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Pro-Russia demonstrator waves Russian flag in Donetsk (Eastern Ukraine).

After new sanctions on Russia, Ukraine moves closer to civil war

Annotated News— By Barry Grey, Senior Political Analyst, wsws.org In the wake of new sanctions against Russia imposed by Washington and its G7 allies in Europe, Canada and Japan, the rebellion in eastern Ukraine against the US puppet government in ...
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Psycho-Cartoon Warfare: Putin as Hitler

By Dr. T P Wilkinson The real Hitler was rather popular in upper class western circles, at least until the start of World War Two. The media’s use of “Hitler” as a pejorative has little to do with the actual ...
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Losing Russia

The West's Hypocrisy in Ukraine "I’ve long been surprised at the tolerance for Western NGOs based in Russia and China. Imagine the reverse..." by JONATHAN POWER When it comes to Ukraine the US and the EU are adopting a holier ...
Soviet forces conduct exercises in the 1950s. State of alert was almost constant due to frequent US probings.

Playing Chicken: To the Edge with the USSR and Russia.

PERRY MILLER In this age of perpetual war and the United States (US) strategy of leap-frogging from conflict to conflict (see Lily-Pad Roll, Gaither Stewart), imposing their military might on whatever they deem is in the “national interest”, it is ...
Biden: If sleaze is a qualification for high political office in the US, he's fully qualified.

Taking the Low Road to War

Washington and the Corporate Media are in Full Propaganda Mode on Ukraine Unfortunately, self-righteous "exceptionalism" makes the sanctimonious complaints by US leaders plausible to many brainwashed Americans by DAVE LINDORFF The lies, propaganda and rank hypocrisy emanating from Washington, and ...
Pro-Russian sentiment is widespread in Eastern Ukraine, a fact the Western media has some difficulty denying.

What is Russia Doing?

Just Who is Acting Rationally in Ukraine? by JAMES ROTHENBERG There is a joke that I should be bored with by now but I’m going to write it once again, for two reasons. One is that humor receives a better ...
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