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Countering Western Disinformation on Russia and Other Nations Opposing the American Empire
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August 10, 2014
Sanctions for Russia and a Green Light for Israel to Continue War Crimes
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The U.S. is a rogue state whose organs of government at every level are controlled by war criminals and their cheerleaders. That includes “the new liberal darlings Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren” who ...
August 10, 2014
The Durability of Ukrainian Fascism (REPOSTED)
Fascism: an “Ism” for the 21st Century by PETER LEE, Counterpunch Readers outside of Europe might not be aware of it, but spring is the fascist marching season in the Baltic republics ...
August 9, 2014
Predictions: Ukraine May Stop Russian Gas Transit to EU
DISPATCH FROM FUTURIST TRENDCAST Posted by Lada Ray [T]his just in: Ukraine may stop Russian gas transit to EU. Kiev is considering a package of 26 sanctions against Russia, targeting just about all important industries and facets of life, including Russian gas ...
August 7, 2014
Ukraine: Slovyansk Falls To Fascists, House to House Extrajudicial Executions Reported, Concentration Camps Planned
By Steven Argue, Revolutionary Tendency [H]atred is deeply entrenched in the Ukraine's Nazis against Ukraine's Russian speaking minority who are the majority of the people in South Eastern Ukraine ...
August 4, 2014
After Failed MH17 False Flag, Washington Attempts Bold New Moves to Frame Russia
Dispatch from 21st Century Wire [A]fter their total failure to blame eastern Ukrainian Rebels and Moscow for what appears to be Kiev forces shooting down Fight MH17 on July 17th, Washington and its NATO allies have shifted their propaganda strategy in a new ...
August 3, 2014
Western plutocracy goes bear hunting
THE ROVING EYE By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times [T]he post-Cold War status quo in Eastern Europe, not to mention in Western Europe, is now dead ...