Amid Ukraine’s high-profile promises this winter and spring to achieve a decisive victory over Moscow on the battlefield in a large-scale offensive – there has been little media attention to Western Ukrainian partners’ demands for Kyiv to take full-fledged anti-corruption measures. «If Kyiv’s international donors don’t lay out how they plan to ensure transparency in […]
Ukr Confronts Failed First Month Offensive, Russia Introduces New Weapons; NATO Divisions; Putin Modi Xi Attend SCO Summit, BRICS Currency Topic 896
iain Davis In Part 1 we explored the reasons why the basis for the BBC’s “Marianna in Conspiracyland” podcast series is fundamentally flawed. Spring claims that her intention is to investigate “the people at the core of the conspiracy theory movement.” Not only is there no such thing a “conspiracy theory movement” nor is their any plausible …
Saif al Islam, a son of Qaddafi, miraculously managed his way out of (almost) certain death when captured by the Zintan faction after the Clinton-NATO led and backed Libya coup. First held as a prisoner with threat of execution, Saif al Islam won the confidence of the Zintan and their full support. Recent Article: https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/saif-al-islam-gaddafi-eme… […]
Usually, leftist speak means something different, but this time what this particular group of leftists means is precisely what they say – STOP THE WAR That means everyone. In short: Russian troops out. NATO take a back seat. And all that money being wasted on the war effort, spend it on something productive at home. […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Many voters in America’s Democratic Party admire the popular writer Naomi Klein, who invented the phrase “The Shock Doctrine” to describe neoliberalism, but the neoconservative-neoliberal, British Labour Party and American Democratic Party, British Guardian newspaper (which is funded by billionaires from both countries and has a large readership among America’s […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the best way to disarm a tyrant is to laugh at him. Of course, you have heard this before, but you’re going to hear it again, goshdarnit, because it bears repeating. Today, let’s all enjoy a peculiarly mirthless exploration of humour (with a “u,” thank you) and its …
