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The War the USA is Losing


 Isn’t to China


by Nancy O’Brien Simpson


(Pravda: Truth)






In Washington, the bipartisan consensus on China has hardened 


into reflexive hostility. Beijing is portrayed — not simply as a

competitor, but as a malevolent force — an authoritarian,
expansionist superpower  bent on upending the 


global order. Meanwhile, American officials 


pound the drum of capitalist virtue, as 


if invoking "freedom" is sufficient 


defense against stagnation.






But while the United States has spent the last few decades 


asserting global dominance through military and political 


interference, China has been building — literally 


and figuratively.






Since 2013, China has invested over $1 trillion in infrastructure 


projects across Asia, Africa, and Europe -- through its Belt and 


Road Initiative (BRI). At home, it has constructed over 25,000 


miles of high-speed rail, more than the rest of the world 


combined. In contrast, Amtrak’s Acela Express


— America’s closest equivalent — reaches 


an average speed of just 65 mph. 






Even the recent $1.2 trillion U.S. infrastructure bill 


barely scratches the surface of what decades of


 disinvestment... have eroded.






China chose infrastructure. America chose interference.






In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, under the pretext of 


dismantling weapons of mass destruction, that didn’t exist, 


spending an estimated $2 trillion in a war that destabilized 


the region and cost hundreds of thousands of lives. 






More recently, the failed war in Afghanistan - added another $2.3 


trillion to the tally. By contrast, China has largely avoided direct 


military entanglements since its 1979 border war with Vietnam
--- preferring economic statecraft, to hard power.






In 2022 alone.. U.S. military expenditures reached $877 billion 


- more than the next ten countries combined. China’s military 


budget, though second globally, stood at roughly $292 billion. 






The U.S. continues to develop the most advanced weapons 


systems on Earth, yet it lacks universal healthcare, a 


functioning rail system, or an education system 


ranked among the top ten - globally.






China's educational ascent -- has been deliberate. Between 2000 


and 2020, the country quadrupled its spending on research and 


development. Chinese students, consistently outperform their 


American counterparts in math and science, and the country 


now graduates more engineers and computer scientists 


than any other nation. In artificial intelligence and 


biotechnology, it is increasingly competitive 


with the U.S. — if not already leading.






Meanwhile, America’s infrastructure crumbles. More than 43,000 


U.S. bridges are deemed structurally deficient. The nation’s 


maternal mortality rate is the highest in the developed 


world. Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling, while 


it continues to rise in China.






Had even a fraction of the trillions spent on war been redirected 


toward domestic renewal, America’s cities might hum like 


circuits. Schools would be temples of innovation. 


Hospitals would heal, rather than bankrupt. 






Instead, the U.S. has repeatedly chosen projection 


over reflection, and dominance over development.






The real contest is not between China and the United States.


 It is between two philosophies of power: one that builds, 


and one that bombards. One that invests in its people, 


and one that demands global compliance. One that 


has learned the quiet force of patience, and one 


that still believes in shock and awe.






The war we are losing is not to China. It is to our own 


addiction to control. And our refusal to invest... in 


anything we cannot dominate, bomb, or brand 


as victory.








Plus - the US is now the most hated country in the world.


Yet its population has been taught to believe.... it's Iran!






What do you think...?








________________________________



Why the Zelensky regime 

should be destroyed

April 23rd, 7am

(Vesti.ru)

 

When we talk about preserving the Zelensky regime, it means 

that the political principles that this regime exists under, will 

be preserved. The rule of this political clown has seriously 

transformed the Ukrainian elite, but not in the way that 

Ukrainian voters expected.

 

In the elections, Volodymyr Zelensky went with the banner 

of peace against the war party. When he came to power, 

he destroyed the Peace Party, began to persecute the

supporters of this policy, and banned peacemaking 

at the legislative level.

 

If, under Petro Poroshenko (included in the Russian register 

of terrorists and extremists) the peace party existed -- and 

eventually beat him in the presidential and parliamentary 

elections, then under Zelensky it was destroyed, and

outlawed. Moreover, they have outlawed not only 

politicians, not only journalists and political 

scientists, but also, the entire pro-peace 

electorate. The Zelensky regime now 

basically, denies the existence of 

the Peace & negotiation party.

 

Zelensky has introduced three new elements to Ukrainian 

politics that were not there before. These are: complete 

legal chaos, society's militarization and Nazification, 

and corruption in the war. 

 

The Ukraine that was before Zelensky is no longer there, 

and it is impossible to restore it, just as it is impossible 

to return to yesterday. Does this political clown 

understand what he has done? Most likely, 

no, only people with a normal psyche, 

and not destroyed by narcotic 

substances.... have 

a conscience.

 

Even before the war, he imposed sanctions against Ukrainian 

citizens, parties, and the media on a criminal-political basis,

rather than on a legal one. That is, today no citizen, if he 

does not support Zelensky's policy ---- or the authorities 

just thought so, can count on the protection of the law.

 

In Zelensky's Ukraine, the Constitution and laws of power 

are not in writing. This government is above the law and 

has completely turned into a punitive system for its 

citizens ---- not protecting them from criminals,

since criminals are Zelensky's power base. 

 

According to the Ukrainian judicial system, tens of thousands 

of people have been convicted of all conflict-related charges 

in Ukraine over the past three years. It is not known exactly 

how many people are in pre-trial detention without being

charged, but it is still several thousand. These are very 

large numbers, Zelensky's government has politically 

declared a huge number of Ukrainian citizens as 

criminals, who not only did not commit any 

crimes, but tried to save their country 

from a military catastrophe.

 

People are sentenced to huge terms, deprived of property, awards 

and titles not only for their political views, Orthodox faith and 

civic position, but also for not abandoning their relatives, 

not wanting to repeat stupid things for the authorities, 

and remembering the history and traditions ---- of 

their country.

 

Under Zelensky, a system was created where any citizen can be 

accused of high treason simply because the authorities did not 

like him. The level of prosecution is significantly lower than 

that of the medieval Inquisition. Criminal illiteracy and 

political hysteria reign in the prosecutor's office, 

courts, and law enforcement agencies.

 

People in prison are charged without any arguments. For example, 

a common cliche in cases is the wording that a certain group of 

people suddenly decided to "destroy the statehood of Ukraine", 

and --- for this purpose --- they are allegedly united in a 

"criminal formation".

 

All these criminal "plans" and "groups" of conspirators exist in 

the inflamed, unhealthy brains of unscrupulous investigators, 

prosecutors, and judges --- who are willing to carry out any 

criminal command from above ----- and the concepts of

"legality"and "justice", for them, are empty phrases. 

 

Under Zelensky, the state has stopped looking at laws, 

and is guided only by political expediency for an 

illegitimate government.

 

Then the question becomes: why protect a state that does not 

protect you, which does not recognize any rights for a citizen? 

Today, in Ukraine, there is a power that does not have written 

laws -- and ordinary citizens who owe this power their lives in 

the grave (literally), are guilty of everything before this power. 

 

Zelensky and his pack talk a lot about punishing certain people, 

but they have done so much that they deserve to be punished 

in the first place. Those who put innocent people in prison 

should go there themselves. To avoid this, Zelensky 

continues the war, since martial law allegedly 

justifies this legal lawlessness and the 

presence of criminals in power. 

 

The destruction of the Zelensky regime, means the return 

to Ukrainians, of their rights and freedoms, which were 

criminally taken away from them.

 

Zelenskiy succeeded in what seemed impossible – he crossed

Ukrainian Nazism --- with the worst currents of Israeli Zionism. 

He got sick with the idea of making an Eastern European

Israel ---- out of Ukraine.

 

"Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from 

the very beginning. It's impossible. Absolutely liberal, in a 

European way – this will not happen. We --- will become 

a "Greater Israel" with its own face," the drugged up

Fuhrer said in April 2022 -- and he has not backed 

down from this policy.

 

Zelensky, instead of the peace promised to Ukrainians, began 

to create a militarized state that is in an eternal war with its 

neighbours. After all, Zelensky has ruined relations, not 

only with Russia, but also with Belarus, Hungary, 

Slovakia ---- and even the United States. 

 

It was under Zelensky --- that the Nazis began to raise issues
of the conscription of women, youngsters under 25 years of

age, not to mention the shameful "bagging" for the country.

A profoundly civil showman, by now a malicious "uhlyant" 

(evader – editor's note), has set a course for the total 

militarization of the country. Naturally, Zelensky is 

just as much an expert militarist, as a president 

and a diplomat. If Israel, as a rule, won wars, 

then Ukraine loses territories and people 

every day, which causes irony.... even 

among Israeli citizens. 

 

Readers of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz assessed
his desire to turn Ukraine into ---- a "Big Israel
with its own face" as a utopian 
project.

A reader with the nickname Will --- in turn --- recalled that 

the president of Ukraine "is trying to play Rambo" while 

Israel is trying to negotiate with its Arab neighbours, 

realizing that "you can't stretch the sword far, 

even on the motley Palestinians."

 

"All this fool had to do ---- was stay away from NATO, and control the 

Nazi element in the armed forces. Instead, he allowed his country 

to be torn to pieces, and now he wants to assure that he will not 

join NATO," the user with the nickname Aurangzeb Iqbal, 

was outraged.

 

"Nothing new. Zelenskiy has been emulating Israel since he came

 to power. He treats Russian speakers in Ukraine the same way 

Israel treats the Palestinians," the user Davison, wrote.

 

"While much of the world increasingly condemns Israel's treatment 

of the Palestinians, the Ukrainian leadership gives the impression 

that it considers this extreme, ethno-nationalist model of 

apartheid, ideal for Ukraine," noted Jonathan Cook - the

author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 

That is, this political clown took the Israeli model of 

apartheid and handed it over to the Ukrainian Nazis.

 

Preserving the Zelensky regime means preserving militarization, 

which means "busification", military levies and endless war. 

Under this regime, a peaceful, neutral, prosperous Ukraine 

is excluded. And Zelensky did everything to ensure that 

there was no such Ukraine. And as long as this regime 

is in power, it will not exist. 

 

Recall, that the most important goal of the SVO, 

is the demilitarization of Ukraine. And this goal 

fully coincides with the interests of the 

Ukrainian people.

 

The Israeli scheme works only with serious funding from outside, 

and Zelensky achieved this..... for a while. In Ukraine, a powerful 

stream of money and resources flowed, for the war, but in fact, 

for the authors of this stream to earn money. The war has 

made a small stratum of people, fabulously rich, and 

the rest of the Ukrainians... beggars.

 

This scheme is no longer Israeli, but African, when beefy leaders 

travel around the world, collecting money for starving fellow 

citizens who were driven to starvation and poverty by them 

personally. So Zelensky, who is doing everything to ensure 

that the war continues, collects money ''to end the war''. 

 

And here --- as in the case of starving Africans, to whom 

food simply does not reach, for Ukrainians, the West's 

assistance does not improve their situation.....

 in any way.

 

Everything was "ruined" --- by the new US President Trump, 

who, instead of giving money, demanded it from Zelensky. 

Overdue... as a brilliant, corrupt official, he is used to 

making money, and not giving it to someone else. 

 

But Zelensky has put himself in such a situation --- that he 

cannot refuse Donald Trump - as he is completely hooked.

 

The Ukrainian authorities are tied hand in hand with their billions 

of dollars of capital, hidden abroad. And they are fighting --- not 

for the Ukrainian people --- but for their own money, Russian 

President Vladimir Putin said, at a meeting with the 

heads of municipalities.

 

"That's why there is such a desire to cooperate and give everything

 to your sponsors. They are not fighting for the interests of the 

people – they are fighting for their capital, which they stole 

from the Ukrainian people and dragged abroad. That's all. 

They're sitting on this money like a hook. Even if they 

wanted to say something, they would never do it. 

Because --- we are talking about billions of 

accounts, billions of them. But they still 

continue to steal," Russia's president 

stated outright.

 

But Zelensky is not afraid to sign any bonded contract, because it 

will not be he who pays ---- but the Ukrainian people. His team has 

already recognized $ 100 billion in US debt, although the political 

clown has not previously recognized any debts. But this is only 

the start, Trump calls the figures about 300-440 billion dollars, 

but this is the US debt, and there is also a debt to Europe. 

And all this - the Zelensky regime intends to beat out 

of Ukrainian citizens.

 

There is nowhere else to take money, because there are simply 

no rare earth metals and other minerals for such an amount.

 El Mundo writes that the US Geological Survey believes 

that Kiev does not have enough rare earth metals of 

interest to the States. In addition, more than half 

of them are located in the territory where the 

Russian army is already stationed. That is, 

Zelensky leads Trump by the nose. But 

the fact is that there are no fossils, 

but the debt will still be fixed, so 

Trump will be able to take..... 

whatever he wants.

 

And now the question is: why should generations of Ukrainians pay

 the debts that Zelensky, a raving "Greater Israel" conman, made? 

The answer for the Ukrainian people is simple: no regime – no 

obligations. The Zelensky regime has created many difficult 

problems for the Ukrainian people, and the recipe for 

solving them always begins with the elimination 

of this regime. 

 

Zelensky has eloquently shown Ukrainians that he is a stranger to 

them, that he cynically uses them for his own nefarious purposes, 

for which he created an anti-people regime. And the destruction 

of this regime, is the most important issue ----- for saving the 

Ukrainian people, from political criminals.

 

 

Chairman of the Council of the 

Other Ukraine Movement,

 

Viktor Medvedchuk

 

 

 Of course, Medvedchuk is speaking to his
fellow Ukrainians, but maybe, if this is
cut and pasted --- and put on social
media - it might reach some?

 
What do you think?

 


___________________________




G. A. Zyuganov: We need to unite - all 


patriotic forces as much as possible!


April 8th, 7:46pm


(CPRF news) 


 


On April 8th, G. A. Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central 


Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian 


Federation, Head of the Communist Party faction 


in the State Duma --- spoke from the rostrum of 


the State Duma on behalf of the CPRF faction.


 


 We offer you the text of his speech.


 


 


''Dear deputies, comrades, colleagues,


 


Exactly one month remains until the most significant 


date of this year – the 80th anniversary of our Great 


Victory. All of the most courageous, talented, 


principled and conscientious people, of 


course, will pay attention to Moscow 


and Red Square, on this day. Many 


people will take part in our 


festive events. 


 


And we don't just welcome it. We are proud that all of 


those who fought alongside us, except for the Anglo-


Saxons and NATO members, will participate in this 


great celebration. Including - in a military parade.


 


Our party, has prepared an extensive program. We have 


just opened a large exhibition in the State Duma, which 


tells about the origins of the Great Victory. You will see 


there, our newspaper, Pravda, published in the days 


when the Red Army defeated Kolchak and Denikin. 


This is the only newspaper in the country where 


all famous people spoke.


 


We need to think about how to implement the tasks that


were formulated by all the factions at the government's


report. It, in my opinion, reported adequately. But -- at 


the same time, many questions arise. There are still 


unsolved problems that cause not only surprise, 


but also - indignation.


 


We are working in extremely difficult conditions today. 


28 thousand sanctions, a new trade war, that Trump 


announced to the whole world. Think about how it 


might end!


 


If you look closely at how trading on world stock 


exchanges was developing yesterday, you will 


understand that the gigantic crisis of 2008-


2009 began in a similar way. Then -- there 


was an approximately identical collapse 


of 8-12%. And this means the 


pre-infarction state of 


the economy.


 


If China's powerful economy falters, a global recession 


will ensue. By the way, oil & gas prices, have already 


fallen by 10%. This means... that we will all have to 


work in an even more challenging environment.


 


Today, it is fundamentally important for us to achieve 


victory over the Nazis and fascists on the Ukrainian 


front. It is extremely important, in principle.


 


What did our fathers and grandfathers do to win? Before 


the 41st year, we won three great victories. First of all, 


victory in the struggle for the unity of the country. We 


have assembled a single empire ---- in the form of the 


USSR. Then we won the victory over time and space. 


Over 20 years, 9 thousand factories have been built. 


And the third victory: The Soviet Power managed to 


form a real citizen and patriot - a victorious person.


 


Addressing United Russia - in particular, we emphasize 


the President's words that it is necessary to unite the 


entire society, regardless of parties, movements, 


beliefs and nationalities. In this regard, I would 


like to draw the closest attention of the Duma 


Council and the United Russia leadership, to 


unpopular - and very dangerous - initiatives. 


 


They come, among other things,


 from government circles.


 


It seemed to me, that the pogrom of the great Soviet


country was impossible. But - when they began to


impose one destructive idea after another, and 


when they were put together, the party was 


suddenly, paralyzed. Industrial enterprises 


were destroyed, state administration was 


destroyed. Including the ministries and 


departments, that were first kicked


out of the Central Committee, and


then dissolved ------- leaving the 


country to the mercy of fate, 


and on sale.


 


Why is this bitter experience still relevant today?


 


First. Strategic industries. At one time, the post of 


Defense Minister was held by Mr. Serdyukov. You 


know very well how he went through the army. 


I had to go to the president three times, and 


bring him materials on this topic. After all, 


we could soon be left ....without rocket 


technology!


 


As a minister, he destroyed half of the military schools 


and half of the hospitals. And now, he does the same 


in aviation. Therefore, I insist that a commission 


be set up immediately --- to investigate the 


activities of this person. He should not 


be allowed anywhere near the army,


 the Navy, or the aviation industry!


 


Second. Privatization. Mr. Siluanov, is an experienced 


minister. But -- at the same time, in the course of the 


government's report, he makes a proposal to launch 


a large-scale privatization. He must understand that 


no country in the world --- can allow this to happen 


during a war.


 


A war is won only if resources are concentrated as 


much as possible. Let me - remind Mr. Siluanov: 


when the USSR agreed with Churchill on joint 


actions against the fascists, they could not 


produce aircraft in England. Because two 


private owners did not agree. Churchill 


sends his adviser to them. He says - it 


won't work, they can't be persuaded. 


And Churchill answers:  "You - don't 


have to. Until you reach them ----- I 


will nationalize these enterprises."


 


The third. Economics and financial policy. Nabiullina 


has done a lot. But a tax rate of 21% will kill us. It 


will set the country back five years. Thanks to


the credit stranglehold, those who are most 


needed by our economy are in the worst 


position. Those who are engaged in 


import substitution. Let's urgently 


correct the situation!


 


I understand what Trump is doing. He will strengthen 


his empire without looking at others or caring what


it will cost the rest of the world. But we can solve 


our problems - only by concerted actions that 


fully meet our national interests.


 


Fourth. Management system. Tell me, why do they 


impose a law on dispersing local councils on us? 


Why, Mr. Krasheninnikov, are you doing this, 


violating the foundations of Russian life 


that have been developing..... for two


 thousand years?


 


The destruction of the USSR began with thieves' 


cooperatives, and ended with the execution of 


the Soviets. And then - all the property was 


given to Chubais and tsereushniki. We --- 


are still dealing with the consequences 


of this crime.


 


Why is a law being introduced that is supposed to 


put all political parties under the hood? Control 


any internal party events and contacts from 


the outside? Why -- is our position, in 


accordance with the law... not 


reflected by those who are 


obliged to do so --------- 


including television?


 


Fifth. Strengthening the unity of society -- and patriotic 


education. Don't we have the will to return Stalingrad 


to its true name? Will the Mausoleum be fenced up 


again on May 9, insulting both its citizens and all


 our guests?


 


If we analyze all these problems, we can conclude: that 


the fifth column does not want peace, & does not want 


victory. All of its initiatives are absolutely harmful and 


unnecessary. And I don't understand - why they 


arise when the president has set the task of 


rallying society, mastering the latest 


technologies ...and achieving the


self-sufficiency of our country.


 


We need self-reinforcement. And self-strengthening is a


combination of strength and experience. Lenin, when 


he came to power, realized that free education, free 


medicine, the GOELRO plan and the NEP, were 


necessary. And Stalin realized that without 


new factories, and new high-class 


personnel, too, it is impossible 


to achieve success.


 


When our troops took Berlin ----- not a single column of 


the Reichstag... had a single swear word written on it. 


Because they were the new Soviet people - winners!
People of great courage, great conviction, high 


culture... and genuine dignity!


 


And today we must devote all our initiatives to 


restoring these priceless qualities to society.


 


We invite you to take part in the Anti-Fascist Forum, 


which will open in Moscow on April 22, and in our 


rally "Dear heroes". From Sevastopol, Stalingrad 


and Leningrad, it has already reached.... the 


Far East.


 


We have something to celebrate the holiday with. 


But we still have a lot of tasks to solve, which 


we need ----- to unite all the patriotic forces 


as much as possible!


 


 


Medvedev has admitted that Chairman G. A. Zyuganov, 


won Yeltin's second ''election'' - so President Putin


and many others --- must know this too! Yet the


Russian press, ignoring constant polls where


people say they want the Soviet system..


gives space to frivolous parties - and 


blanks the KPRF always, and most


of all --- at elections !


 


Unity? Pfaah! A free privatised press


--- is a contradiction in terms.


 


What do you think?


 


 


____________________________________


President Putin - speaking to


the organisation of Russian


businesses (state, private,


workers co-operatives)


March 18th, 2025.


 


Sanctions, are not temporary or targeted measures -- they 


are a mechanism of systemic, strategic pressure on our 


country. And ----- no matter how the situation develops, 


no matter what the system of international relations 


is, our competitors will always have the desire to 


restrain our country, weaken its economic and


 technological capabilities.


