americans Supporting UKRAINE Finally Acknowledge That there are Nazis Fighting For Ukraine?

Will Americans Supporting UKRAINE Finally Acknowledge That there are Nazis Fighting For Ukraine?

LARRY JOHNSON—The Democrats and the media proclaimed this modern day march of the brownshirts as representative of the Republican rightwing ...
US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War

US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War

JOE LAURIA—Demonstrators in Odessa on May 2, 2014 were protesting the violent overthrow two and a half months earlier on ...
A Second Geo-Strategic Shoe (Other Than Ukraine) Is Dropping

A Second Geo-Strategic Shoe (Other Than Ukraine) Is Dropping

ALASTAIR CROOKE—Others in the Global South say it more starkly: The BRICS mechanism is seen as a means to slough ...
Petrodollar be warned: Three Persian Gulf energy powers just joined BRICS

Petrodollar be warned: Three Persian Gulf energy powers just joined BRICS

M.K. BHADRAKUMAR—However, the list of six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE - also gives ...
How the Russian David Can Finally Defeat the U.S.-NATO Goliath

How the Russian David Can Finally Defeat the U.S.-NATO Goliath

ERIC ZUESSE—Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, didn't demand the termination of America’s military alliance against the Soviet Union, as ...
Escaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice

Escaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice

BIG SERGE—It’s crucial to understand that the Russian toolbox is fundamentally different than it was during the battle for Kherson ...