 


And if earlier the Western so-called elites tried to give this 


opposition at least some semblance of decency, now it 


seems that they do not need to be shy, they are not 


going to be shy. They not only regularly threaten 


Russia with new sanctions, but also stamp out 


these packages one by one. It seems that the 


initiators themselves have lost track of how 


many restrictions they have imposed and 


against whom.


 


So, the Ministry of Finance calculated it. I can tell you with
confidence - with confidence:  28,595 sanctions against
individuals and legal entities. This is more than all the
sanctions -- against all the countries against which
sanctions were imposed, and many times higher.


 


Even if there is some gesture from the other side--they say
that something is supposed to be removed, weakened --


we can expect that there will be another way to push, 


put some sticks in the wheels, as was the case with 


the well–known, 'Jackson-Vanik amendment'. Even 


the Soviet Union against which it was introduced 


at the time, was no longer there, and relations 


between Russia and the United States of 


America ---- were at their best. And the 


amendment continued to work. And 


when it was supposedly canceled, 


it was actually simply replaced 


- with another restrictive act 


against Russia. Remember 


that. They canceled and 


immediately imposed 


other sanctions.


 


I repeat: sanctions and restrictions ---- are the reality of the
current new stage of development, which the whole world,
the entire world economy, has entered. Global competition
has escalated and is becoming increasingly sophisticated
and irreconcilable.


 


Thus ----- a new spiral of economic competition is unfolding
right before our eyes, and, in these conditions..... it is even
embarrassing --- to recall the norms and rules of the World
Trade Organization which were once actively promoted by
the West. Once. When?  When these rules were beneficial
to them. As soon as they became unprofitable everything
immediately began to change. And all these negotiations
are stalling. And nobody really needs them.


 


Obviously, and I've already said it more than once: as


it was before, it will no longer be. There is no hope 


for complete freedom of trade, payments and 


capital flows ---- just as there is no need 


to rely on Western mechanisms.. to 


protect the rights of investors 


and entrepreneurs.


 


 


So now you know the truth.


 


Do you think?


 


 


________________________________



The New Brics Are Arriving
Monday, March 17, 2025


(http://infobrics.org/)


 


It seems fitting that, on St Patrick's Day,


we should be entertained and informed


by someone who calls himself... 


Irish Dentist.


 


Maybe they aren’t as popular as the Big Brother 


contestants, but in their own way they say that 


we are closed in a cage: that of an economic 


system jammed with balances destined to 


change quickly. The game is played 


mainly in Africa, the scenario is 


a deglobalized world.


 


The screenwriters of this Truman Show, are Abhijit 


Banerjee, Esther Duflo – a couple, even in real life, 


of MIT scholars – and Michael Kremer (Harvard), 


who won the Nobel for economics thanks to 


''their experimental studies to address the 


problem of global poverty.'' It’s a sort of 


oxymoron. Awarding the Nobel to those


who deal with poverty --- means having 


acknowledged that the Western model 


- capital and democracy - is in decline.


 


There is another gentleman... unknown to most: Joaquín 


Alonso Vázquez. This is the new Minister of Economy of


 Cuba, a country in poverty --- with tourism having 


collapsed by 7.9 percent in the last year, now 


below two million arrivals. Vázquez.. is also 


looking for an answer to poverty – the GDP


 per capita on the island is 3,479 dollars a 


year and he has found it: entering Brics, 


with China ready to invest to bring the 


challenge home to the United States. 


 


Cuba joined the economic system on January 1st with 


..Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,
Thailand, Uganda & Uzbekistan, in addition to the 


founding countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China 


and South Africa. Iran participated as an 


observer at the latest summit, in late 


October, in Kazan, Russia ---- where 


Vladimir Putin sought to transform


the economic dialogue ---- into a 


strategic alliance.


 


Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....... also pays 


careful attention, to this “cartel”. (disturbing attention 


considering that Turkey has the second largest NATO
army), just as the Gulf countries look with interest
at 
the Brics. Donald Trump immediately proposed
relaunch of US investments in both Qatar & 


Oman - where he has considerable personal 


interests: he's building some luxury resorts 


around the Omani capital, Muscat. 


 


An epochal challenge therefore stands out on the horizon 


of this millennium. It is not the tariffs threatened by 


Trump --- that are becoming an alibi for European 


inaction or for agreements – such as Mercosur


 - wanted by Ursula von der Leyen - that feel 


like a last resort. The real challenge was 


launched by the new global advisor 


Mario Draghi. He wrote: either 


Europe immediately invests 


800 billion a year - and 


convinces itself that 


taking on debt is 


indispensable, 


or the Union - 


is finished. 


 


The model – writes Draghi – based on the exploitation of 


foreign demand and the export of capital with low wage 


levels is no longer sustainable. Otherwise we just have 


to study poverty. Because in the de-globalized world 


-- there are other protagonists. They are precisely 


the Brics, that group of nations that would once 


have called themselves “the non-aligned” and 


which today are the planets of the Chinese 


“solar system”. They are continually 


growing, both economically and 


demographically, and they are 


studying 'their own' payment 


system and want to elevate 


the renminbi (or yuan) - the 


Chinese currency ----- to a 


''currency of exchange.'' 


Even if India is starting 


to think, that its rupee 


could soon have even 


greater strength. 


 


What accelerated this attack on the dollar-based global 


economic system ------ were the sanctions imposed on 


Russia. The Kremlin, excluded from the Swift global 


transaction system, developed precisely with the 


US currency -------- has asked its Chinese ally.. to 


consolidate the alternative Cips circuit Cross-


Border Interbank Payment System) which is 


managed by the People’s Bank of China, is 


denominated in the Dragon currency (the 


renminbi) and is supported by 1,280 


financial institutions around the 


world ---- including Japanese, 


Russian and African banks. 


 


But ---- this is only a side effect: the “core business” of this 


challenge is who grabs the mineral and energy resources, 


who controls the trade and who owns the industries to 


produce. And above all, who sells what to whom. A 


quarter of a century was enough - for Beijing to 


become – since its unconditional entry into 


the Woto, the World Trade Organization, 


on 11 December 2001, decided by Bill 


Clinton -- and sponsored by Romano 


Prodi – from the world’s factory to 


the world’s leading shopkeeper. 


 


At the dawn of the new millennium.. the Italian politician 


was president of the European Commission and told the 


Chinese: ''In your relationship with Europe you will have


a market of enormous dimensions in front of you''. The 


data - speaks clearly. Faced with a stagnation caused 


by a crisis in internal demand, due to household debt 


and a real estate bubble, China, in order to maintain 


the planned growth rate of GDP at 5 percent ---- did 


two things: cut rates (exactly the opposite of the 


West) and vented its productive surplus ----- by 


increasing exports. In 2024, its trade balance 


broke all records. Since 1993 it has exported 


more than it imports and... in the year just 


ended it recorded a surplus of 990 billion 


dollars. This happened because Trump’s 


tariffs are feared: but while Europe 


thoughtfully wonders whether 


Donald... will impose taxes.. 


the Chinese are pushing 


profitability ---------- to 


the maximum.


 


The backlash in Europe is immediate: Germany, which has 


always had Beijing as its main customer, no longer sells 


(so much so that its exports have been at their lowest 


since 2023). The numbers say that German exports to
third countries fell by 5.3 percent, to the USA by 12.2 


percent, to China by 3.8 percent and to Russia by 9.4 


percent. Under these conditions, the entire European


 economy slows down. But there is another fact that


 is rarely taken into consideration, and instead, 


indicates that the Old Continent is destined 


to be overtaken by the Brics.


 


 In the 25 years that China has been in the WTO, Europe 


has halved its stock market capitalisation. In 2000 


(including London) it was worth 34 percent of the 


global stock market, today just 14.5. On the 


contrary, Wall Street went from 50 to 66%


and everything else.....--. is in the hands 


of the Brics. Who claim a place in the 


sun. From Kazan they made it known: 


we, are half the world. Statistics in 


hand - the “non-aligned” produce 


36% of the world’s GDP -- and
move 
37% of trade. 


 


Just under half of the planet’s population lives within 


their borders, approximately 3.5 billion people out of 


eight billion. They occupy..... a total surface area of 


approximately 40 million square kilometres --- and 


contribute to 40 percent of global oil production. 


They've surpassed the G7 and their economies 


– Cuba aside – are all growing. And they can do 


it themselves. Uganda for one, has the largest 


gold reserves and in a year the Makuutu mine 


will become productive (the country ---- has 


enormous mineral wealth) ---from which 


126 thousand tonnes... of rare earth 


oxides can be extracted, including


 86 thousand tons of neodymium 


and praseodymium. 


 


For China - it is an indispensable partner. But the same can 


be said, of Thailand ---------- which has become a high-tech 


production hub for which a GDP growth of 38 percent is 


expected over the next five years. Likewise Malaysia, 


which is growing by 5 percent a year thanks to 


superconductors; and the construction boom 


has turbocharged its financial market. And 


if South-East Asia is the production branch 


of China, the countries of Central Asia are 


the energy reserve --- while Africa is the 


reservoir of other raw materials.....


 including agricultural ones. 


 


This is the strength of the Brics and while we await 


Trump’s decisions, Nerendra Modi archives – data 


from the International Monetary Fund  ------ a 7% 


growth in Indian GDP in 2024. For comparison, 


president of the EU Central Bank, Christine 


Lagarde, says she is satisfied.. because


the Union achieved +0.9 percent. 


 


Who is happy…


 


Irish Dentist


 


 


Not the UK -- that's for sure...


in order to lift capitalisation


by risking WW3, in a grab 


for the Black sea ports


the UK faces criminal


charges and the loss


of a 'permanent' UN


Security Council 


seat --- at least.


 


What do you think of 


those potatoes?


 


 

_________________________________________________


Dmitry Novikov on Channel One about 

the "counter” to Trump and that the 

best protection from the conflict 

between Russia and Ukraine 

is their united state.

March 12th, 4:30pm

(Communist Party of the Russian Federation.ru)

 

The US administration is training Zelensky's team and 

wants to squeeze maximum benefits out of Ukraine. 


This opinion, was expressed by the Deputy Chair-

man of the Central Committee of the Communist 

Party D. G. Novikov on March 11, in the program 

"Time will tell".

 

The negotiations between the United States and Ukraine 

that began in Saudi Arabia ---- became the main topic of 

discussion on Channel One. Secretary of State Marco 

Rubio, said before the meeting, that Russians will 

have to make difficult decisions. If Washington

likes the talks, he added, assistance to Kiev 

will resume.

 

According to Dmitry Novikov, in general, the situation is 

developing as it should. There is a conflict – big and 

complex. There is.. the position of Donald Trump, 

who announced in his election campaign, that 

this conflict needs to be resolved --- and the 

US is going to actively participate in this. 

 

"It is clear - that such issues are not resolved quickly," 

said the deputy chairman of the Communist Party's 

Central Committee. ''For large-scale negotiations 

to take place and reach agreements we need to 

go through rounds of preparatory meetings. 

This is a kind of negotiation about 

negotiations."

 

Explaining Trump's motives, Dmitry Novikov pointed out a 

number of circumstances. First of all the US president is 

opposed to his country investing further in this conflict. 

Second, in a mercantile way he wants the investments 

made earlier, to bring economic benefits. 3rd, Trump 

plans to address other issues in the global arena. 

These are: China, Europe, and the Middle East. 

Trump sees these areas, as more fateful for 

the United States. First of all - he intends 

to address the Chinese issue. You don't 

want to have several acute conflicts 

at once, and probably can't.

 

Dmitry Novikov suggested that, hotly and emotionally
attacking those who were in power before him, 

Trump secretly applauds Biden.

 

"First - by providing financial support to the Ukrainian
regime, the Democrat team is so mired in corruption

schemes that now folders with dirt will accumulate 

for a long time. By the next election --- this will 

greatly help the Trumpists stay in power. 

This is the most important domestic 

political task."

 

Secondly, according to Dmytro Georgievich, the Trump 

team considers previous investments in Ukraine as 

investments. Today, these people argue like this:

"We will return everything and replenish the 

American budget." What happened with 

Zelensky in the Oval Office and is 

happening today, is an element 

of training the team that is

 in power in Kiev.

 

Dmitry Novikov presented the logic of the White House 

as follows: "Do you, in Kiev, think that we are just
threatening? No! We can disable Starlink for 

you for a while, and you will feel how hard

it is - without it. We can stop the supply 

of weapons - for several days, weeks, 

and you will feel, how difficult it is

without it. You will not be able to

cope without the support of the 

United States," such ideas are 

conveyed by Washington to 

Kiev. And it's very similar 

to training a predator

 in a circus."

 

Continuing.. Dmitry Novikov explained: "When trainers don't
give enough meat to an animal, it's not about starving it to
death. It's just that tomorrow he'll be flexible, his reflexes
will do their job. Those rude words that were heard in the
Oval Office ----- will no longer be spoken out. And the
documents that the US Treasury Secretary brings 

to Kiev will not be thrown off the table, but will 

be signed. We are in the training stage. It 

won't be completed in a few days. The 

predator is complex. This is a group 

of people with different ambitions 

and connections in European 

countries."

 

Reacting to these comparisons, political analyst
Alexander Kazakov made the remark that there

 are animals that do not lend themselves to 

training. "They don't take those to the 

circus," Novikov said.

 

According to the representative of the Communist Party, 

the question is not that Zelensky personally is quite

 unpleasant to Trump. Yes, he was rude. However,

 both Trump and Vance were prepared for this. 

They weren't confused - or surprised. It was 

clear to them who Zelensky was. They just 

turned on the calculator. They say, ''look

Zelensky, your calculations are --- that

you owe us 200-300 billion, and ours

are 500. You can't pay with money. 

This means that you will pay --- for 

example -- with 20% of Ukraine's 

natural resources. Oh, you were 

rude to us? Add another 10% 

to the debt. You acted badly

in the negotiations. We add 

more, it will become 45%.."

 

Now, the deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the 

Communist Party of the Russian Federation continued, 

they are increasing Ukraine's debt to the United 

States by political methods. The counter.... is 

enabled and ticking hard. On the other hand,

when the calculator reaches the maximum 

Washington will be interested in having 

the agreements signed by a president

who is - conditionally - legitimate. 

Therefore, Zelensky's days are

numbered - in the near-term 

historical perspective.

 


''Trust - but verify?

How about don't trust
---- and can't verify?

Russia is certainly facing
hard choices --- yet they
hold a lot of high cards.

Perplexed.

What do you think?


 


____________________________________




Russia’s Coexistence with West 

to Depend on Its Readiness to 

Recognize Mistakes: Lavrov

March 10th, 1:24pm

(al Manar)

 

Russia’s coexistence with the countries of the collective 

West will depend on their behaviour & their willingness 

to acknowledge and rectify past mistakes, Russia's
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, stated, in an 

interview with the New Regions of 

Russia magazine.

 

“I believe the main lesson is clear --- in matters crucial to 

our country’s survival, we must rely solely on ourselves

 and on the trusted friends who stood by us in our time 

of need,” he remarked. “Regarding our coexistence 

with our Western neighbours, much will hinge on 

their actions and their readiness to recognize 

- and amend - the errors they have made,

 including their persistent desire.. to 

achieve a strategic defeat for 

our nation.”

 

Lavrov emphasized -- that the past three years have marked 

a “moment of truth.” Following the initiation of the special 

military operation to protect the people of Donbass and 

Novorossiya --- the collective West revealed its true 

nature. He remarked, “The ostensible rule of law 

and basic standards of decency have been cast 

aside. The so-called European values – such as

the inviolability of property, the presumption 

of innocence ------ freedom of speech and 

movement, and access to information

 ------- have dissipated like smoke.”

 

He continued, “Those who once lectured everyone on 

how to live, who proclaimed themselves champions 

of democracy and human rights --- hastily rallied 

behind the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, without 

a moment’s hesitation.”

 

According to the Russian foreign minister, the world has 

witnessed the hegemonic instincts driving the ultra-

liberal ruling elites of the West.  “The predatory, 

colonial habits of the former colonial powers 

of the EU and Britain, along with their 

inherent vices ------ arrogance, 

deceitfulness, and a lack 

of order in business 

conduct – persist. 

 

''De facto, a new global ‘divide’ has emerged ---- on one side 

is the Western minority, while on the other, is the global 

majority,” he stated. “This majority... includes all those 

countries.... as well as individuals of good will within 

the West itself, who advocate for the establishment 

of a multipolar world --- based on a balance 

of interests.”

 

 

Source: TASS News Agency




What do you think?

They say people get
the governments
they deserve.

Are you really, a fascist loving war monger?




______________________________





Soldiers of fortune flee Ukraine: thousands 

of foreign mercenaries are thinking about 

a new "place of work"

by Vladimir Demchenko

February 26th, 6:36pm

(Komsomolskaya Pravda)

 

The dialogue between Russia and the US on Ukraine has 

only just begun, and foreign mercenaries of the Armed 

Forces of Ukraine have already begun to look for new 

places. At least Johnny Pinilla from Colombia, who 

was interviewed by The Washington Post, said

 this quite seriously.

 

"If the conflict here in Ukraine ends.... I would go

to Israel," he said. "There's fighting there, too.''

 

The mercenary did not specify whether he would like 

to fight for the IDF or for Hamas. Probably for the 

highest bidder.

 

Johnny Pinilla will be able to go to the Promised Land, only 

if he survives until the end of hostilities in Nezalezhnaya. 

Not so long ago, in the Kursk region, Russia's military 

"reset" more than 400 AFU fighters, including foreign 

mercenaries, in one day. And the Colombian, Pablo 

Puentes Boorhas was captured. Boorhees is now 

awaiting trial, which is likely to leave him years 

behind barbed wire ---- in our harsh climate.

 

Private military companies (PMCs), were the first to say 

that there is nothing more to catch in Ukraine. And this 

was not connected with Russian-US contacts, they 

were not even on the horizon. Tony Shiena, chair

of MOSAIC, a US firm that specializes in 

intelligence and security consulting, 

said last May, that the chaos that 

reigns and is growing in Ukraine

is discouraging any interest in 

working in this country.

 

But such military companies, according to the military 

historian, and author of the book "PMCs: history and 

Modernity" Mikhail Polikarpov (who wrote the 

book under the pseudonym Richard Wagner), 

provide cover for the mass of foreign 

military personnel in the Armed 

Forces of Ukraine.

 

''All mercenaries in Nezalezhnaya -- can be divided into two
large groups'', says Polikarpov. ''These are the so-called 

free shooters ---- people who go there unorganized, on 

their own whim. Among them --- a very small part of 

professionals, but the bulk -- are those .......who are 

called riffraff-rabble. The second large group -- can 

be called "ichthamnets". These are active officers 

of the armed forces of Western armies.. or retired 

specialists in the organization of communications, 

maintenance of Western equipment & instructors 

training AFU fighters before being sent to a front. 

Private military companies - often act as a front 

for "ikhtamnets".

 

At the beginning of the SVO, PMCs also united free 

shooters and scumbags, but now there is almost 

no such thing. Because.. under the guise of a 

paramilitary business, almost ordinary 

bandits ......sometimes came to 

Nezalezhnaya. At best - those 

who were just chasing profit.

 

Now all sorts of rabble are simply enlisted in the Foreign 

Legion or other units. Kiev --- has had enough of the 

scandal with the US's PMC, Mozart, the brainchild 

of US Marine Colonel Andrew Milburn.

 

Several months of drunkenness and visits to strip bars 

were enough for the "Mozarts" to quarrel over money 

and leave Nezalezhnaya in disgrace. At home,

 the lawsuits are still going on.

 

The head of the Mozart private military company, US
Andrew Milburn, was accused by former colleagues 

of corruption, embezzlement, sexual harassment 

and drunkenness. 

 

British mercenaries also bickered on financial grounds. 

In August 2023, a founder of PMC, Dark Angels, Daniel
Burke, disappeared in Zaporozhye. A month and a half
later, the body with a bullet in the head was found.
The main suspect.... was a friend of Burke, who
didn't agree 
with the division of finances.

 

And the remains of former Scots Guards soldier Jordan

Chadwick, were brought to the United Kingdom, with
honours. They say that he died heroically in battle. 


But later it turned out that Chadwick also 

quarreled with fellow countrymen or

colleagues because of the money. 

And that in fact, his corpse with 


his hands tied behind... was 

fished out of a pond.... in 

the same Zaporozhye.

 

In general, the founder of the PMC "Mozart" 

Colonel Milburn, having escaped from 

Ukraine, still got off easily.

 

One-day PMCs are trying to work directly for the Ukrainian

 regime, which is why they are in trouble. Solid companies 

make good money because they sign contracts with their 

own governments. As a result, the money is still credited 

to Ukraine, but who cares...

 

PMCs serving "ikhzdesnetov", in hell, that is, on the front 

line, try not to climb. And each has its own specialization.

 

"The US are the security of VIPs, convoys and logistics
routes," says Mikhail Polikarpov. ''The British - are for 

training, and so it was a long time ago. For example,

G4S is a huge organization with several hundred 

thousand employee ---, engaged in training all
o
ver the world including training Ukrainian 

soldiers. And also- - security. It is noted 

that Zelensky's bodyguards are British. 

It is possible that these are just G4S 

employees, although there is no 

direct confirmation.

 

In Ukraine, several US and European PMCs were lit 

up. Among the largest, Cubic Corporation, Forward 

Observations Group. From the British, in addition 

to G4S, Elite Global Response and Hawki World-

wide are seen. The Polish ASBS Othago and 

European Security Agency, which work 

closely with Nazi formations and are 

actively engaged in training recruits, 

were noted.

 

There are also paramilitary private structures from other 

countries. French Byblos and Chiron, Canadian Black 

Maple Company and Sabre Training Advisory Group, 

Spanish G. O. A. Tactical.. According to Polikarpov, 

all PMCs, without exception, work in direct 

contact with their ruling structures.

 

Many PMCs are designed specifically for servicing military 

equipment. For example, the 155th brigade of the Armed 

Forces of Ukraine named after Anna Kievskaya ------ was 

prepared with pomp -- in France. They were armed with 

Caesar self-propelled guns & VAB armoured personnel 

carriers. And, of course, somewhere nearby, a PMC 

was immediately formed with the French, who 

went to fight on this equipment.

 

"Those who work for Hymars and Patriots -- are also 

mercenaries," says Mikhail Polikarpov. ''They - are 

either active officers, or retired, there is not much 

difference here. After all, you can't put a 

Ukrainian at the remote control there 

anyway. These devices even have a 

completely different scope scale --

and our post-Soviet gunner needs

 to retrain for six months.

 

The vaunted 155th brigade, by the way, very soon suffered

huge losses --- a considerable part of the soldiers fled. So 

the PMCs created exclusively for the conflict in Ukraine, 

in case of its completion, will disband themselves 

without any problems, and their izdesnets will 

return home. But the businessmen who make 

tens and hundreds of millions of dollars from 

helping the Kiev regime, will have to think 

hard about what they will pay their own

 governments for.

 

For free shooters, riffraff, riffraff, there is no need to create

 a cover in the form of PMCs. They come from all over the 

world for money and thrills, they are quietly enrolled in 

the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

 

"At the first stage, there were many Poles and Georgians," 

says Mikhail Polikarpov. ''Apparently, there are still a lot

 of them. They fought both in the Foreign Legion and in 

the national battalions. Recently, there have been a
lot 
of Colombians on the frontline. And this ---- is 

understandable. After all, this is a country 

that has lived for several decades in civil 

wars, drug wars and is used to violence. 

There, a high school student can order 

a peer because of the boy's attention, 

or they can kill her for playing loud 

music. This seems like nonsense 

to us, but it's normal there. The 

mercenaries from Colombia ...

have no inhibitions - neither 

in terms of killing another 

person, nor in terms of 

their own death.

 

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, 

during the Ukrainian conflict in the war zone, 186 

mercenaries from this country were killed. 

Another 122 ...  are still missing.

 

What attracts soldiers of fortune to Ukraine? They earn 

no more, than contract soldiers in the Armed Forces of 

Ukraine - about $2 thousand (183 thousand rubles) per 

month. And they use mercenaries as much as they 

use their own. This is an ordinary living force. And

 they do not take care of them at all - on the 

contrary, they like to send them to meat 

assaults, to the very heat, to their 

deaths. Because in the event of 

the death of a mercenary, 

unlike a Ukrainian, you 

can do without large 

compensation to

 your relatives.

 

It's not just about Colombians. A mercenary from Poland, 

Piotr Mitkevich, told reporters that the family of his 

deceased friend surnamed Zurka did not receive 

a cent of the promised $400 thousand

 (36.6 million rubles).

 

However, mercenaries from prosperous countries also go 

to war. In early February, the Finnish Foreign Ministry 

published a special instruction for "volunteers" who 

want to go to Ukraine. "This is not a crime," it says. 

 

However, the Finnish Foreign Ministry cannot facilitate

 either the conclusion of a contract with the Armed 

Forces of Ukraine or its termination. Apparently, 

many Finns were disappointed and tried to go 

home. And this is not surprising.

 

Finnish volunteers.. complain about the terrible supply 

in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they have to beg and

 send even socks and underwear to their mercenaries.

 

British prisoner James Scott Rhys Anderson regretted
coming to Ukraine "I'm going to stay here so long 

that I probably need to learn Russian," says 22 - 

year-old British mercenary James Scott Rhys 

Anderson.. who was captured in the Kursk 

region. ''I came here because of financial 

problems: I served in the police --- got 

fired, and couldn't think of anything 

better.'' He claims that he didn't 

kill civilians, but understands 

that he will spend at least 

10 years in a Russian

 penal colony.

 

"I was told it was stupid, that I shouldn't go
there. 
I wish I'd listened," James said,
with 
apparent sincerity.

 

I must say that there are few such "white and fluffy" ones. 

Mostly thugs come, ready to torture and kill. Residents 

of villages caught on the front line remember with a 

shudder the atrocities of mercenaries. Here is the

 village of Golubovka in the Kharkiv region,

 recently liberated by Russian troops... 

 

A young woman tells military investigators how two 

drunken soldiers broke in in the middle of the night, 

beat her, and raped her... And who is it? Citizens of 

enlightened Europe, French Maxime Barrat and 

Quentin Evanno.

 

''Eyewitnesses I know said that Poles and Georgians 

were very brutal, - these are the words of a resident 

of the village of Goncharovka in the Kursk border 

region. ''We went into every house, if someone 

was found there... then no one was left alive. 

Grenades were thrown into the basements, 

regardless of whether there were people 

there or not... Georgians... they were 

very fond of cutting people up. 

Their throats were cut, and 

their heads were cut.''

 

Well, such soldiers of fortune want to spend especially.

But not to a new place of earning money, but right 

now - on the last journey.

 

Many foreign mercenaries do not like to fight against the 

Russians. They weren't used to it. The same Johnny 

Pinilla mentioned in the beginning, in Colombia, 

fought for 12 years against drug cartels. Then 

he spent several more years guarding VIP 

clients. Sometimes it was dangerous, but

 there was no artillery or drones.

 

"We were trained at a training ground 40 km from the 

front," Pinilla told The Washington Post. ''They were 

engaged in an open field, studied tactical medicine, 

actions in different situations. And then suddenly 

the training ground turned into a front line, shells 

and drones rained down on us from above. And 

we didn't even have body armour at that time!"

 

Another mercenary, who spoke to Business Insider

 on condition of anonymity, admitted that even 

experienced soldiers of fortune are in shock 

in Ukraine.

 

"Many Westerners come here, hoping to become heroes,"
he said. ''The guys took special vacations --- and did not 

intend to die at all. But a damn missile can kill you even 

miles from the front line! It is very different from what 

happened in the Middle East. There, once you get to
the 
base, you are relatively safe. You're even more
nervous here."

 

Russia's Defense Ministry often reports strikes 

"on the locations of military personnel of the 

Armed Forces of Ukraine - including foreign 

mercenaries." Sooner or later all intruders 

will realize.... that it's time to leave.

 

The most recent data... on the number of mercenaries 

fighting in Ukraine is dated March 14, 2024. Then the 

Russian Defense Ministry published a table from 

which it followed that 13,387 people arrived in 

Nezalezhnaya during the two years of the 

special operation. 

 

Poland (2,960), the US (1,113), Georgia (1,042), 

Canada(1,005) and the UK (822) were in the 

lead. These countries, were also among 

those whose mercenaries the Russian 

troops eliminated the most. In total, 

the destruction of 5,962 soldiers 

of fortune - was confirmed.




I'm not saying a word.

 

 

__________________________________




How Netanyahu continues to 

pursue 'redrawing the map'

by Robert Inlakesh

February 5th, 12:27pm

(Al Mayadeen English)

 

The Gaza ceasefire deal has no doubt inflicted a major 

embarrassment on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 

Netanyahu and his military, yet this has not 

signaled an end to the regional struggle

 in his eyes. 

 

The recent visit to Washington and the rhetoric surrounding 

the trip leave the impression that there is no end in sight 

except ongoing war.

 

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s visit to the United States, is clearly 

tailored to foster a US-Israeli aggressive takeover of West 

Asia. During his first term in office, US President Donald 

Trump set forth a new path for the Zionist regime 

aimed at crushing Palestinian statehood once 

and for all, in addition to stamping American 

dominance into the region.

 

While the infamous “Deal of the Century” plan, may have 

seemingly collapsed upon its announcement in January 

of 2022, this proposal was simply one branch of a wider 

strategy that the Biden administration also attempted 

to continue growing. 

 

It was clear that the Trump administration, whose policies

were led by hardline Zionist fanatics, was seeking to 

collapse the previous regional understanding of 

how to settle the Palestinian issue. This was 

the dismantlement.. of the “Arab Peace 

Initiative” of 2002, the longstanding 

accepted guide to stability ratified

 by the Arab League.

 

Replacing the Arab Peace Initiative, which affirmed that no 

normalization agreements would be signed without the 

establishment of a Palestinian State, the so-called 

“Abraham Accords” sought US power in order to 

coerce Arab regimes into normalizing ties.... in 

exchange for economic and security benefits. 

 

This initiative effectively deleted the Palestinian struggle 

from regional power dynamics and sought to redraw the 

status quo in a very dangerous manner.

 

Fast Forward to September of 2023, the Biden administration 

was working to implement this new vision for US imperial 

domination in the emerging multi-polar world. 

 

At the G-20 summit in New Delhi, Joe Biden proudly announced 

the planned construction of the India-Middle East-Europe 

Economic Corridor. This new trade route was in line
to 
bolster the American  Partnership for Global 

Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), which 

was created --- with countering China’s 

innovative Belt and Road Initiative

 in mind.

 

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor sought to 

create a land trade route from the United Arab Emirates 

(UAE), through Saudi Arabia and Jordan, into Zionist-

occupied Palestine. However, this was going to 

hedge upon Riyadh signing a normalization 

agreement with “Tel Aviv” first; which
was 
close to being reached. 

 

That same month, Netanyahu delivered an aggressive speech 

at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in which he 

presented the “New Middle East," ...featuring the Arab 

States that align with Israeli-US interests and not

Iran’s alliance.

 

All was set to go forth, except for one huge issue standing 

in the way - that both the Israelis and the US, completely 

underestimated --- the determination of the Palestinian 

people. In the occupied West Bank, armed Resistance 

factions began forming for the first time since the 

Second Intifada in 2021, as tensions escalated 

year-in-year-out, as the Palestinian factions in 

the Gaza Strip prepared themselves for a war 

that would thwart the Zionist-American 

agenda --- and save their cause for 

self-determination.

 

Attempts to pave a way - toward disrupting the Israeli-US plot to 

destroy the Palestinian cause for rights and self-determination, 

including mass nonviolent civil resistance and political 

maneuvers were ignored, only provoking further 

violence. Hence, Palestinians began taking 

matters into their own hands, especially 

due to a growing encroachment on 

al-Aqsa Mosque, the third Holiest 

Site in the Islamic faith, which 

sought to end the status quo 

inside the compound.. and 

even destroy the site to 

replace it - with a 

synagogue.

 

During this period.. the Israelis began working toward redefining 

their Zionist mission and deciding upon the future of the settler-

colonial project. 

 

On one side, a part of the Zionist population sought to protect 

their status quo and maintain an Apartheid regime that 

granted Israeli Jews the benefits of a Western-style 

liberal democracy. 

 

The other side, led by Netanyahu, sought to overthrow the 

Israeli judiciary, Judaize the legal system, and seek 

expansionism into what is known as “Greater 

Israel”. Evidently, Netanyahu... is getting

 his way.

 

One very important aspect of the ongoing conflict --- is power 

perception, and the Israeli-US alliance understands this well. 

Up until September of 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran 

appeared to be in a position of unparalleled regional 

power, according to popular understanding. 

 

The Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, dismantled the 

image of the Israeli military, and its ensuing failure to 

defeat Palestinian armed groups in Gaza cemented 

this view, making Iran and its other allies appear 

extremely powerful.

 

In the aftermath of the Israeli booby-trapped pager attacks 

across Lebanon, which injured thousands and were 

labeled as terrorism, by former CIA Director, Leon 

Panetta --- followed by the assassination of most 

of Hezbollah’s senior leadership, this perception 

dramatically shifted. 

 

Suddenly, in the propaganda war arena, the perception was 

that US-Israeli power was on top and Iran had been 

knocked down. Further cementing this view was 

the fall of the Syrian government, led by its 

former President Bashar al-Assad.

 

While the Israelis gained the upper hand in the propaganda/

media war front, the reality was that they had scored a 

series of tactical victories, while the power of Iran 

and allies had not actually diminished in the way 

that had been portrayed. Yet, this narrative is 

of great importance, because it also affects 

the trust between the leadership and 

populations inside Iran and with its 

Axis of Resistance aligned allies. 

 

The Gaza ceasefire/prisoner exchange has again altered the

media view of the war, regionally, as it has become evident 

that the Israelis failed to defeat Hamas despite committing 

genocide and using its full US-backed force.

 

Rationally, the Israelis knew that they weren’t going to win 

in a war with Hamas, therefore they agreed to the 

ceasefire.. and conceded a tactical loss of the 

propaganda front. But they will not wait long 

before attempting to salvage their image of 

strength and aggressing further, and an 

example of this is already beginning 

to manifest itself in the occupied 

West Bank.

 

Israeli PM Netanyahu is hell-bent on “redrawing the map," 

expanding his colony’s occupation of Arab lands, while 

the Israeli regime threatens all of its neighbours -------
simultaneously. They are clear that they won’t leave 

Syria by choice, and.. even if the Israeli military 

withdraws from Lebanon, it stresses its need 

to maintain its freedom of action inside the 

country. “Freedom of action” --- equals the 

right to run cross-border incursions.. and 

launch airstrikes at any time..... which is 

unacceptable by any nation's standards.

 

Meanwhile, the Israeli military is committing the most extensive 

military campaign in the West Bank since 2002, labeling it 

“Operation Iron Wall”, which has already resulted in the 

murder of over 70 Palestinians. Usurpation of the 

territory is the ultimate goal, and.. since Donald 

Trump’s Presidential campaign was bankrolled 

with 100 billion dollars in order to allow this, 

it can be assumed that the US is on board 

with the land theft. 

 

The Israelis and their American partners.. are seeking total 

domination of West Asia, not stopping --- until they achieve 

their goals; something that Netanyahu calls “total victory”. 

 

While some now fear the deterioration of the Gaza ceasefire 

in phase 2 of its implementation, along with Trump’s calls

 to ethnically cleanse the territory, the larger and more 

realistic threat... is what will become of the post-war 

process there.

 

Ethnic cleansing will not be feasible --- which makes it highly 

unrealistic and therefore it is most likely that Donald Trump 

is talking about this for the sake of Israeli domestic 

consumption and little else. If he is actually 

serious about such a plan, then this will 

almost certainly destabilize Egypt and 

Jordan. It could even lead to an 

Israeli invasion of the Sinai 

Peninsula, which..... it has 

already been working on 

justifying since at least 

October of 2024. 

 

The idea...... of Jordan absorbing hundreds of thousands of 

Palestinians from Gaza -- would also likely spell enormous 

issues, the least of which will be the fledgling economy’s 

ability to deal with such a refugee population. Yet... the 

societal repercussions will be much greater and could

lead the already agitated Jordanian public ---- toward 

the path of resistance. 

 

Similarly, if the Zionist army invades Egypt, even if there’s 

no resistance from the Egyptian army, at first, there is a 

high likelihood that resistance will emerge... and both 

normalization agreements.... could collapse.

 

Netanyahu is inventing what we can call the “new Israel”, 

because the old Zionist vision appears to have collapsed. 

In order to redefine the goals of his Zionist project, he
is 
aiming to continue mass slaughter - and even the 

destabilization of nations' leaderships... who are 

friendly to the regime. It is an era of expansion, 

extermination, and subjugation. The aim will 

be to use as many collaborators in all their 

iterations, in order to kill the Palestinian 

cause --- and make the region bow to 

US-backed Zionism. The only one 

that could change the course of 

the conflict.... is Donald Trump 

and his administration, which 

appears extremely unlikely, 

to say the least.

 

The opinions mentioned in this article do 

not necessarily reflect the opinion of Al 

mayadeen, but rather, express the 

opinion of its writer exclusively.

 

 

Interesting article, don't you think?

Except for the very last sentence,

which is extraordinarily negative.

 

 

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Doomsday clock and 

"nuclear midnight". 

What you need 

to know

January 29th, 9pm

(Izvestia.ru)

 

The hands of the Doomsday clock, which symbolize the threat of 

a global catastrophe, have been moved one second closer to 

midnight. They now show 23: 58: 31. So close to midnight — 

a symbol of a global nuclear catastrophe — the hands of 

the clock have never been before. Why the forecasts 

have worsened and what the dial means — in the

 material of "Izvestia".

 

What is the Doomsday Clock?

 

* The Doomsday Clock - a project of the Bulletin of Atomic 

Scientists magazine, which has been in existence since 

1947. Every year, the board of directors of the journal, 

with the participation of experts and scientists, 

decides on the movement of arrows or that 

they should be left in place. Midnight on 

the symbolic dial means the moment 

when people will make the Earth 

uninhabitable.

 

* Initially, the hands were set at 23:53. The greatest distance 

from midnight (23:43) was recorded after the end of the cold 

war. In 1991, the administration of US President George H.

 W. Bush signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 

with the Soviet Union.

 

* The hands of the Doomsday Clock are set each year by experts 

of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science & Safety Board 

in consultation with the Board of Sponsors, which was 

established by Albert Einstein in December 1948, 

when its first chairman was one of the creators 

of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer. 

The council now includes Nobel Prize 

winners, many of whom are 

specialists ---- in physics, 

physiology or medicine.

 

* The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by a group of

 scientists who worked on the "Manhattan Project" (code name 

for the work on the atomic bomb during World War II). The 

organization was originally designed to measure nuclear 

threats, but in 2007... it decided to include climate 

change in its calculations.

 

How the time on the clock changed

 

* Since 1947 --- the magazine has been assessing the threat of the 

"end of the world" and annually decides whether to move
the hands or not. Now there are 89 seconds left until midnight 

instead of the previous 90. This is a record short time 

before a global catastrophe — for all the 78 years 

since this clock was symbolically wound up.

 

* The magazine's experts explained...... that they moved the clock

 closer to midnight on January 28, 2025, because they do not see 

enough positive progress in solving global problems, including 

nuclear risk, climate change, biological threats, and 

advances in "disruptive technologies" such as 

artificial intelligence. This year, infectious 

diseases ..and the ongoing conflicts in 

Ukraine and the Middle East -- were 

also identified as negative factors 

affecting the situation.

 

* As experts from the Bulletin's Science Council explain, countries

 with nuclear weapons are increasing their arsenals --- investing 

hundreds of billions of dollars in something that can destroy 

civilization. At the same time, it is the United States, China,

and Russia that are responsible for pulling the world back 

from the brink.

 

* The development of artificial intelligence, biotechnologies and 

space technologies ---- is now very important for all of humanity. 

However, global threats are being significantly exacerbated by 

the spread of disinformation, fakes, and conspiracy theories 

that are destroying the communications ecosystem and 

increasingly blurring the line between truth 

and falsehood.

 

• In 2023, against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, 

increased nuclear escalation, plus the war between

 Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the climate 

crisis, the hands of the clock were moved 

immediately by 10 seconds - to 23: 58.30, 

which was a record close to midnight. 

Before that, they stayed at the 100-

second mark, for several years in 

a row. In 2024, the hands of the 

clock did not move.

 

Main Doomsday Clock Dates

 

1947: seven minutes to midnight. Setting the clock. 

The Cold War between the USA and the USSR.

 

1949: three minutes. The USSR

 tested its first nuclear bomb.

 

1953: two minutes. The USSR and the United States

 tested thermonuclear bombs nine months apart.

 

Why did you wind up your watch

 

* The Doomsday Clock was created in a symbolic attempt 

to assess how close humanity is to destroying the world. 

Midnight means the moment when the Earth becomes 

uninhabitable --- due to the results of human activity. 

This project is not intended to measure existential 

threats or the time remaining before the 

apocalypse, but rather, to initiate 

discussions on complex topics 

that affect the entire 

population of 

the planet.

 

* The Doomsday Clock is periodically criticized. One of the main 

disadvantages is the combination of different types of risk, 

which have different characteristics and develop over 

different time scales. The project is also regularly 

criticized for the lack of clear criteria for analysis. 

For example futurist researcher Anders Sandberg 

suggested that talk about the threat of a nuclear 

catastrophe or global warming is artificial, and 

pessimistic forecasts not only do not give an 

objective assessment --- but even mislead. 

However.... the clock is still an important 

rhetorical device that reminds humanity

year after year...  of the precariousness 

of the current existence on this planet.

 

* Watches are widely used in popular culture. This symbol 

was mentioned in the lyrics of The Clash (track It's 55 

minutes past 11), The Who, Iron Maiden (Two Minutes 

to Midnight), Smashing Pumpkins (Doomsday Clock) 

and Linkin Park (Minutes to Midnight), and also 

formed the basis of a comic book series in 

which the characters of "Guardians" Alan 

Moore meets Batman and Superman 

from the DC universe.

 

* Experts who move the hands of the Doomsday clock invite 

everyone to discuss the changes on the dial in their own 

social circle — with relatives, relatives, friends and 

colleagues. Such conversations -- can change the 

mood of society from small groups to large ones. 

And ultimately, such conversations influence 

the mood of society and the decisions that 

politicians make.

 

* Personal actions can also make a difference. To make a positive

 impact on climate change, in particular, it is suggested that you 

evaluate your daily habits and think about whether there are 

small changes that you can make in your life. Examples 

include walking or cycling instead of driving, saving 

resources when heating homes, buying seasonal 

and local products instead of imported ones, 

sorting and reducing food waste, and 

saving water.

 

 

Also, we could add - stop pouring bleach into our water,

Take more interest ------ in joining with others, to elect 

good, honest, incorruptible councillors and MPs, and

--- if you live in the West --- search out real news 

from sources such as Rhondda Records!

 

What do you think? No swearing!




 

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Little Henchman of the US

Posted by: Red Star |

 Jan 19 2025 21:06

(Moon of Alabama)

 

The US currently has 13 military bases in the UK - they 

masquerade as RAF stations, but are leased to the US 

- and the UK has very little control over them.

 

One of these, RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, 

controlled by the US’s National Security Agency 

(NSA), is the largest military spy base in the 

world - outside the US.

 

It is believed that another, RAF Lakenheath, is now being 

prepared to host US nuclear weapons. The US Dept of 

Defense has added the UK to a list of NATO nuclear 

weapons storage locations in Europe being 

upgraded under a multimillion-dollar 

infrastructure programme. The 

British public wont have any 

say in this --- in fact, the 

mainstream media... 

(MSM) wont even 

mention it.

 

RAF Lakenheath previously hosted US free-fall nuclear 

bombs - until they were withdrawn in 2008, following 

consistent anti-nuclear protests. Now, here they

come again.

 

The UK looks more like an occupied territory - than the 

puppet master which controls the US. In reality we're 

just the global bully's little henchman.

 

 

Cambridge definition of henchman:

 

Someone... who does unpleasant or 

illegal things for a powerful person.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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Israel ramps up propaganda blitz, 


allocates $150 million ---- 


to gloss over genocide


 by Alireza Akbari


January 7th, 11:22am


 


Amid the raging genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the 


Israeli regime is intensifying its propaganda blitz, 


allocating unprecedented funds - to shape 


global public opinion.


 


Israeli foreign ministry's annual budget for so-called 


"public diplomacy", also known as Hasbara, has 


surged to a staggering $150 million in 2025, 


marking a 20-fold increase from last year.


 


The move aims to whitewash the apartheid regime's 


appalling war crimes in Gaza and repair its battered 


international image, as global condemnation grows 


over its continued genocidal campaign.


 


The generous allocation of funds --- aimed at amplifying 


pro-Zionist propaganda, comes as global public opinion 


has sharply turned against the Tel Aviv regime due to 


its war of extermination in Gaza.


 


Since the launch of the war on October 7, 2023, 


the Israeli regime has unleashed 88,000 tons 


of explosives on the tiny besieged territory, 


destroying houses, hospitals, schools and 


refugee camps.


 


The war has killed nearly 46,000 people and injured 


around 109,000 in the past 15 months. Among the 


martyrs --- are over 17,800 children and 12,300 


women, according to Gaza's health ministry.


 


The ministry has documented more than 9,000 


massacres against Palestinians during this 


period with tens of thousands displaced 


and rendered homeless, and many 


more grappling with hunger.


 


Under the new budget announced earlier this week, the


 Israeli regime's foreign ministry is expected to receive 


massive funds for its so-called "public diplomacy" 


efforts, in order to wash the stains. 


 


Under this program, the ministry intends to hire 


social media influencers, public opinion 


leaders and celebrities..... to repair the 


tattered image of the child-murdering 


regime in Tel Aviv.


 


Unmasking the evil spirit of Hasbara


 


Hasbara, a Hebrew term for "explanation," is used by


 Israelis to refer to propaganda aimed at altering 


global perceptions of Israel.


 


What is Hasbara?


 


Hasbara refers to the Israeli apartheid regime's 


"public diplomacy" efforts that are aimed at 


shaping international perceptions and 


justifying its never-ending genocidal 


war crimes against Palestinians. 


 


The term was popularized in the early 20th century by 


Polish Zionist activist Nahum Sokolow, who described 


it as a strategy that “seeks to explain actions, 


whether or not they are justified.” 


 


Historically, Hasbara evolved from early Zionist 


propaganda efforts, where Arabic-speaking 


Jews sought to camouflage Zionism's 


real goals to Arab communities. 


 


Today, it encompasses modern communication methods,


 including social media campaigns, to counter various


 narratives about Israel's deadly offensives and 


policies in the occupied Palestinian territories. 


 


According to Zionist watchers - Hasbara functions as a 


euphemism for propaganda, distorting facts to present


the occupation regime as a victim --- while portraying 


the occupied Palestinians, as aggressors.


 


Prominent Zionist lobby groups such as AIPAC (American


 Israel Public Affairs Committee) and the Jewish Agency 


for Israel (JAI) provide resources and training for 


advocates to engage in Hasbara.


 


For instance, the Jewish Agency is tasked with 


sponsoring Hasbara Fellowships in different 


countries, which train students to promote 


pro-Zionist and anti-Palestine views on 


university campuses.


 


The Israeli regime directly supports these initiatives, 


with dedicated offices within ministries such as 


foreign affairs and diaspora affairs.


 


Since October 2023, and amid the genocidal war against 


Palestinians in Gaza, these efforts have dramatically 


escalated, which is evident by the 20-fold increase 


in this year's Hasbara budget. 


 


According to experts, the steep rise in the Israeli 


regime's Hasbara budget this year is linked to 


growing anger and outrage across the world 


over the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal 


war crimes in Gaza.


 


The arrest warrants issued against Benjamin Netanyahu 


and Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal Court 


(ICC) as well as the historic rulings by the 


International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 


the Gaza genocide have contributed 


to the surge in anti-Zionist 


sentiment worldwide. 


 


The daily war crimes and massacres in Gaza, according 


to experts, have put the Israeli regime in a dangerous


 position with even pro-regime voices now calling 


for the end of occupation in Palestine.


 


The recent Israeli military raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital 


in the northern Gaza Strip, which led to the mass 


detention of medical staff --- including the 


hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, 


triggered widespread protests globally, 


which still continue.


 


In New York City, demonstrators outside the Israeli 


consulate chanted "Free Gaza!" and "Stop the 


Siege!" In London, crowds at Trafalgar Square


 held signs reading "Healthcare is a Human 


Right" and "End Israeli Apartheid."


 


Activists in Paris marched near the Eiffel Tower, 


shouting "Solidarity with Palestine!" and 


"No More War Crimes."


 


In Berlin, protesters at Brandenburg Gate displayed 


banners saying "Defend Medical Facilities!" and 


"Justice for Gaza!" In Toronto, rallies at Nathan 


Phillips Square echoed calls for "Peace 


in Palestine."


 


These demonstrations indicate growing anti-Israel 


sentiment across the Western world, where 


governments have been complicit in the 


ongoing genocide in Gaza.


 


According to the Israeli daily The Times of Israel, the 


allocation of the budget comes as "public opinion" 


about the Israeli regime in the United States and 


other countries has been "intensely battered."


 


The Israeli regime's foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar was 


quoted as saying that the budget will be directed 


toward influencing "sentiment in the foreign 


press and on social media."


 


Sa'ar also stated his intention to focus on "American


 college campuses," adding that the initiative will be


 carried out in cooperation with US Zionist groups.


 


In April 2024, a wave of college protests swept across 


the US ----- marking a significant escalation in student 


activism regarding the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.


 


The movement began at Columbia University on April 17, 


when students set up a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" 


with around 50 tents, demanding that the university 


divest from companies supporting Israel.


 


Following police intervention and mass arrests on April 


18, solidarity encampments quickly spread to over 100 


campuses nationwide, which were suppressed by law 


enforcement agencies.


 


The Israeli daily Maariv quoted Sa'ar as saying 


that he was determined to make a change.


 


“Every shekel devoted to this cause is an investment, 


not an expense, and will strengthen Israel and its 


standing in the world," he said, referring to


 the Hasbara project. 


 


According to reports, he has held sessions with 


social media influencers, cultural figures, and 


public diplomacy advocates abroad to 


discuss strategies for implementing 


the plan. Among the attendees at 


these sessions were former 


Israeli officials, media 


influencers ----- and 


even comedians.


 


On Thursday, Sa'ar held a meeting with a group of 


candidates and emphasized the need for a 


strategic shift in the regime's approach, 


referring to the effort --- as 


"consciousness warfare" 


rather than "Hasbara."


 


Throughout the session, Sa'ar reiterated how the 


distorted Israeli regime image worldwide has 


constrained Tel Aviv’s political leadership's


 ability to maneuver on the world stage.


 


Meanwhile, activists have criticized and ridiculed the 


move, arguing that it seeks to justify the regime's 


genocidal campaign in Gaza, which has drawn 


widespread international condemnation.


 


The budget increase for the so-called "public diplomacy"


 coincides with intensified Israeli military raids on 


Gaza's health facilities, including Kamal Adwan 


Hospital in northern Gaza.


 


The last functioning health facility in northern Gaza


 was recently fully evacuated, and medical staff 


were detained, with no information available 


regarding their whereabouts.


 


Since the start of the war on Gaza in October 2023, 


1,068 medical staff members have been martyred. 


Additionally, 331 medical personnel have been 


detained, with many executed inside prisons.


 


The Israeli attacks have rendered 34 hospitals non-


functional - forced the closure of 80 health centres,


--- and targeted 162 health facilities. At least seven


 mass graves have been identified inside hospitals.


 


As the Israeli foreign ministry announced its increased 


budget for influencers, corporate figure Van Jones 


appeared alongside Noa Tishby, a producer, 


actress, and an outspoken supporter of 


Israeli policies.


 


On December 29th, Tishby shared a video on her 


X account (formerly Twitter) featuring Jones 


participating in lighting the "first-ever 


Hanukkah candle.”


 


"@VanJones68 joins me - to light his first-ever Hanukkah 


candle. We talked about the powerful bond between the


 Black and Jewish communities and the importance of 


showing up for one another," she wrote, with many 


linking it to the new Hasbara project. 


 


Tishby described Jones as "one of the strongest allies 


the Jewish community has had in recent years." The 


US author responded by saying they seek to 


"repair the world."


 


The video sparked backlash on social media. Some 


commented on Tishby’s post by highlighting 


instances of the mistreatment of Black 


individuals by illegal settlers in the 


occupied territories. 


 


“This is how your people treat Black people in 


IsraHell!” wrote a user named Truth Seeker.


 


On its X account, Drop Site shared a video showing 


young boys planting a barrel and explained that 


“coordinated Hasbara campaigns” usually 


involve prominent propagandists 


(Hasbaraists), who spread the 


same misinformation despite 


substantial evidence to 


the contrary.


 


It also documented how the same undated video was 


shared by propagandist accounts, all claiming that 


the young boys were Hamas members planting 


bombs near a hospital in Gaza.


 


The page further noted that the video was 


initially shared by COGAT, the Israeli 


regime body... responsible for 


coordinating aid into Gaza, 


and was amplified.... by 


prominent Hasbarists.


 


According to the account, this release coincided with 


global outrage over Israel’s attack on Kamal Adwan 


Hospital in northern Gaza, during which the 


hospital was burned down, its director 


abducted and reportedly sent to one 


of Israel’s notorious prisons...


 for torture.


 


 


In Slough, when people complained about


the stench from the industrial estate and


traffic fumes... the local buses added 


rose petal perfume to the deisel....


Hasbara!


 


What do you think the apartheid


colonialists, should do?


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Hind Rajab Foundation ----- names 


Israeli war criminals vacationing 


after Gaza genocide


December 21st, 4:38pm


 by Alireza Akbari


 


On December 12th, an X account associated with the 


Israeli spy agency Mossad --- issued a stern warning 


to regime soldiers against sharing personal photos 


on social media.


 


“Do not post a picture of yourself in the battlefields of 


Gaza or elsewhere,” it said, underscoring the risks of 


exposure to an identity-revealing campaign targeting 


members of the Israeli forces.


 


More than 45,000 Palestinians, most of them children 


and women, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since 


October 7 last year in the Israeli regime's all-out 


genocidal war ----- backed by the West.


 


The X page affiliated with Mossad highlighted concerns 


over a group identifying Israeli soldiers and sharing 


their details with foreign authorities in countries 


where the soldiers might be vacationing.


 


It warned Israeli soldiers that they may be "arrested" 


and their vacation could turn into a "nightmare.”


 


Its reference... was to the Hind Rajab Foundation, named 


in memory of a Palestinian girl who was tragically killed 


alongside her family, by Israeli forces, late last year.


 


"It is too late; the evidence has been documented. 


War criminals who have essentially testified 


against themselves --- will not escape 


justice," the foundation responded 


to the advisory.


 


“However,” it hastened to add, “the true nightmare is not 


that their vacation is ruined—it is the genocide these 


criminals have committed.”


 


Mossad’s warning follows an earlier notice by the Israeli 


military in early December, advising around 30 soldiers 


to avoid traveling abroad ---- due to legal complaints 


filed against them for war crimes.


 


In October 2024, the Hind Rajab Foundation filed a formal


 complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) 


against 1,000 Israeli soldiers --- for perpetrating 


war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.


 


The foundation, a branch of the March 30 Movement, 


was established following Israel’s genocidal war on 


Gaza in October 2023, which has since spawned


the worst humanitarian crisis there.


 


The complaint targeted soldiers across all ranks, from 


high-ranking generals and air marshals to low-ranking 


personnel ----- for direct involvement in genocidal war 


crimes in the besieged Palestinian strip.


 


The case was bolstered by over 8,000 pieces of 


evidence, including videos, audio recordings, 


forensic reports, and social media 


documentation, meticulously 


detailing the soldiers’ 


war crimes.


 


The ongoing Israeli genocidal campaign, which began


in October last year, has resulted in over 45,227 


Palestinian deaths and left more than 


107,573 injured.


 


Despite the mounting international outcry, some Israeli 


soldiers have continued to flaunt their involvement in 


the Gaza genocide, sharing photos and videos of 


their war crimes on platforms like TikTok 


and Instagram.


 


The simmering humanitarian crisis in Gaza, coupled with 


Israeli soldiers boasting about their diabolic war crimes 


has now prompted legal experts, activists, and human 


rights organizations - to intensify their efforts to hold 


the perpetrators accountable for these atrocities.


 


Among these organizations is the Hind Rajab Foundation,


 which has identified several Israeli regime soldiers 


and filed complaints regarding their war crimes


 in the Gaza Strip.


 


The foundation is also informing the countries 


where these soldiers are vacationing to urge 


those governments to arrest the Israeli war 


criminals over the ongoing genocidal war.


 


Israeli soldiers identified by Hind Rajab Foundation


 


On December the 18th, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) 


announced ------- the identification of Gal Ferenbook, an 


Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of a Palestinian 


civilian and the degrading treatment of their remains.


 


It located Ferenbook in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and 


formally demanded his immediate arrest by the


Sri Lankan authorities. It also submitted a 


complaint to the ICC and requested 


Interpol to issue a red notice 


for his capture.


 


Ferenbook, a member of Company B, Sayeret Golani, 


sparked outrage on August the 9th, 2024, when he


 uploaded a video to his Instagram account 


showing himself inside an armoured 


personnel carrier (APC) in Gaza 


after committing war crimes.


 


The footage, which was widely shared and condemned, 


captured Ferenbook watching the remains of a 


deceased Palestinian civilian on the 


vehicle’s monitor.


 


The video also included a voice, speaking in Hebrew, 


mocking the situation and referring to Ferenbook as 


“Gal Foundouk, our terminator,” while laughing and 


pointing to the remains.


 


Ferenbook, seen smiling and boasting, treated the 


deceased as a war trophy, a clear violation of 


international humanitarian law, according 


to legal experts.


 


The video, corroborated by metadata and other 


contextual evidence, confirms Ferenbook’s 


presence in Gaza during Israeli genocidal 


offensives and implicates him in 


horrendous war crimes.


 


These include the outrages upon the personal dignity 


of the deceased, the unlawful killing of a civilian, 


and the destruction of civilian infrastructure 


outside military necessity.


 


HRF's complaint, submitted under Article 15 of the Rome


 Statute, calls on the ICC to open an investigation into 


Ferenbook’s crimes.


 


The crimes include: outraging personal dignity (Article 8


(2)(b)(xxi)), willful killing of a protected person (Article 8


(2)(a)(i)), and destruction of civilian infrastructure 


without military necessity (Article 8(2)(b)(ii)).


 


Israeli media, meanwhile, reported that the war criminal 


Ferenbook had fled Sri Lanka, after the Brussels-based 


foundation filed the case against him. 


 


On December the 6th in 2024, HRF filed a legal complaint 


in France --- against the Israeli regime soldier Roi Hakimi, 


on charges of acts of terror & enforced disappearances 


during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.


 


The complaint, submitted under French criminal law, said


 that Hakimi, a Master Sergeant in the Palhod Unit of the 


Nahal Brigade, committed serious violations of 


international law during the offensive.


 


Evidence presented includes Hakimi’s own social media 


posts, which feature photos and videos of him in Gaza, 


armed and in military uniform, amidst scenes of 


widespread destruction.


 


The posts also document detainees in degrading 


conditions and actions ------ indicative of gross 


violations of international humanitarian law.


 


One particularly incriminating image depicts Palestinian 


detainees, bound and stripped to their undergarments, 


standing in freezing temperatures at night, amid


 the ruins of Gaza.


 


The complaint asserts, that such treatment amounts to 


torture and enforced disappearances — both explicitly 


prohibited under international law and recognized as 


crimes under French statutes.


 


The case relies on Articles 689-1, 689-2, and 689-13 of 


the French Code of Criminal Procedure -- which grant 


French courts jurisdiction over international crimes,
including torture and enforced disappearances, 


if the accused is present in France.


 


Hakimi is currently believed to be on French soil, 


as evidenced by his social media activity, which 


shows him spending quality time at a ski resort 


in Savoie.


 


Brussels-based HRF has called on the French authorities 


to exercise their jurisdiction and initiate immediate legal 


proceedings to hold Hakimi accountable for war crimes.


 


On December the 3rd, in 2024, the HRF, in collaboration 


with the March 30 Movement --- urged Belgium to deny


 accreditation to Colonel Moshe Tetro, Israel’s newly 


appointed military attaché.


 


The groups cited Tetro’s involvement in war crimes, 


crimes against humanity, and genocide during his 


tenure as head of the Coordination and Liaison 


Administration for the Gaza Strip (CLA).


 


In a formal complaint filed with the ICC, it accused Tetro 


of implementing policies that deliberately starved 


Gaza’s population - by restricting essential 


resources such as food, water, and 


medical supplies.


 


These measures, described as a form of man-made 


famine, have been condemned as collective 


punishment targeting one of the world’s 


most vulnerable civilian populations.


 


The ICC has previously addressed the use of starvation


as a method of warfare, notably in its warrants against 


Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the


military affairs minister, Yoav Gallant.


 


HRF argued that Tetro’s actions followed the same


pattern, perpetuating widespread suffering --- in 


violation of international humanitarian law.


 


Tetro is also accused of directing attacks on hospitals, 


including the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis city and 


Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, resulting in mass 


civilian casualties.


 


Evidence submitted to the ICC -------- includes records of
Tetro’s communications with hospital directors, before
the attacks - which systematically dismantled Gaza’s 


healthcare system, leaving civilians without access 


to critical medical care.


 


In a letter to Belgium’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HRF 


Chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah emphasized Belgium’s 


moral and legal responsibility ------- to reject 


Tetro’s accreditation.


 


HRF and its partners have called on Belgium to take a 


principled stand against impunity by denying Colonel 


Moshe Tetro... diplomatic recognition.


 


The case has underscored the growing push for 


accountability over Israel’s genocide in Gaza.


 


On November the 29th, the HRF, in partnership with the 


March 30 Movement and represented by the attorney 


Haroon Raza ------ filed another legal complaint in 


Amsterdam, demanding the immediate arrest 


and prosecution of three Israeli regime 


soldiers for war crimes in Gaza.


 


The accused  ------- Yehuda Tsfa, Yotam Shmuelevich, and 


Liran Magal --- are members of the Latak Unit of the 932 


“Granit” Battalion of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).


 


They participated in the destruction of civilian


 properties in Gaza, including the burning of 


homes in Gaza City and the destruction of 


critical infrastructure, at Rafah Crossing.


 


The complaint, grounded in international humanitarian 


law, asserts that these actions constitute grave 


violations of the laws of armed conflict, which 


protect civilian objects and prohibit attacks 


that are indiscriminate, disproportionate, 


or lacking military necessity.


 


The targeted destruction of civilian homes and 


infrastructure is highlighted ---- as part of a 


broader pattern of collective punishment 


against the Gaza population.


 


The complaint referenced key provisions 


of international law, to substantiate 


the allegations:


 


Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits the 


destruction of property by an occupying power unless 


necessary for military operations. The burning of 


homes and destruction at the Rafah Crossing 


do not meet this criterion.


 


Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention classifies 


extensive destruction of property, as not justified by 


military necessity and carried out unlawfully and 


wantonly, as a grave breach of the Convention.


 


Article 54 of Protocol I --------- prohibits attacks on objects


 indispensable to the survival of civilians, including food 


supplies and drinking water installations. The Rafah 


Crossing, essential for the delivery of food and 


medical aid, falls within this category.


 


Article 8(2)(b)(ii) of the Rome Statute criminalizes 


deliberate attacks on civilian objects that are


 not military objectives.


 


Article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Rome Statute prohibits 


starvation of civilians as a method of warfare - 


including depriving them of objects essential


 to their survival.


 


Rafah Crossing’s destruction has had devastating 


consequences for Gaza’s civilian population, 


exacerbating famine by blocking the flow 


of food, medical supplies, and other 


essential goods.


 


The deliberate targeting of such infrastructure, 


the complaint argues, represents a calculated 


strategy to collectively punish civilians --- in 


violation of international law, according


 to experts.


 


The complaint stresses that, under international law, 


the Dutch authorities are obligated to act, as the 


accused soldiers have reportedly been 


present in the Netherlands.


 


By invoking legal precedents.. from the ICC and the 


International Court of Justice (ICJ), the foundation 


highlighted the responsibility of states ------- 


to apprehend and prosecute individuals 


suspected of war crimes, and crimes


against humanity.


 


This case not only seeks accountability for the actions 


of Tsfa, Shmuelevich, and Magal but also underscores 


the critical need --- to address the ongoing impact of 


such violations on the civilian population of Gaza.


 


On November the 27th, in 2024, the HRF submitted a


 formal complaint to the ICC against Israeli soldier 


Liam Shkedi, accusing him of war crimes, crimes 


against humanity, genocide, and crimes 


of aggression.


 


The complaint -- demands Shkedi's 


immediate arrest and prosecution.


 


It detailed Shkedi’s involvement.. in the destruction 


of a civilian home in Ni’lin, Ramallah, on March 23, 


2023, as well as his role in a massacre in Gaza’s 


Al-Bureij camp.


 


The attacks on Al-Bureij -- which targeted densely 


populated residential areas, caused devastating 


civilian casualties ---- and were characterized 


as indiscriminate.


 


These incidents, the complaint asserts, are part 


of a broader pattern of systematic violations of 


international humanitarian law.   The actions 


attributed to Shkedi highlight the deliberate 


targeting of civilians and civilian 


infrastructure in Gaza and the 


occupied West Bank.


 


HRF confirmed, that Shkedi is currently in Dubai, United 


Arab Emirates, and formally requested that the Emirati
authorities arrest him. Citing the UAE’s obligations


under international law, the Foundation urged his 


immediate transfer to the ICC for prosecution.


 


To substantiate the case filed against the soldier, HRF 


provided extensive video and photographic evidence, 


including material sourced from Shkedi’s own social 


media accounts.


 


The evidence reportedly documents his participation


 in unlawful attacks on civilian infrastructure.


 


On November the 18th, in 2024, the HRF announced it 


was investigating reports of the possible detention 


of Israeli reserve officer Elisha Livman in Cyprus, 


after complaints of war crimes committed


 in Gaza.


 


Despite the development, Livman reportedly fled Cyprus 


with direct assistance from the Israeli regime, as was 


revealed by the Israeli newspaper, Israel Hayom.


 


This intervention, described by the HRF as a "brazen


example of state-sponsored impunity" --- has drawn 


sharp criticism for undermining international law 


and obstructing justice.


 


The HRF --- had filed a formal complaint with the Cypriot
authorities, presenting extensive evidence of Livman’s
involvement in war crimes. Among the evidence -- was
video footage showing Livman setting fire to a civilian
home in Gaza, declaring: “We will not stop until we 


burn all of Gaza.”


 


The HRF highlighted that his statements and actions 


demonstrate clear genocidal intent, violating both 


the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute.


 


In a strongly worded statement, the HRF condemned 


Livman’s escape, orchestrated with the active
involvement of the Israeli regime. “This is 


not just an obstruction of justice; it is 


a deliberate attempt to shield a war 


criminal from accountability,” 


it said.


 


It also underscored that Cyprus retains full 


jurisdiction over the case and called for 


the investigation into Livman 


to continue.


 


On November the 6th, in 2024 --- the HRF formally 


requested the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 


in the UK to launch an investigation into Alon 


Elgali, Chief Executive Officer of Meshek 


Afar Limited, for war crimes in Gaza.


 


Elgali was reportedly in the UK at the time of the 


complaint ---- accused of direct involvement in 


grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions 


and international humanitarian law.


 


The HRF’s letter to the MPS Commissioner detailed the 


complaint that Elgali oversaw and participated in the 


unlawful destruction and appropriation of civilian 


property, including a mosque in Rafah, southern


 Gaza Strip, between October the 31st and 


November the 4th, 2024.


 


These actions, targeting civilian infrastructure in 


protected areas, are cited as potential war 


crimes under the UK’s ICC Act 2001 and


 Geneva Conventions Act 1957.


 


The HRF provided video and photographic evidence 


from Elgali’s social media accounts, which show 


him operating and supervising bulldozers 


demolishing civilian structures.


 


Witness statements corroborated that Meshek Afar 


Limited was stationed in Rafah, specifically for 


these operations demolitions.


 


Under Article 8(2)(a)(iv) of the Rome Statute, 


the intentional destruction of civilian 


property without military necessity


 is classified as a war crime.


 


Additionally, Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention


identifies extensive destruction of civilian property as 


a “grave breach,” requiring contracting parties, such 


as the UK, to take legal action against those 


responsible.


 


The HRF urged the Metropolitan Police’s Counter 


Terrorism Command (CTC), which specializes in 


investigating complex international crimes,


 to prioritize the case.


 


The HRF highlighted guidelines from the College of 


Policing, emphasizing the importance of handling 


such serious complaints with urgency, 


impartiality, and diligence.


 


On October the 24th, in 2024, another complaint was 


filed in Ecuador against Sahar Enrique Cohen, an 


Ecuadorian citizen over war crimes and crimes 


against humanity during the Israeli genocide


 in Gaza.


 


The complaint, submitted to the Criminal Court 


of Guayas, seeks prosecution under both 


Ecuadorian and international law for 


Cohen’s role in systematic attacks 


targeting Palestinian civilians 


and medical facilities.


 


Cohen is accused of participating in the March 18, 


2024, assault on Al-Shifa Hospital.... in Gaza City, 


where thousands of civilians had sought refuge.


 


The attack resulted in the deaths of patients, including 


children and the elderly --- due to the destruction of 


critical medical infrastructure and the intentional 


denial of life-saving resources.


 


The complaint terms these assaults as genocide and 


crimes against humanity under international law.


 


The filing also details horrific acts of torture and 


persecution committed by Cohen, including 


physical and psychological abuse, forced 


nudity, rape, and the deprivation of 


essential resources like food 


and water.


 


Citing Article 14 of Ecuador’s Comprehensive Organic


 Criminal Code (COIP), the Foundation called on 


Ecuador to prosecute Cohen for these grave 


violations, asserting that Ecuadorian 


jurisdiction..... extends to crimes 


committed beyond its borders 


when they contravene 


international human


 rights laws.


 


On October 18, 2024, the HRF revealed evidence that 


Israeli war criminal Moshe Gafni was present in the 


United Arab Emirates.


 


It announced plans to officially request his arrest and 


notify UAE authorities. “We will officially request his 


arrest and notify the UAE authorities.”


 


On October the 13th, in 2024, French-Israeli singer 


Refael Allush was accused of involvement in the 


ongoing genocide in Gaza. Allush participated 


in the destruction, looting, and appropriation 


of civilian homes and neighbourhoods, 


according to the HRF.


 


Despite these complaints, Allush continued to travel 


freely to France -------------- to perform at social events.


 


On October the 5th, in 2024, HRF issued an urgent call 


to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ---- urging them 


to arrest the Israeli war criminal.. and US citizen 


Elias Gibs in accordance with international law.


 


It confirmed credible information about Gibs' presence in


 the UAE, identifying him as a member of the infamous 


Ghost Unit (Refaim). Gibs is implicated in the killing 


of 120 Palestinian civilians in Gaza.


 


The March 30 Movement, which partnered with the 


Foundation, echoed these concerns, emphasizing 


the urgency of Gibs' arrest, under the UAE's 


obligations to international law.


 


On September the 27th, in 2024, the HRF revealed that 


Israeli soldier Moshe Avichzer had been detained 


in Morocco --- for his involvement in war crimes 


committed during Israeli offensives in Gaza.


 


It reiterated its stance that "justice and accountability 


must prevail," ---- highlighting the significance of 


the detention ---- as a step toward holding 


war criminals accountable.


 


 


Hats off to these wonderfully patient people


pursuing justice for the Palestinians. I say


.....thank you and God bless you! 


 


What do you say?


 






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Assad knew, aligning with pro-Israel Arab

rulers - would mean betrayal of Palestine

by Omer Khaled

December 18th 3:09pm

 

Doomsayers are imprudently speculating that the 

resistance axis has been crushed in Syria with 

the ouster of Bashar al-Assad and the rise of 

West-backed militant groups.

 

Nothing could be further from the truth.

 

The resistance axis has in fact neutralized a significant 

strategic threat --- which will become evident over time. 

This axis remains undefeatable ---- and continues to be 

a formidable force in the region.

 

The strategic importance of Syria to the resistance axis 

in its protracted struggle against Israeli occupation and 

Western imperialism cannot be overstated. Syria has 

been a key player in this fight.

 

For decades, Syria served as a crucial logistical route for

 supplying weapons to resistance groups in Lebanon and 

Palestine, steadfastly supporting them despite crippling 

sanctions and terrorism.

 

This unwavering commitment to the resistance front with

 the goal of the liberation of occupied Palestinian 

territories from Zionist occupation, ultimately - 

cost Assad his long-standing hold on power.

 

Assad’s removal from power had for long figured high on 

the agenda of the Zionist regime and its Western allies. 

While the resistance axis and the Assad government

 in Damascus were focused on confronting Israeli 

occupation, some Arab states moved to 

normalize ties with the very regime.

 

The farce of normalization with the Israeli occupation 

not only represented a betrayal of the Palestinian 

cause that the Arab nations claim to support, 

but also served as a means to settle scores 

with Assad.

 

Most of these regimes in the Arab world have for long 

only offered lip service for the Palestinian cause to 

avoid being in the crosshairs of the Tel Aviv 

regime and its patron-in-chief, the US.

 

The 1978 Camp David Accords marked the beginning of 

efforts by some Arab nations.... to normalize the Israeli 

occupation of Palestine. This trend continued with the 

1993 Oslo Accords, in which the Palestinian Liberation 

Organization (PLO) formally recognized the illegitimate 

Zionist entity.

 

Neither of these agreements found support or 

acceptance among the people of West Asia, 

including Palestinians. Nevertheless, 

both deals played a significant role 

in solidifying the presence of the

illegitimate entity on occupied

 Palestinian land.

 

The 2020 Abraham Accords, orchestrated by showman-

turned-president Donald Trump, marked another major 

milestone in the campaign to legitimize the illegal 

occupation of Palestine. Many Arab regimes 

fell into the vicious trap --- in exchange 

for meager economic incentives.

 

Authoritarian regimes across the Arab world openly 

competed to normalize relations with the Israeli 

regime, publicly confirming what had been 

privately known for decades — their 

betrayal of Palestine.

 

This trajectory continued until October 7, 2023, when 

Operation Al-Aqsa Flood changed everything. This

 historic event fundamentally altered regional 

dynamics and shook the very foundation 

of the Zionist occupation ------- and its 

Western patrons.

 

The October the 7th operation, launched in response to 

decades of occupation, oppression, and subjugation, 

was followed ----- by an all-out genocidal campaign 

against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

 

In light of the genocidal war crimes perpetrated by the 

Israeli regime in besieged Gaza — later.... extended to 

Lebanon — normalizing relations with the occupation 

ceased to be seen as a viable course of action.

 

Even some Western countries publicly condemned the 

genocidal war crimes, and the International Criminal 

Court (ICC) was compelled to issue arrest warrants 

for Israeli war criminals.

 

Since the outset of the occupation of Palestine and the 

establishment of the illegitimate apartheid entity on 

stolen land, the US has acted as its sword & shield, 

providing unwavering support to entrench the 

occupation --- and enable settler-colonial 

activities in the occupied territories.

 

For any country seeking favor with American elites and 

the privileges that come with it, the formula has been 

simple and clear: establish ties with the Israeli 

occupation and turn a blind eye to its 

atrocities against the Palestinians, 

including women and children.

 

This is the primary reason --- why some Arab and Muslim 

countries in recent years chose to shake hands stained 

with the blood of Palestinian children for short-term 

gains. However, the resistance axis refused to 

compromise, standing its ground firmly in 

rejecting the West-sponsored settler-

colonial project.

 

The Israeli-US project employed every tool at its disposal 

to knock out the resistance axis and coerce countries in

 West Asia into submission. While many yielded, Syria 

remained steadfast in its support for the axis, 

despite suffering - in many different ways.

 

The occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights and the 

deep-seated hatred for the Zionist regime among 

ordinary Syrians made the fight against the 

occupation an existential priority for 

the Syrian government.

 

Thus, ensuring the survival of this "cancerous tumour" 

required one thing: the removal of Assad in Syria. Any 

ruling dispensation in Syria that regards the Israeli 

regime as an enemy would inevitably face 

unrelenting hostility.

 

For years, Western powers, backed by the Israeli regime, 

sought to overthrow the democratically elected Assad 

government in Damascus, employing sanctions, 

terrorist groups, and foreign mercenaries,

 as part of their strategy.

 

After years of crippling and draconian Western sanctions

 that decimated Syria’s economic infrastructure and 

plunged its society into poverty, Assad was left 

with limited choices.

 

Either he had to fight the armed militants while his army 

was on the brink of collapse, or he had to accept offers 

from Arab monarchies -- to abandon support for the 

Palestinian cause -- and embrace Israel.

 

Assad fully understood what aligning with Arab rulers 

who colluded with the US and Zionists would entail.

 Such a move would inevitably draw him closer to 

the US and, ultimately, require normalizing ties 

with Israel. That - was the proverbial red line.

 

Amid this strategic ambiguity, Syria, steadfast in 

its commitment to the resistance axis, was not 

offered on a platter to the Zionist enemy, as

 many mistakenly assume.

 

Instead, these turn of events have created a 

new opportunity for the axis to shock 

the enemy in the future.

 

Omer Khaled is a Syrian journalist who has covered 

foreign-backed militancy in the Arab country for 

many years.

 

(The views expressed in this article

do not necessarily reflect those of 

Press TV.)

 

 

No, but they represent the views

of those... who have watched

the US and Israel - blowing

the arms and legs off of

children. What do you

think about that?

 

 

 

_________________________________




South Korea --- Eyes

a Rich BRICS Road, 

to the Global South

by Lakhvinder Singh

December 4th, 2024 

(BRICS PORTAL)

 

In 2024, the BRICS nations continue to consolidate their influence

 in the global arena, collectively accounting for over 40% of the 

world’s population and approximately 30% of global GDP 

in purchasing power parity terms.

 

According to recent IMF projections, BRICS countries are set to 

contribute over 50% of global GDP growth in the coming years, 

underscoring their increasing weight in the international 

economic landscape.

 

China and India, in particular, remain the principal economic 

engines of the group - each maintaining robust trajectories 

fueled by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and India’s 

ascendancy as a prominent manufacturing hub.

 

Complementing these giants, Russia leverages its vast energy 

resources, Brazil capitalizes on its agricultural and natural 

wealth and South Africa anchors the coalition’s outreach 

on the African continent. This strategic diversity enables

 BRICS to wield considerable influence in shaping global 

economic and political agendas.

 

Today, the BRICS is positioning itself as a counterweight to

 traditional Western-led financial institutions like the IMF 

and World Bank, aiming to restore balance and justice 

in the emerging global economic order.

 

Central to this effort is the New Development Bank (NDB), 

which began with an initial capital of US$100 billion to 

fund infrastructure and sustainable projects, 

extending beyond the BRICS members 

to other emerging economies.

 

This initiative, combined with efforts to promote trade in local 

currencies, reflects a strategy to reduce reliance on dollar-

based systems and challenge Western dominance in 

global financial governance.

 

Moreover... BRICS has increasingly positioned itself as 

a representative of the Global South --- advocating for 

principles of non-interference & mutual development.

 

The 2024 BRICS summit in Russia reinforced this by welcoming 

Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, 

highlighting its ambition to form a more inclusive

 grouping with greater global influence.

 

Today, BRICS is not merely an economic grouping; it represents 

the desire of the Global South for a shift toward a multipolar 

global order, with the grouping increasingly diverging from 

Western narratives on critical geopolitical issues.

 

This rising influence is reflected in efforts to reshape the 

international financial architecture, promote new 

development models ------ and challenge the 

dominance of Western-led institutions

 in international politics.

 

The group’s coherence in advancing the interests of the Global 

South and its proactive pursuit of economic sovereignty and 

technological self-reliance is pivotal to its vision of a new 

world order.

 

Strategic Seoul positioning

 

South Korea’s rise as a major economic and technological player 

has positioned it as an influential actor in global geopolitics. As 

a significant member of the G20 -- and an active participant in 

multilateral forums, South Korea has consistently advocated 

for greater representation of emerging economies in global 

governance institutions.

 

Despite its non-membership in BRICS, South Korea shares many of 

the coalition’s aspirations, particularly in diversifying economic 

partnerships and reducing dependence on a Western-centric 

international order.

 

South Korea’s strategic policies, such as the New Southern Policy 

(NSP), emphasize greater engagement with emerging economies 

in South and Southeast Asia, regions where BRICS nations, 

particularly India, hold considerable sway.

 

Furthermore, South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy aligns with BRICS 

interests, particularly in fostering connectivity and infrastructure 

development, providing fertile ground for deeper engagement 

on both bilateral and multilateral platforms.

 

For South Korea, closer cooperation with BRICS, offers numerous 

benefits. By actively engaging with BRICS-led initiatives such as 

the NDB, South Korea can gain a foothold in emerging financial 

frameworks, reducing its reliance on traditional Western 

financial systems and broadening its influence in 

global economic governance.

 

This involvement also positions South Korea as a neutral partner 

that bridges traditional Western alliances with emerging powers 

in BRICS, enhancing its diplomatic leverage and strategic 

flexibility in an increasingly multipolar world.

 

The diversification of its export markets, supply chains, and 

diplomatic engagements through partnerships with BRICS 

nations will be essential for maintaining competitiveness 

and securing long-term interests.

 

Collaborating with BRICS institutions, also provides South Korea 

the opportunity to access emerging markets, and participate in 

the growing regional integration efforts among BRICS members 

and their allies.

 

India-South Korea in BRICS embrace

 

India and South Korea are already strong strategic and economic 

partners. However... as BRICS expands its influence in the global 

arena with India as a key player, it presents a unique opportunity 

for South Korea to enhance its global status by strengthening its 

bilateral ties and collaborating more closely on global security 

and strategic issues.

 

Both nations possess complementary strengths and shared 

interests, making cooperation increasingly beneficial amid 

shifting global dynamics. India and South Korea have 

established a robust economic partnership, but 

there is still significant potential to deepen 

trade and investment ties.

 

In the wake of BRICS’ rise, the two countries could focus on 

expanding the Comprehensive Economic Partnership 

Agreement (CEPA) to include areas such as digital 

trade, intellectual property rights, and services. 

This would not only provide preferential market 

access and boost bilateral trade volumes but 

also help South Korea strengthen its ties 

with the Global South.

 

Additionally, South Korea can leverage India as an alternative

 manufacturing hub amid shifting global supply chains, 

particularly in electronics, semiconductors and 

automotive manufacturing.

 

Participation in India’s ambitious infrastructure projects, such as 

the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) and the Smart Cities 

Mission, presents further opportunities for Korean firms to

 expand their influence and capitalize on India’s rapid 

growth trajectory, reinforcing South Korea’s 

engagement with BRICS countries.

 

The evolving geopolitical landscape demands stronger strategic 

ties between South Korea and the Global South. Closer 

cooperation with India in maintaining a free and 

inclusive Indo-Pacific region, enhancing naval 

coordination, and strengthening joint efforts 

in counter-piracy and in counterterrorism 

operations will bolster regional security 

and stability, enhancing South Korea’s 

role as a net security provider.

 

Moreover, the defense industries of both countries offer scope for 

collaboration in areas such as co-production of defense systems 

and joint development of critical technologies like missile 

defense, drones, and cybersecurity, reducing the Global 

South’s dependence on Western defense industries

 for national defense capabilities.

 

Both India and South Korea are leaders in innovation and 

technology, and collaboration in emerging fields such as 

artificial intelligence, renewable energy, quantum 

computing, and green technologies can yield 

substantial benefits not only for their 

national economies but also for the 

wider region and the Global South.

 

South Korea’s leadership in semiconductors can further support 

India’s ambitions to build a robust semiconductor ecosystem 

through joint investments and technology transfers, thereby 

boosting India’s position within the Global South.

 

Strengthening cultural ties... and enhancing people-to-people 

exchanges are essential for sustaining deeper collaboration.

 By deepening academic exchanges, providing scholarships, 

establishing joint research centres, and promoting cultural 

collaborations in areas such as film, music, and cuisine, 

South Korea can enhance mutual understanding and 

support broader partnerships with India.

 

This cultural engagement can serve as a gateway for South Korea 

to connect with BRICS nations and the Global South, which has 

been a challenge due to its close ties with the United States 

and Western-dominated institutions. Developing deeper 

cultural relations with India... can correct this 

diplomatic anomaly and allow South Korea 

to extend its engagement beyond the 

US and the West.

 

India and South Korea share common values of democracy, 

development and international cooperation. With the rise 

of BRICS, India can act as a bridge, bringing South 

Korean perspectives into multilateral dialogues.

 Joint efforts in platforms like the G20, UN, and 

ASEAN can enhance diplomatic influence and 

promote shared interests, including global 

governance reforms, climate action 

and cybersecurity.

 

Sustainability remains a key concern for South Korea. 

Collaborative projects with India and BRICS member 

countries in renewable energy infrastructure, smart 

grids, electric mobility -- and autonomous transport

systems, can contribute to mutual energy security 

and support a sustainable future while integrating 

South Korea’s economy more deeply with the 

rising Global South. By focusing on green 

technologies, India and South Korea can

 play a pivotal role in the global 

energy transition.

 

South Korea’s engagement with BRICS, especially through 

its strengthened partnership with India, offers a strategic 

pathway for enhancing its global influence and securing 

its long-term interests in an evolving multipolar world.

 

A robust partnership for a new era

 

As a member of the US-led security order in Northeast Asia and 

heavily dependent on the United States for its security and 

economic prosperity, it may not be easy for South Korea

 to become a member of BRICS in the near future.

 

However, as the global order evolves with the rise of BRICS, 

South Korea is uniquely positioned to enhance its 

cooperation and engage in BRICS initiatives. 

 

The rise of BRICS signifies a shift towards a multipolar global 

order, wherein traditional power dynamics are being 

redefined, and emerging economies are asserting 

their influence on the world stage.

 

By proactively engaging with BRICS, South Korea can secure

 strategic advantages, reduce its dependency on traditional 

Western institutions, and expand its economic and 

geopolitical reach.

 

South Korea’s strategic positioning as an intermediary between

Western alliances and BRICS nations - presents an opportunity

 to shape regional and global dialogues, ensuring that its voice 

remains influential amidst shifting power structures.

 

By focusing on strategic, economic, and technological 

collaboration with India and engaging with the 

broader BRICS coalition, South Korea can 

protect its interests, seize new 

opportunities and bolster its 

status in an increasingly 

multipolar world.

 

The foundation of South Korea’s partnership with India rests on 

shared values, mutual trust, and complementary strengths, 

making their cooperation pivotal, for navigating the 

uncertainties of a changing global landscape.

 

Actively engaging with BRICS allows South Korea to align itself 

with a coalition that is reshaping the global order, securing its 

position as a key player in the evolving multipolar landscape, 

and expanding its influence on the global stage.

 

This proactive engagement..... not only enhances South Korea’s 

diplomatic & economic leverage but also solidifies its role as a 

dynamic actor in a redefined global order - positioning itself as

a bridge between the emerging powers and those established 

global players.

 

It is time for South Korea to adjust its diplomatic strategy to 

claim its due place in the emerging new order in the region.

 

Lakhvinder Singh is director of peace and

security studies at the Asia Institute in

 Seoul, South Korea.

 

Asia Times

 

Source: asiatimes.com

 

 

What a beautiful piece!

 

What do you think?

 




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"Kaya Kallas is good for Russia": 

the Balts --- will help the EU 

collapse

by Evgeny Umerenkov

November 30th, 6:57pm

(Komsomolskaya Pravda)

 

Political analyst Mezhevich explained the advantages

 of appointing Kaya Kallas as the EU's top diplomat.

 

The EU Parliament, has approved the new composition
of the EU Commission.  Among 27 EU commissioners 

- ministers who will join a new EU government from 

December the 1st - there are three Balts at once. 

 

Kaya Kallas, the former Prime Minister of Estonia, will 

replace the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrel. Former

 Prime Minister of Lithuania, Andrius Kubilius - will 

become the Commissioner for Defense and Space

- this post is newly created. Valdis Dombrovskis 

the former Prime Minister of Latvia, will be
the 
Commissioner for the Economy.

 

What can we expect from them in the EU government?
On this, I had a conversation with Nikolai Mezhevich

the President of the Russian Association for 

Baltic Studies.

 

CALLAS IS A WANTED MAN

 

In February 2024, Kaju Kallas, then Prime Minister of 

Estonia, was put on the wanted list by the Russian
Interior Ministry. Presidential press Secretary, 

Dmitry Peskov explained - that this step was 

a response to its "hostile actions towards 

both historical memory and our country."

 

Callas has made it clear that while serving in the EU,

 she will seek indefinite sanctions against Russia.

 

"We should not be afraid of our own strength," the 

Estonian woman said, about the possibility of 

sending NATO troops to Ukraine. "Russia 

says that this or that step is an 

escalation, but defense is 

not an escalation."

 

KUBILIUS IS PREPARING FOR WAR

 

At the hearing on his appointment to the post of 

EU Commissioner, Andrius Kubilius said that he 

expects --- a war with the Russian Federation 

within "six to eight years" (despite the fact 

that President Vladimir Putin called such 

speculation "absolute nonsense"). So - 

the EU is obliged, to increase military 

production. In general, Kubilius sees 

his main task as --- "preparing for 

military aggression against EU 

member states by Russia."

 

DOMBROVSKIS IS LOOKING FOR RUSSIAN MONEY

 

Former Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, has

 been working in the EU structures for 15 years. In his

 native country, he became famous for reducing the 

pensions of working pensioners by 70%, and non-

working - by 10% (later, the Constitutional Court 

declared this illegal).

 

"Russia -------- is obligated to pay reparations to Ukraine,"

Dombrovskis said a year ago -- as vice-president of the 

EU Commission. "That's why we need to pay attention 

to frozen Russian assets, including the reserves of 

the Central Bank of the Russian Federation."

 

Dombrovskis called the signing of a memorandum 

between the EU and Ukraine... on assistance to 

Kiev for $18 billion euros - at the expense of 

profits from our frozen assets - 

"a great honour".

 

THE JUDAS TEAM

 

- Why is there such a preference for the Baltic States?

 

- If you were recruiting Jesus Christ for the team, only 

people would be needed. But for the Judas team, 

they are completely different --- and for it, the 

Baltic representatives -- would be just right,"

says Nikolai Mezhevich.  "These politicians 

with demonstrative anti-Russian positions

 have been tested for years, and are 

completely manageable. At the 

same time, you can be a 

corrupt official, like 

Kaya Callas.

 

"Callas repented ---------- when it was revealed that her 

husband, Arvo Hallik --- was still trading with Russia 

after the start of the SVO. And for millions of euros. 

She explained that she had "no idea" about her 

husband's business…

 

- If this is repentance, then I'm sorry… In general, 

the main qualification requirement, is not to be 

an absolute idiot. The Defense Commissioner 

does not need to know the military industry 

at all. As to the Commissioner for Foreign 

Affairs policy, we understand, that the
Balts do not and will not have ----- an 

independent foreign policy, such as 

that of Russia, China, and the US.

 

- How will these appointments affect Russia?

 

"I'll assume...... that's a good thing for us. Because.. a 

person who has never dealt with such issues will be 

responsible for space. And for foreign affairs - an 

ambitious woman, but, firstly, semi-literate, and 

secondly, very semi-experienced. I would not 

compare the experience of the Estonian 

Prime Minister with the experience of 

the head of Yekaterinburg - where 

there are many more residents. 

 

About St. Petersburg - and even more 

so Moscow, it is not even necessary 

to speak.

 

SOUR CREAM WITH SUGAR

 

"Kaya Callas. She's the daughter of a Soviet banker…

 

- Her father... managed the system of savings banks, that

 is, actually Sberbank --- in the territory of the Republic 

of Estonia. This is not so small. He was an absolutely
wealthy man, a member of the CPSU, and a member 

of the highest level of the Soviet nomenklatura.

 

- Callas ----- has contradictory memories of her Soviet 

childhood. Then she complains that because of the 

security assigned to her, she could not play with 

children on the street. Then - she starts a song 

about the hard life under the Soviet regime - 

there were no sweets, we had to eat sour 

cream, with sugar.

 

- Yes, the whole of Estonia laughed at the words about 

candy. First, sour cream with sugar is a traditional 

Baltic dish, which is eaten by both small children 

and the elderly.

 

As for sweets, there was a brand store of the Kalev 

confectionery factory next to the building of the 

Central Committee of the Communist Party of 

Estonia. Kalev sweets -- were everywhere, 

they were inexpensive, and there were
lots
 of them.

 

And she's lying about Dad's security detail. The head

of Sberbank did not have security. In Soviet Estonia, 

only two or three people had security. Including the

First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party &

the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme 

Soviet of the Republic of Estonia.

 

THE GARDEN WAS CUT DOWN

 

- There is a direct demand --- for semi-literate and 

deceitful, but absolutely controlled politicians. 

Annalena Burbock --- the German Foreign 

Minister --- who suggested that Russia 

should turn 360 degrees, is a classic 

option. And now --- Callas..... has 

reached the European scale.

 

- Yes, absolutely. But why... do you offend Kubilius with 

your attention? Unlike Callas, he was prime minister 

twice. But also semi-literate.

 

- He admitted that --- in 2004 his party conducted a 

survey among Lithuanians: when was life better, 

in the USSR or now? 54% said they were better

off in the Soviet Union. The results were not 

made public ..but Kubilius concluded: "We 

are dealing with a lost generation."

 

He also called for cutting off all economic ties with 

Russia, although Lithuania was thoroughly fueled 

by the export of dairy products to our country. 

This mentality is now very suitable for the 

EU's sanctions excitement.

 

- If Charles de Gaulle had been appointed to the 

EU Commission, I assure you that they would 

have demanded a written condemnation of 

the Soviet regime, and Ivan the Terrible, 

and Alexander III and so on. This - is 

euro-madness - a disease where 

paranoia becomes the norm.

 

How do we respond to this? Rejoice!  Because with 

such guides as Kallas and Kubilius - the EU's path 

will end. The EU is not our friend, not our brother, 

but our enemy. And - the sooner the experiment 

with a "united Europe" is finished, the better.

 

- Will we make the Balts gardeners 

of a blooming European garden?

 

"Yes, they cut down their own garden. Well, now they

 will have a great opportunity to bring the rest of
Europe to the position of their own countries. 

 

For example, French agriculture is on the same level 

as Lithuania, German industry is on the same level 

as Latvia, and French space programs are on the 

same level ......as Estonian space programs.




Made me laugh. How about you?

 

 

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"Zelensky's junta is terrified":  Medvedchuk
spoke 
about the mass flight of Ukrainians
from the 
Kiev regime ---- to the
Russian Federation

by Roman Shimaev, 

& Polina Poletaeva

November 29th, 2:14pm

(RT.ru)

 

Chair of the Council of the movement "Other Ukraine" 

Viktor Medvedchuk, spoke about the mass flight of
Ukrainians to the regions liberated by Russia
during 
the SVO. 

 

He noted that we are also talking about those who 

initially left Ukraine for Europe, but could not get 

a job there. According to him - in just ten years 

since the coup in Ukraine, about 15.7 million 

Ukrainian citizens - have decided to move
to 
the Russian Federation. 

 

Earlier, the authorities of the Kiev regime admitted

that their state policy failed  to support internally 

displaced persons.

 

Residents of Ukraine are returning -- en masse to the 

territories liberated by Russian troops from the Kiev 

regime, said Viktor Medvedchuk, chairman of the 

Council of the Other Ukraine movement.

 

"Zelensky's junta is horrified: citizens of Ukraine

 rushed en masse to the territories that became 

part of Russia," he said in a statement.

 

Medvedchuk noted that - after the coup d'etat that took

 place in Ukraine in 2014 - a process began that "can
be
 called with full confidence the reunification of
the 
Ukrainian people with Russia." 

 

According to the data provided --- over the past ten
years, 15.7 million Ukrainians have chosen Russia.

 

"Any Ukrainian citizen ---- who receives Russian 

citizenship automatically becomes a criminal 

for the Zelensky regime ---- and the path to 

Ukraine - is closed to him. You can... of 

course ------- sell your home... or get 

compensation for it and run away 

with the money to Europe.''

 

''But Ukrainians also come to Russia from Europe, 

especially when faced with difficulties settling 

in, language barriers - and the inability to find 

a decent job. Refugees with professions that 

are in short supply on the Russian labour 

market, and who have not found a job in 

the EU ---- are coming from Europe. And 

they plan to stay in Russia ------- for the

rest of their lives," Medvedchuk said.

 

The politician stated: that Zelensky's gang plundered 

and destroyed Ukraine, so now it is more profitable 

for citizens of the country to live in Russia. He 

also drew attention to the fact; that the 

current head of the Kiev regime is 

already being drained... by his

Western curators.

 

"Zelensky has already promised them peace ------ and 

cynically deceived them. And now we look at other 

presidential candidates: none of them promises 

peace for Ukraine. Therefore, the reaction - to 

escape from this crazy nedostrana... is quite 

logical - and understandable. Any president 

elected after Zelensky will be even worse," 

explained the head of the council of the 

Other Ukraine movement.

 

In October, the Ukrainian Ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, 

said that an increasing number of internally displaced 

Ukrainian citizens are returning to frontline cities or 

regions beyond the control of the Kiev regime.
 

According to him, this is also due to the 

lack of any assistance from the 

Ukrainian authorities.

 

The head of the Servant of the People party, Olena 

Shulyak, also called the state policy of Ukraine 

in supporting displaced persons - a failure.

 

This week, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from 

the presidential party, "Servant of the People", 

Maxim Tkachenko, said that about 150,000

 Ukrainians have returned to the regions 

that were liberated by Russian troops. 

 

A Ukrainian official, Pyotr Andryushchenko, noted that 

about 30% of the refugees.... returned to Mariupol, 

which was liberated by Russia's Armed Forces

 in May 2022.

 

"They don't want to live in a land ruled by Nazism"

 

Viktor Vodolatsky, First Deputy chairman of the State 

Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration

and Relations with Compatriots, said in conversation
with RT - that he personally observes how residents 

of the former Ukraine are returning to the Luhansk 

and Donetsk people's Republics.

 

"And today.... there are already a lot of such people. 

I, personally... helped those who returned to their 

relatives and loved ones through third countries, 

with the words that it is impossible and terrible 

to live in the Ukraine that Zelensky leads. 

Because... you don't know your future, 

what will happen to you tomorrow,"

he stressed.

 

The parliamentarian also expressed gratitude to the 

Russian consulates, which are actively involved in 

working with people who want to return to their 

homes in the liberated regions.

 

"People are fleeing from Ukraine. They don't want 

to live in a land that is now ruled by Nazism and 

nationalism led by Zelensky. Today - Ukraine is 

simply being physically and morally destroyed 

by the West," Vodolatsky added.

 

For her part -- Natalia Eremina, the Professor of the 

Department of European Studies at the Faculty of 

International Relations of St. Petersburg State

 University, noted that an increasing number 

of Ukrainians, decide to return to their 

homes in the regions that are now 

part of Russia, and highlighted 

a number of reasons.

 

"We know -- that quite a large part of people are still 

Russian-speaking, and they were dissatisfied with 

what was happening. These are questions, about 

changing the status of the Russian language and 

so on. The second point is that Ukraine really 

has no future with the current government. 

In addition, there are questions about the 

mobilization, which is now being carried 

out very aggressively. The prospect of 

European integration, becomes even 

more elusive -- as it is unclear what 

will happen to the European Union 

itself in five years. More and more 

people are starting to realize this" 

--- the source explained to RT.

 


If you know that Russians and Ukrainians
were very much one brotherly & sisterly
people, for decades in the Soviet Union,
the above article makes a lot of sense.

If you know that, from the time of the
disolution of the Soviet Union, the
US began its moves to split this
unity, with several Presidents
changing school curriculae
to teach two generations
to see their future - as
with the ''free'' West
and to hate Russia,
to the point of war,
you might see who
are the baddies
& the goodies!

If - such a tiny word
but so powerful...

what do you think?




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"Curtailment of powers": the new President 

of Georgia will be elected by the electoral 

college for the first time

by Alexey Zakvasin

November 26th, 11pm

(RT.ru)

 

For the first time, the head of state will be elected by a 

panel of 300 electors, half of whom will be deputies. 

 

Meanwhile, the opposition loyal to Mikheil Saakashvili 

still does not recognize the results of the October 26 

parliamentary elections and continues to protest. 

 

Earlier, according to the results of voting, the Georgian 

Dream Party retained its status as the ruling party. 

Meanwhile, according to the SVR, the West does 

not abandon attempts to change the political 

system of the republic. However, according 

to experts, the US and its European allies 

lack the resources to achieve their goal.

 

Presidential elections in Georgia.... will be held on 

December 14. This resolution ---- was adopted by 

the newly elected Parliament of the Republic on 

the initiative of the Speaker Shalva Papuashvili. 


The inauguration ceremony of the head of

 state will take place on December 29.

 

The vote was held - without the participation of 

opposition forces loyal to Mikhail Saakashvili. 

They ''did not recognize'' the results of 

the parliamentary elections held on 

October 26. The current head 

of state Salome Zurabishvili 

took their side.

 

Recall - that the Georgian Dream Party, which has been in
power since 2012, won the election. It won 89 seats, the
"Coalition for Change" — 19 seats, the "Unity — National
Movement" bloc — 16 seats, the "Strong Georgia"
coalition — 14 seats, and the  "Gakharia for
Georgia " - 12 seats.

 

Since October 28, protests have not stopped in front 

of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. The opposition 

accuses the authorities of rigging the election 

results. On November 25, protesters with EU 

and Ukrainian flags, tried to disrupt the first 

session of the new parliament by throwing 

stones and metal bars at its fences.

 

Currently, the Parliament of Georgia has a yellow 

security level, which implies limited access to 

the building. The Russian Embassy in Tbilisi - 

urged citizens to refrain "from visiting places

of mass gathering of people --- places where
demonstrations & protest actions are held."

 

Electoral system

 

The special feature of the upcoming presidential 

elections in Georgia is that for the first time he 

will be elected by the electoral college. It will 

consist of 300 people. Among them are 150

 members of Parliament, representatives of 

the Supreme Council of the Autonomous 

Republic of Abkhazia and the Supreme 

Council of the Autonomous Republic 

of Adjara, and delegates from local 

self-government bodies. 

 

Zourabichvili was chosen by universal suffrage in 

2018. Her term of office expires on December 16.

 

According to Sputnik Georgia, the ruling team

 ---- Georgian Dream ---- is currently holding 

consultations on presidential candidates.

 

 From the point of view of the leadership of this 

political force, the head of state should be a 

person who is ready to act in accordance 

with the interests of his country.

 

Earlier, the opposition media reported that Irakli 

Garibashvili, the former prime minister and son 

of first Georgian leader -- Zviad Gamsakhurdia, 

may become a presidential candidate from 

the ruling party. However, the Georgian 

Dream denied this information.

 

"Irakli Garibashvili would be a good president -- if he 

became one, but he will not be one, and we are not 

considering Gamsakhurdia's candidacy either, 

because the team chose a different person," 

said Mamuka Mdinaradze, executive 

secretary of the ruling party.

 

Political transformation

 

RT discussed with experts the transformation that 

Georgia's political system is undergoing, as well 

as the prospects for Western intervention in 

the country's affairs.

 

— What does the new procedure for voting for the 

president mean for Georgia and what are your 

expectations for the upcoming December 

14 elections?

 

Chief Researcher of the Caucasus Sector

 of IMEMO RAS Alexander Krylov:

 

— The Electoral College, is the logical end of Georgia's 

transition to a parliamentary form of government. This 

process was started by Mikheil Saakashvili when his 

second presidential term was coming to an end. 

He hoped to retain the reins of power through

 his party, but it lost in the 2012 elections.

 

In modern Georgia, the president is a 

decorative figure with ceremonial 

powers.

 

By the way, in 2018 Zarubishvili came to her post as a 

supporter of the founder of the ruling party, Bidzina 

Ivanishvili. Then their paths diverged greatly.

 

However, at present Zarubishvili can do nothing. It can 

only support minor protests... by people who take to
the 
streets with pro-European slogans.

 

It is reasonable to assume that such an unsuccessful 

experience in selecting presidential candidates was 

adopted by the Georgian Dream. The opposition will 

- definitely - not be able to promote its candidate 

through the electoral college. It won't get the 

required number of votes. And there are no 

influential figures in the opposition either.

 

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said that if 

the opposition wins the parliamentary elections, 

the country will become a country for the West.

 

Director of the Laboratory for Analysis of 

International Processes at the MGIMO 

Institute of International Studies,

 Nikolay Silaev:

 

- The establishment of the electoral college is another 

measure to curtail the powers of the president and 

prevent conflicts between the nominal head of 

state and the prime Minister. Given the 

balance of power in the parliament, 

the new president - will be loyal to 

the Georgian Dream . This should 

strengthen Georgia's political 

system ---- and make it more 

resilient to political crises.

 

I would not say that Georgia's parliamentary form of 

government greatly restricts the West's ability to 

influence the country's state system. However, 

it still creates certain barriers to intervention. 


The US and EU will find it a priori more 

difficult to challenge the legitimacy 

of the entire parliament and 

government, than of a 

single president.

 

Head of the Caucasus Department of the Institute 

of CIS Countries, Vladimir Novikov:

 

— "Georgian Dream " ...was very unlucky with the 

presidents. The first president since 2012, Giorgi 

Margvelashvili ----- turned into an ardent critic of 

it, and the same thing happened to Zurabishvili.
Moreover, the conflict with the current 

president reached the point that she 

was almost impeached.

 

It is difficult to predict who will be nominated 

from the ruling party. But it is in its best 

interest, of course, not to repeat 

its previous mistakes.

 

Senior Lecturer of the Department of International 

Politics and Foreign Regional Studies of the 

Institute of Social Sciences of the 

Presidential Academy,

 Sergey Margulis:

 

— The Electoral College provides an opportunity to 

reduce the costs of a boycott that the opposition 

may announce. It is worth noting - that the ruling 

party could have set the date of the presidential 

election for January, but decided to rush things.

Most likely ---- the ruling party fears the risk of 

escalation, which will paralyze the activities

 of the state authorities.

 

In addition, the Georgian Dream clearly intends to

 introduce new persons into the government who

 will be more rational and not oriented towards 

the West. However, the new government, will 

not be pro-Russian either. It will mainly work 

to ensure the country's economic interests. 

Georgia benefits from stable trade and 

economic relations with Russia, the 

EU and the US.

 

— Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service 

Sergey Naryshkin, believes that the West does not 

give up trying to implement another "colour

 revolution" in Georgia. Will the Georgian 

Dream be able to retain power?

 

Alexander Krylov:

 

— "Georgian Dream" does not refuse to cooperate with 

the West, but it does not want to spoil relations with 

Russia. This policy meets the national interests of 

the country and contributes to the preservation 

of sovereignty. However ---- there are strong 

enough Western-backed forces in Georgia 

that want to surrender their sovereignty

 and put the country under the control

 of Brussels.

 

The law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" --- plays 

an important role in curbing the influence of the West. 

It was finally adopted in mid-May this year amid 

mass protests by the opposition, which for 

some reason called it the "Russian law". 

Zurabishvili vetoed the document, but 

the parliament overcame it.

 

The law on foreign agents deprived the West of the

 lion's share of tools for financing forces loyal to it, 

and reduced the ability to carry out the notorious 

"colour revolutions".

 

Probably, the West has not abandoned the course of 

changing the political orientation of Georgia. But in 

the current situation, I don't expect any serious 

radicalization of the protests. The current 

protests are unconvincing. The Georgian 

opposition itself is fragmented and has

 no popular leaders. And by refusing to 

hold parliamentary meetings.... it 

deprives itself of opportunities

 for propaganda.

 

Nikolay Silaev:

 

— Western countries are hardly satisfied with the 

results of the parliamentary elections and the 

predictable outcome of the presidential 

election. But the protests... are unlikely 

to follow the Maidan scenario.... all the

attempts to provoke violence & unrest 

are - very effectively - thwarted by the 

police, and the law "On Transparency 

of Foreign Influence" is the guardian 

of sovereignty.

 

Vladimir Novikov:

 

— I can't judge the plans of Western countries and the 

local opposition in Georgia. But from my point of view, 

a revolution is impossible there. Neither the 

opposition nor the West has enough 

resources to organize truly

 large-scale riots.

 

Sergey Margulis:

 

— Of course, the West is trying to gain more leverage 

over the political processes in Georgia. And we must 

pay tribute to the ruling party, which was able to 

reduce such opportunities and defend the right 

to make independent decisions.

 

In my opinion, after the elections, the West will try to 

increase pressure on the Georgian leadership. The

 goal of the United States and its allies is to turn 

Georgia into a "second Ukraine" or a "second 

Moldova." Fortunately, Tbilisi is well aware o

f this and is aware of the disastrous 

consequences of the rampant 

Russophobia imposed on the 

Georgian people by the 

collective West.




Setting Georgia up for something
beginning with BRICS, I believe.

What do you think?




_______________________




Passion for Hazel. How just one 


Russian missile destroyed the 


entire Yuzhmash plant


by Dmitry Plotnikov


November 23rd, 2:45pm


(Pravda.ru)


 


The most incomprehensible question for military 


observers, specialists and the general public, 


after the "premiere show" of the Oreshnik 


missile system --- is the question of its 


destructive ability.


 


Also of interest --- are its hypersonic 


submunitions, and indeed their type.


 


Silence by order


 


Neither the Ukrainian side nor Russian observers 


posted objective monitoring, although Russian


President Vladimir Putin, explicitly stated 


its existence.


 


At the same time... Ukraine managed to make routine


statements in the style of "shotse bullshit" --- but did 


not show a single crater or entrance hole -- although


most likely not every Russian munition flew exactly 


to the target. Kiev could have.. played the situation 


in its own style and in its own favour, but it did not. 


First of all ---- so as not to aggravate the situation. 


 


Well, the owners also did not allow the Ukrainian
natives, to open their mouths about this... yet.


 


There, of course, the enemies could draw attention to
the fact that they are now concealing all the data,
since all the information posted on the Network 


would allow Russia to directly or indirectly 


evaluate the results of its weapons - but 


this is not the case here. Here, first of 


all they urgently need to calm down 


their unhappy people, and the 


Western curators ---- who 


looked at the whole 


action ---- with 


square eyes.


 


It makes no sense to say, that the numerous videos
available for the arrival of the missile warhead did 


not impress only the very sick or very svidomo. 


 


One such "aviation expert" from Kiev, Konstantin


Krivolap, has already stated that - not only does 


Russia allegedly simply not have a new missile


and "such a rocket" does not exist, but it also 


"broke down and fell apart" on its approach.


 


However, the rest of the sane analysts, 


to put it mildly, are in complete shock. 


This is something that the people of 


planet Earth.... have only seen in 


science fiction thrillers.


 


So far, it is clear that Bankova so "liked" the result 


that she immediately asked for everything that 


can knock them down. Although the most 


modern missiles for the US Patriot anti-


aircraft missile system ---- which are 


designed.. to destroy maneuvering 


"ballistics", the APU already has.


 


By the way, the main weapon of the Russian Aerospace 


Forces, which today destroys the enemy, is the UMPK, 


which - to this day - the Nezalezhnaya army is trying 


to learn how to shoot down, but does not succeed.


 


So, when the weather allows you to drag the UAV or 


trigger satellites in the optical channel.. we will still


be pleased with clear images. Of course, if Ukraine


does not have time to hide and distort everything.


 


NATO Reflexes


 


Now NATO analysts are evaluating the characteristics
of the Hazel Tree - the degree of damage and its
capabilities - based on the videos they have,


the  wreckage, and what they have seen 


and heard.  


 


Then, they will analyze what will happen if -- instead of
30 elements in a non-nuclear version --- 30 elements
in 
a nuclear version arrive with this accuracy, and,


of course, their own counteraction capabilities.


 


According to the footage --- so far, we can say that there
were two explosions, the cause of which is quite likely
a secondary detonation, but there is still too little 


information for any estimates of the degree 


of damage.


 


And --- most importantly --- A lot of people are already
reporting that the Yuzhmash plant no longer exists. 


 


By the way, since yesterday, the workers of the 


plant have been removed from the reservation 


- for mobilization. It seems true that they have 


nowhere else to work…


 


 


The Western ''elites'' are 10 years behind Russia


at least, in war technology --- the world majority


now knows that. With millions in Russia, China


and many other countries studying advanced


applied science -- and with China already


ahead by far in their application of the


new sciences - the West has lost.


 


Once Europe sees what US hegemony


has done to them, and will do - BRICS


will welcome them with a huge hug -


and the US will be truly exceptional.


 


This, in my opinion, is what we are


moving to. WHAT DO YOU THINK?


 


 


___________________________________



The CPRF sends its 131st 

humanitarian convoy 

to Donbas

(November 18th, 11:24am

LPRF official website)

 

On November 18th, the Communist Party of the Russian

Federation - sent the 131st humanitarian convoy to the 

war zones of Novorossia - and the Kursk borderlands, 

from the state farm near Moscow. Lenin street. Multi-

ton trucks are filled with food, medicines, medicines, 

clothing, equipment and special purpose equipment 

– all that is so necessary on the front line. A convoy 

of cross-country motorcycles UAZ special vehicles 

was also sent. They are expected --- with special 

impatience --- since the purpose of motorcycles 

will be combat reconnaissance --- and cars will 

perform a wide range of important operational, 

tactical and supply tasks - including delivery 

of ammunition, food, and evacuation of the 

wounded. These vehicles also left --- fully

 loaded with inventory and food.

 

"This aid arrives today ---- only on time. There is a turning 

point at the front. Our comrades -------- are fighting with 

dignity and bravery. We are making a very important 

contribution to the upcoming Victory today," said 

Communist Party Leader Gennady Zyuganov.

 

Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist 

Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zyuganov, 

addressed the audience:

 

''Dear comrades, We are sending the 131st humanitarian 

convoy - from this site of the unique enterprise of the 

state farm named after him. Lenin street. I thank all 

the organizations that participate in this extremely 

necessary and useful work, which helps us defeat 

the most evil forces ---- these are the Nazis and 

fascists who occupied ridna Ukraine --- and 

continue to torment it.''

 

''I thank --- the soldiers and commanders, our officers, and 

volunteers who came here. They are receiving 10 units 

of additional equipment here today -- which serves 

them primarily to provide security and support 

on the front line.''

 

Gennady Zyuganov also expressed gratitude -- to the 

governors and leaders who sent entire convoys from 

their regions to the front line. 

 

"Every time - we ship about 150 tons of cargo from 

our leading sites - Ulyanovsk, Stavropol, Rostov, 

Voronezh and my native Oryol region," said 

Communist Party Leader G. A. Zyuganov.

 

''Yesterday, Biden, the ogre-in-chief, decided to commit 

the greatest evil and grossest mistake in his politics 

before retiring. He gave the order to fire long-range 

missiles - into the deep regions of Russia. This is 

the madness that his team is doing. It will cost 

them dearly. President Putin, has warned us 

many times, and I am sure that we will find 

answers. Although I know for a fact, that 

they gave their orders ---- long ago.'' 

 

''They shot at Sevastopol, Rostov, and other targets. 

There's nothing new here. The very fact that, after 

meeting with Xi Jinping --- who directly told Biden 

and his entire thieving criminal team - that China 

is proud of its friendly relations with our country 

---- and will do everything to ensure that they 

develop successfully.''

 

''In this regard I would like to thank my Chinese friends, 

the Communist Party of China, who have been doing 

a lot to strengthen ties in recent years. And the 

Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 

from the first days (-- after the betrayal of 

Gorbachev and Yeltsin) of our historical 

friendly ties -- continued to strengthen 

these ties. And we, together with the 

Chinese Communist Party, have now 

prepared a new memorandum, that 

will ensure us a worthy meeting ---

of joint Victory.  We will celebrate 

the 80th anniversary of the Great 

Victory next year and will jointly 

hold ----- a whole series of very 

important events.''

 

''This assistance ----------- is being delivered on time today. 

There is a turning point at the front. Our comrades are 

fighting with dignity and bravery. Europe is shocked 

and confused. I looked at the composition of the 

Trump team. Almost everyone he recommends 

either opposed this war or is inclined to have 

serious business relations with our country. 

So today, we are making a very important 

contribution ----- to the upcoming Victory. 

We congratulate you on this, thank you 

and wish us all success!''

 

Then Vladimir Kashin, Deputy Chairman of the Central 

Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation, addressed the audience:

 

''Dear comrades, In those November days in 1941, the 

Nazis were close to Moscow --- our capital. Then the 

whole nation rose up to defend the Motherland and 

the capital of a great power. And --- the Moscow 

region, and Muscovites, and, most importantly,

the Siberian armies and divisions came here.'' 

 

''Already in December, what happened, happened ----- this

is the first great Victory - when the enemy's spine was 

broken. In the near future starting from December 5th, 

when the counteroffensive began, we will hold major 

events here in the Moscow region --- and in Moscow. 

We are the heirs of the Great Victory! Three of my 

own uncles were killed at the front, and my older 

brother was seriously wounded, not to mention 

other relatives. We are truly the heirs of the 

Great Victory, and we will do everything 

to perpetuate it.''

 

''Today's fight --- against fascism, neo-fascism, and the

Russophobes of all stripes - is akin to the great work
that our fathers and grandfathers did. And we, each 

in his own place, must fulfill it with honour ---- with 

pride ---- based on their wartime.''

 

''I would like to say thank you -- once again -- to all our 

guys ...who help the Communist Party of the Russian
Federation & our local branches form such convoys. 

This is the head of the convoy. It will be joined by 

large trucks from the South, from Voronezh, 

and Ulyanovsk, Stavropol. In general, this 

convoy will be a serious aid to our troops. 

Basically, this convoy will be sent to the

military units that are currently clearing 

out the fascists....  on our native land. 

First of all, I mean our Kursk region.''

 

''Let us once again, applaud the collective of the state 

farm to them. Lenin street. To the guys who help us 

here to form cargo, store, pack, ship, etc. Special 

thanks to Pavel Grudinin.''

 

''Friends ---- thank you all again. We will send the next 

convoy in December. It will be associated with New 

Year's gifts -----  for our Army and children of the 

frontline zone.''

 

''Dear friends! Once again - I would like to thank everyone

for the great work that unites us all today. We are very 

pleased when our children, pioneers and veterans put 

their hard work, their energy, their hearts, and their 

brains ------- into this great work that our illustrious
commanders and soldiers are looking forward to 

at the front. For our Victory! For the peace that 

will come ....after this Victory! Our triple 

"Hurrah! Hurray! Hooray!"

 

First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of 

the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 

Yuri Afonin, said in his welcoming speech: 

 

"Dear comrades --- for the Communist Party of the

Russian Federation ------ under the leadership of 

the Chairman of the Central Committee of the 

Communist Party of the Russian Federation

 G. A. Zyuganov, approaching Victory, the 

struggle against fascism, is a key task.'' 

 

''The Plenum... of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 

and the work of all regional branches were 

devoted to this. Indeed, helping the front 

has become ---- one of the main areas 

of activity.''

 

''The All-Russian headquarters of Protest actions, 

under the leadership of the Deputy Chairman of 

the Central Committee of the Communist Party 

of the Russian Federation ---- V. I. Kashin, 

organized all the regional branches.'' 

 

''I have traveled through a number of regions ---- where 

we are currently holding reports and elections. Each
Conference begins with the moment ---- when our
comrades honour the memory of fallen heroes - 

talk about helping the families of children who

are currently fighting at the front. And --- of 

course, every regional branch ------ or here, 

on the site of the state farm, named after 

him, Lenin, or directly send humanitarian 

aid in support of the front. This is a key 

task, and we will all work together to 

bring our great Victory closer."

 

''Our officials --- also noted; the importance and necessity 

of humanitarian convoys to Novorossiya and the border 

area (Kursk region). As well as the great contribution 

of all the communists and residents of the Moscow 

region - to our common Victory over fascism.''

 

"Dear comrades, First of all --- I would like to thank our 

local branches, public organizations, and our children, 

pioneers, and Komsomol members who put their heart 

and soul into this convoy. Many people travel - & work 

directly with our military units. We are confident that 

the turning point that has occurred along the entire
front line will soon bring the long-awaited Victory 

and we will throw out the fascists both from our 

territory and from Europe as a whole, as they 

did in 1945 For our Victory! Hurray! Hurray! 

Hooray!", - said the First Secretary of the 

MK ....of the Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation, Nikolai Vasiliev. 

 

The Secretary of the Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation Alexander Naumov said:

 

"As always, in this convoy -- the Moscow region takes part
in food, equipment, electronic warfare, and night vision
devices. People collect what our fighters need. 

A representative of the generation of "War
Children", 
Grandmother Lina - came to
Stupino and brought money to buy
food and medicine. Her help --- 

is present in this convoy.'' 

 

''War children - are constantly collecting aid, knitting 

warm clothes that are necessary, or making trench 

candles. Komsomol members - and our party 

organizations - take an active part in the 

formation of the cargo. This work ---- 

will continue!"

 

 

The ONLY Western leader prepared to join doddery old
Guiseppe Biden, in declaring war on Russia --- by firing

long range missiles into Russia -- is Queer Stammerer,
the P.M. ----- who has thrown all the socialists out of a 

UK Labour party which is now determined to support
-- not just genocide -- but to take us all ...closer than
the 
world has ever been ----------- to a nuclear Hell.

 

Funny old world, isn't it! 

 

What do you think?

 

 

__________________________________




Hezbollah is not only intact 


but stronger than ever, 


inflicting blows on 


the Zionist entity


November 12th 11:48am


by Wesam Bahrani


 


It has been over 40 days since Hezbollah resistance


 movement leader and revered icon of the Axis of 


Resistance Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah attained 


martyrdom after decades of struggle.


 


Throughout more than a year of the relentless US-
Israeli genocidal war against Gaza, Seyyed 


Nasrallah, without a shade of doubt, 


demonstrated his - unwavering -


courage and commitment to


the Palestinian cause, and 


literally, walked the talk.


 


At a time when Arab leaders were still bamboozled and 


unsure about how to react, Sayyed Nasrallah ordered 


his resistance fighters to join Operation Al-Aqsa 


Flood (Storm) on October 8.


 


Years ago, when the US offered security guarantees to 


Hezbollah in exchange for the Lebanese resistance 


movement severing ties with Palestinians, he 


resolutely responded:


 


"You offer us security while Palestine, its people, 


al-Quds, and al-Aqsa Mosque, have no security.


Damn you - damn your security (guarantees)."


 


This declaration came almost 24 years ago, soon 


after Hezbollah had famously forced Israeli 


occupation forces out of Lebanon.


 


Other Arab leaders, except for Syria, fell into 


these so-called “security assurances.”


 


"The Americans even informed us that you can 


continue backing the Palestinians and their 


resistance in public. That's why you hear 


some (Arab) rulers publicly supporting 


the Palestinians," the late Hezbollah 


leader noted almost a decade ago. 


 


Today, following the year-long genocidal war on Gaza, 


which has killed nearly 43,700 Palestinians, Sayyed 


Nasrallah’s words resonate more powerfully 


than ever.


 


But he left behind more than wise words. He left 


a Lebanese resistance that has made him, and 


many around the world, incredibly proud of 


their pro-Palestine operations.


 


The current Zionist war on Lebanon surpasses 


even the 2006 war, which lasted 33 days.


 


Back then, Israeli occupation forces penetrated more 


than ten kilometres into Lebanon—though Hezbollah 


had planned ambushes within Lebanese territory, 


forcing the occupying forces to retreat quickly 


from towns like Bint Jbeil.


 


Now, nearly a month and a half into another attempted 


ground invasion, the occupation forces are merely


 shifting metres at the border, failing to secure a 


single Lebanese village.


 


On at least three occasions since last September, 


Hezbollah.... has successfully repelled Israeli 


occupation forces at the strategic village 


of al-Khiam, leaving the occupation 


humiliated.


 


This costly stalemate -- has compelled Israel to seek 


“indirect” political negotiations, although Lebanon 


remains uninvolved, with US envoy Hochstein 


absent from Beirut.


 


It’s a failed ground invasion by all measures, 


even admitted by the Israeli media outlets.


 


Further evidence of defeat may be seen in Prime 


Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unceremonious 


dismissal of Yoav Gallant ----- pointing to the


increased fissures and disintegration of 


the regime. 


 


Unlike Netanyahu, Gallant, with his military 


background.. recognized that a ground 


invasion of Lebanon - was suicidal for 


Israeli troops - something Netanyahu 


could not accept, despite mounting 


Israeli military casualties at 


the border.


 


Gallant also noted Israel’s setbacks in Gaza, 


particularly in the northern part of the 


blockaded territory around Jabalia, 


which continues to resist despite 


intense bombardments.


 


Netanyahu -- isn’t the only one unwilling to yield. 


Palestinians and Lebanese also remain defiant 


and resolute, unbowed by US-Israeli attempts 


to turn them against the resistance.


 


The resilience in Gaza’s north is deeply moving. 


Despite continuous bombings, Palestinians 


prefer to die in their homes rather than 


be forced to other areas...... and get 


burned alive at a hospital shelter.


 


A brave Palestinian woman who declared, “I will use 


this white cloth as a shroud for my children, but 


never wave it as a flag of surrender,” speaks


 for all Palestinians and Lebanese.


 


The Palestinian resistance continues to claim Israeli 


military casualties in Gaza, despite the heavy
bombardments, a commitment Hezbollah 


mirrors by maintaining its support for 


the besieged territory, its people, 


and its resistance.


 


Hezbollah's strength dispels any doubt about its future 


after Sayyed Nasrallah’s martyrdom. His leadership 


endures, with Hezbollah carrying forward his 


plans with renewed resolve.


 


"In any future war --- if you bomb Lebanon's power plants, 


airport, and sea ports. We will bomb your power plants, 


airports, and the sea ports in occupied Palestine," 


Nasrallah said in one of his final speeches. 


 


Today, Hezbollah has put this formula into action, 


striking targets deep inside the occupied Haifa 


port and Ben Gurion Airport. With each move, 


Hezbollah stays a step ahead.


 


Sayyed Nasrallah vowed unbreakable and unshakeable


support for Gaza, a promise Hezbollah has kept for


more than 40 days, since his martyrdom in an 


Israeli bombing.


 


“No settlers will return to northern occupied Palestine 


until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza,” he declared in 


his final speech. Hezbollah’s missiles have since 


forced even more settlers to depart.


 


Importantly, Hezbollah has used only a fraction of its 


military resources ------ holding reserves for various
scenarios, including potential US intervention —


a contingency, that Sayyed Nasrallah himself 


prepared the Lebanese resistance to meet.


 


“My brother, my dear one ---- a source of pride for me,” 


declared Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah
Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a heartfelt and beautiful 


tribute to Sayyed Nasrallah.


 


Sayyed Nasrallah ensured that Hezbollah will forever 


be a thorn in the side of the Israeli regime and that 


the struggle shall continue until the liberation of 


all the occupied territories.


 


Wesam Bahrani is an Iraqi journalist 


and commentator.


 


(The views expressed in this article..... do 


not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)


 


 


Sweet!  What do you think?


 


 


_________________________________________





 C.P.R.F. ---- on what is needed

in the up-coming new budget

October 22nd, 2024

 

The draft federal budget, which the State Duma will 

consider in the first reading on October 24th, was
prepared by the Government in unprecedented 

difficult conditions. These are the conditions 

of the war of annihilation declared to us by 

the West, led by Anglo-Saxon globalists. 

 

The masterminds of this war stop at nothing, in their 

quest to destroy Russia, which stands in the way of 

their goal of colonial enslavement of the planet.

 

This is what President Vladimir Putin said at the X 

International Forum of United Cultures held in 

St. Petersburg, in September. 

 

Addressing its participants, he stressed that many 

modern politicians of the highest rank have 

completely lost their moral boundaries. 

And they break taboos that persisted 

even in the most intense moments 

of the Cold War.

 

Faced with the historic challenge posed by NATO 

fascism, which has been raised by the West on 

banners, we must deeply understand ----- that 

without a strong socio-economic foundation 

and shield, it's difficult to count on a rapid 

and successful solution.. of tasks on the 

front line. And - in order to create such 

a shield, it is necessary to completely 

reject the destructive legacy of the

"dashing 90s".  And this ------ most 

directly concerns the country's 

budget, on which the financial 

basis for its preservation, 

development --- and its

victories, depends.

 

Tasks of the economic front

 

At the end of August, our party held the IV 

International Economic Forum at the 

Lenin State Farm. It considered the

 key problems of the country and 

was aimed at solving them on 

the basis - of the social and 

economic program of the 

Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation.

 

There we, once again, reminded that a victorious policy

can be built only if it is clearly understood that Russia

is currently fighting on two fronts. On the one where 

our battle with Nazism and its American inspirers.... 

unfolded. And on the socio-economic front, where 

we must overcome the ills of extinction, mass 

poverty, and technological backwardness, 

personnel degradation and corruption.

The ills... that we inherited from the 

Gobachev-Yeltsin betrayal --- and 

those who viciously smashed 

our State. 

 

Victories on both these fronts are closely 

interrelated and impossible without 

each other.

 

G. A. Zyuganov ------ We
need a Victory budget!

 

The experience of socialism...

   is the key to winning politics.    

 

The victory of the People's Power and the building of 

the Soviet State - became the historical peak of our 

millennial Power. And this was due to the fact that 

the best schools in the world, the best social 

system and science, the best health care

and education were created there. This 

could only be achieved by a country 

whose resources are in the hands 

of the state and society and not 

in the hands of a handful of 

greedy owners.

 

We see that even today, on the battlefields against 

NATO fascism, which declared war on Russia, the

tasks we face can be solved only thanks to the 

public sector. Both the outstanding Soviet 

experience, and the current experience, 

convincingly confirms the justification 

of our call for nationalization of the 

most important sectors of 

the economy.

 

Today, our party and our parliamentary faction -- are at
the centre of a new battle that the country is fighting 

for its future. In this battle, the patriotic forces have 

already managed to achieve serious success.

 

We managed to interrupt the blitzkrieg announced by 

NATO. In fact, it was a complete failure. At the same 

time, we suffered minimal losses.

 

We have resisted the pressure of twenty thousand 

sanctions. They could not stop production, or

economically and morally paralyze us.

 

We have made every effort -- to make the military-

industrial complex work effectively. And at the 

board meeting of the Ministry of Defense, the 

heads of all major enterprises thanked our 

faction. After all, it was she who saved 

the military-industrial complex 

at the time.

 

We have launched a counter-offensive - and expanded 

BRICS, which is gaining more and more weight in the

world. It is fundamentally important for us to feed 

the country. Last year it got the best harvest. 

And this is a great merit of our national 

enterprises and our team.

 

We have done everything possible to make a decisive 

ideological turn towards true patriotism, justice, and 

the protection of fundamental historical values. And 

today ...it is becoming more and more obvious.

 

We persistently sought to get rid of the harmful 

"Bologna system" in education. And this 

decision has finally been made.

 

The victory over Nazism is the main task for 

all of us. And we will contribute as much 

as possible to its solution.

 

We must clearly understand - the seriousness of the 

growing threats and be prepared to deal with them. 

But to do this --- it is necessary to consolidate 

society --- as much as possible. To adopt our 

proposed full-fledged development budget, 

the struggle for approval of which was, is 

and will be, one of the most important 

issues for us. And to implement the 

proposals.... for socio-economic 

transformation, that our party

and faction have made.

 

In our program, we have shown - that 

the federal budget can be increased 

to at least 50 trillion rubles.

 

The prospects of the CPRF's approaches were 

confirmed by the assessments of scientists 

and experts at economic forums, by 

the conclusions of the participants 

in parliamentary hearings, in the 

State Duma; the achievements

of national enterprises ---- and 

the experience of communist

leaders of the regions.

 

It is under their leadership that our regions 

achieve the best results in the country.

 

The Irkutsk Region showed a unique economic 

growth for today, when it was headed by the 

communist governor Levchenko.

 

Ulyanovsk region under the leadership of the 

Governor of Russia last year, showed 10%

economic growth --- almost three times 

higher than the average in Russia.

 

During the time that the communist governor Klychkov 

heads the Orel region ---- the regional budget there has 

doubled following the results of the previous five-year 

plan. And..... it will increase at least another 1.6 times 

following the results of the current one. Over the past

five years, local budget expenditures on health care 

have almost tripled ----- and those on education and 

cultural development have doubled. A record grain 

harvest was obtained – 5-6 tons for each resident 

of the region.

 

At the same time, the best production and social 

results in the country are demonstrated by our 

national enterprises.... which have built their 

work on the foundation of the most modern 

technologies and socialist principles....

 of caring for their workers.

 

These are convincing guidelines for the entire country, 

which needs to be extended on this experience long 

ago ...if we really want to achieve historic victories 

on the battlefield and in the economy.

 

It's time to finally realize that Comprador capitalism

has failed all over the world. It is impossible to go 

to the future with it! The fact that it has outlived 

its usefulness was directly stated by President 

Putin. But the Russian oligarchy continues to 

cling to him with a stranglehold. Because 

capitalism allows it to enrich itself 

fabulously at the expense of our 

resources, without sharing its 

wealth with a country ------

fighting for its future.

 

The 500 richest people in Russia... have already 

accumulated almost $ 700 billion in their hands. 

At the current exchange rate, this is 62 trillion 

rubles – more than one and a half times the

federal budgets. 

 

These five hundred rich people ---- own 40% of the 

country's total financial assets. And yet they pay
almost the same share of their income.. as the 

poor and beggars do, as taxes. We must put 

an end to this blatant injustice ---- which 

deprives the country of the necessary

 financial resources for full-fledged, 

truly victorious development!

 

We will all have to work hard to meet the historical 

challenges we face. This includes --- each of the 

10 positions related to large-scale economic 

reconstruction --- which were announced 

by the head of state last summer, in his 

program address at the St. Petersburg 

Economic Forum. 

 

And in order for these positions to be implemented,

we will have to fundamentally change the socio - 

economic course and resolutely turn it to the 

left, despite all the wiles of our opponents. 

And, in the same patriotic direction, 

persistently deploy budget policy.

 

The key requirements of our "Victory Program" 

are fully in line with the aspirations of the 

absolute majority of citizens:

 

- Fundamental increase of the federal budget, its 

transformation into a development budget.

 

- Return to state ownership of strategic sectors of 

the economy and systemically important banks.

 

- Cancellation of the pension reform 

and lowering the retirement age.

 

- Raising the minimum wage and subsistence

 level...... in line with real inflation.

 

- State regulation of prices for essential 

foodstuffs and medicines.

 

- Limit utility rates to no more than 

10% of family income.

 

- Support for young and large families, including 

interest-free installments for the purchase of 

the first apartment for a family - for a period 

of 20 years.

 

- Immediate adoption of the Federal Law 

"On War Children" with measures of 

state support for the elderly.

 

- Implementation of the state program of the

 Communist Party of the Russian Federation

 "Education for all" and guarantees for 

receiving free high-quality education.

 

- Free provision of medical care 

to residents of all localities.

 

- Ban on privatization of state 

and municipal enterprises.

 

- Introduction of a normal tax on any income 

of the rich --- and an exemption from taxes 

of low-income citizens.

 

At the centre of our program and budget - is 

the individual, their needs, and their future. 

 

This is exactly what it provides - for 

doubling the volume of industrial 

production - and a fundamental 

modernization and staffing 

of agriculture. 

 

The revival of Russian science and education. 

 

Strengthening the social protection of workers, 

the elderly, motherhood and childhood. 

 

The adoption of such a program at the state level 

and the fundamental change in the socio-

economic course laid down in it, are 

necessary conditions for our 

successful development 

and our victory.

 

The Communist Party insists - that only a course based 

on the ideology of justice and social equality will bring 

real victory both at the front and in the battles for the 

country's economic and social prosperity. 

 

On the experience of the outstanding achievements 

of the Soviet era --- of socialist construction. 

 

We will do our best to establish a new, patriotic course.

And its integral part, will be a truly victorious revival 

and development budget.



Medvedev is famous for admitting that Yeltsin
''won'' his second election - only by massive
fraud - and that the Communist leader
 
Zyuganov was the real winner, but
he was defrauded - with
C.I.A ''help''.


As you realise this, doesn't it
make you - reach out to him
with love and compassion?

What do you think?



 

____________________________





Desperate - To Catch Up In Hypersonics,


 US Recycles Failed Weapons Programs


October 21st


(SouthFront)


 


Written by Drago Bosnic, independent 


geopolitical and military analyst.


 


A bit over a decade ago.......  most military experts were


 convinced that the United States was the top player in
the field of hypersonic weapons. The US Military
Industrial Complex (MIC) ------ was adamant
in 
underestimating Russian advances 


- particularly when it comes to the 


“Iskander” system, whose 9M723 


missiles were the first ground-


based hypersonic weapons, 


but were still usually listed


 as quasi-ballistic missiles.


 


The NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict 


--- demonstrated the high maneuverability 


and speed of the weapons used by the 


“Iskander-M” missile system -- proving 


beyond doubt that Moscow is around


15-20 years ahead, in development 


and deployment of hypersonics. 


 


In stark contrast, Washington DC’s attempts to ridicule


 Russian advances ...seems to have had a “karmic” 


effect on its own performance, as the Pentagon


 has been going through one embarrassing 


failure after another in the last decade


 or so.


 


However, trying to denigrate your opponent through 


the mainstream propaganda machine will not slow 


down their technological advances in the 


actual world.


 


It could surely make them look bad (albeit not beyond


the political West).. but nothing more than that. Still, 


the US kept doing it. The mainstream propaganda 


machine’s rather pathetic claims ---- that Russia
supposedly “stole” non-existent US hypersonic 


technologies became all the more ludicrous as


the Pentagon’s failures to develop a single 


working weapon...... started piling up. 


 


Despite running up to a dozen hypersonic weapons 


programs  -- the US has nothing to show for its 


efforts. Back in March last year - things took


a turn for the worse -- after the cancelation 


of the AGM-183A, an air-launched missile 


carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle. 


 


Dubbed the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response 


Weapon), the missile was supposed to be the US


entry point.... into the highly exclusive 


“hypersonic club”.


 


The failures of the US MIC didn’t end there, however. 


Namely -- its inability to make even relatively basic 


weapons (relative to the US’s superpower status)
became evident, resulting in more embarrassing
episodes ----- such as the constant delays and 


technological issues --- with the development


 of ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles).


 


And yet -------- given the geopolitical prestige of fielding 


hypersonic weapons, it was important for Washington 


DC to start suppressing information about the failures 


of its programs --- which is why we still don’t have an 


official confirmation of the most recent test’s results.


 


I already argued....  that it most likely failed, and while


definite evidence is still not there, subsequent events


reinforced this notion. In fact, the latest revelations 


about the US’s intentions, regarding the revival
of 
failed programs serves as a case in point.



 Namely, the abortive AGM-183A missile 


with an HGV warhead ...might actually 


be restarted.


 


Nicknamed the “Super-Duper” by (for now) former 


president Donald Trump, the ARRW (usually read


 as “arrow”) - allegedly went the furthest in the 


development and testing, at least according 


to the War Zone. However, the weapon was 


simply insufficient to match even North 


Korean and Iranian designs, let alone 


Chinese (to say nothing of Russian 


advances - as they stand in a
league 
of their own). 


 


Military sources report that uncertainty surrounding


 the future of the AGM-183A --------- was exacerbated 


significantly in late September, as the US Air Force


gave Lockheed Martin $13.4 million in additional 


funds ------ for R&D work on the officially


canceled program. 


 


Namely, apart from the aforementioned sacking back in 


March 2023 (officially due to “unspecified technical 


issues”), there was a brief period of revival (albeit 


unofficial), mainly due to repeated failures of 


other programs. However, funding for the


AGM-183A was still cut in March 2024.


 


This effectively made it the second cancelation of the 


project, with the US military promising it would move


 to other programs. The missile was still paraded in 


the Asia-Pacific in a “show of force” to North Korea


 and China, but this accomplished virtually nothing, 


as the true results of a test launch there, were 


never published (....suggesting yet another 


failure), while both North Korea and Iran 


demonstrated: they can build and field 


these missiles (with solid reports that 


Iran actually used its own in combat).


 


And while it’s certainly a capable weapon on paper, the


 AGM-183A program is either very poorly executed (at 


best) or the US simply lacks the technology to field 


such weapons. 


 


The weapon carries an HGV warhead, meaning that 


the booster should be the least of the Pentagon’s 


problems, but it seems even this relatively 


simple tech is an insurmountable 


obstacle, resulting in repeated 


failures and perpetual cost 


overruns.


 


The HGV itself.. is the most complicated technological 


challenge, as it requires world-class knowledge about 


both rocketry and hypersonic gliding (unpowered 


flight). Maintaining such massive speed in the


 given circumstances is a major hurdle, 


particularly as traditional ballistic 


missiles keep losing momentum 


as they fly further. 


 


However, HGVs are capable of using their highly


 advanced lift surfaces to not only sustain 


hypersonic speed, but also maneuver 


while doing so.


 


Russia mastered this technology during its “Avangard” 


program (previously also known as the Yu-71 and Yu-


74), reaching staggering maximum speeds of up to 


Mach 28 (nearly 10 km/s or over 33,000 km/h), as 


well as intercontinental range (6,000+ to 


18,000 km), making it the only strategic 


hypersonic weapon in the world.


 


 On the other hand, the failed ARRW is supposed to be 


an operational equivalent of the 9-A-7660 “Kinzhal” 


systems ......armed with 9-S-7760 air-launched 


hypersonic missiles.


 


The Pentagon touted the AGM-183A as a supposedly 


“more advanced” weapon than the “Kinzhal”. 


However, while the latter is not only an 


existing weapon, it has also proven its 


capabilities in combat, something that


 the US-made missile can’t even 


match in highly controlled 


test environments. 


 


The would-be “game changer” was supposed to give 


the US military “unprecedented strike options” and 


was slated to be carried by both strategic 


aircraft such as the B-52 bombers.... as 


well as tactical jets such as the F-15. 


 


However, the Pentagon’s repeated failures resulted in


 ever lower financing. Long expected to be the first 


hypersonic weapon in any Western arsenal, its 


“problematic” testing record forced the USAF


 to look for alternatives. 


 


There’s even speculation that the program’s assets will


 morph into another one dubbed Tactical Boost Glide 


(TBG), indicating that the weapon will most likely 


have a much shorter range than the one planned 


for the AGM-183A.


 


The latter...... was supposed to be carried by B-52


 bombers, while integration was also expected 


for the new F-15EX fighter jets, the only 


Western tactical aircraft capable of 


deploying such large missiles. 


 


However, if the TBG ends up having more modest 


characteristics (which the name itself certainly 


suggests), this missile could also be carried


 by other tactical jets, provided it ever 


gets fielded.


 


However, the very fact --- that the US is seriously 


considering the recycling of the ARRW program 


that was already canceled twice due to 


excessive costs, unreliability, repeated 


test failures, lack of progress in 


improving the design, etc. is 


very telling. 


 


As all other programs failed, the US is now desperate 


to at least match previously mentioned regional 


powers such as North Korea and Iran. 


 


What’s more, the latter, very likely, also gave its 


hypersonic missiles to allies in the Middle East


(specifically in Yemen), making the US’s 


embarrassment... all the worse.




Let the US stay embare- assed
and - as the Iraeli leaders say
let it turn to dust - and blow
away.

What do you say?


 




____________________________________




Lebanon's vast espionage network

 a product of US-Israel plots 


against the country


by Julia Kassem


October 19th, 2:32pm


 


Exactly one month ago, the Israeli regime, shifted its 


focus toward direct attacks on Lebanon, marked by


 terrorist pager detonations on September 17 that 


killed and injured thousands.


 


This was part of a strategy to pressure the Lebanese


 Resistance to stop supporting Gaza, a goal the US 


and France had been attempting to achieve 


diplomatically for months. 


 


In his last speech before martyrdom, Hezbollah leader 


Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reminded Israeli premier 


Benjamin Netanyahu that the regime would not


 succeed in achieving its objectives through 


military force.


 


Similarly, Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obaida 


had delivered a warning to the Zionist entity weeks 


earlier, emphasizing that they cannot forcefully 


retrieve military captives, killing hundreds 


of Palestinians in the process.


 


Nasrallah also affirmed, that Israel and the US cannot 


kill, bomb, or assassinate their way to separating the 


Lebanese front from Gaza or imposing a ceasefire in


 Lebanon while continuing the no-holds-barred 


genocidal war on Gaza.


 


Meanwhile, Israel is today attempting to force 


the implementation of Resolution 1701.


 


Prior to Nasrallah’s final speech, US media intensified 


efforts to sow division between the peoples of 


Lebanon, Palestine, and Iran.


 


On September 24, Israeli spy-turned-reporter Barak 


Ravid claimed, based on unnamed Western and


 Israeli officials, that Hezbollah had sought 


more assistance from Iran, which he 


said, was refused.


 


This was merely a projection of Israel’s growing


 dependency on the US, reflected in an Axios 


headline four days later, reporting that 


"Israel asks the US to deter Iran after 


Hezbollah leader's assassination."


 


Following Nasrallah’s assassination, French daily Le 


Parisien falsely claimed that an Iranian mole was 


responsible for it. Owned by Louis Vuitton CEO 


Bernard Arnault, a major investor in Israeli 


cloud security firm Wiz (developed by 


Israel’s 8200 Intelligence Unit), Le 


Parisien routinely serves as a 


mouthpiece for Israeli psy-ops 


that align with Washington &


Tel Aviv’s psychological 


warfare.


 


This false narrative ------ echoed claims since the


 martyrdom of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in


 late July, which suggested Iran had betrayed


 the resistance. 


 


This narrative originated from The Telegraph and was 


picked up by Middle East Eye, which also claimed 


that IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani 


was “under investigation.”


 


However, these claims were discredited when Qaani 


publicly attended the funeral of senior IRGC 


commander Abbas Nilforoushan, martyred 


alongside Nasrallah on September 27.


 


The series of assassinations of top resistance leaders 


like Sayyed Nasrallah, Saleh al-Arouri, and Sheikh 


Kaouk was facilitated by the vast network of 


US-Israeli spies in Lebanon.


 


After the Rafiq Hariri assassination, Lebanon was 


pressured to hand over extensive data, including 


communication infrastructure, road maps, and 


personal networks.


 


Additionally, US orders forced the dismantling of 


Hezbollah’s fiber-optic communication network, 


which would have protected the resistance 


and the broader community -- from Israeli 


and Western interference, wiretapping 


and surveillance.


 


In November last year, a significant quantity of US 


military equipment was delivered to the Lebanese


 Hamat Air Base, with US helicopters frequently 


seen traveling to and from the base.


 


As in 2020, the US consolidated its activities with the 


Lebanese Army and NGOs, even holding an “NGO 


day” at Hamat Air Base as part of the US Civil 


Military Support Element.


 


In the aftermath of Israeli bombings, US Ambassador 


Dorothy Shea ordered Army Chief Joseph Aoun, a 


loyal US lapdog, to shut the border crossing 


between Lebanon and Syria and halt the 


reconstruction work on the border to


impose a siege on the displaced 


Lebanese.


 


Aoun defied Lebanese government orders, 


refusing to distribute aid to displaced 


civilians.


 


Meanwhile, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, 


vying for US approval as Lebanon’s next president, 


contributed to incitement against displaced Shia


 communities, falsely claiming Hezbollah 


fighters were sheltering among them.


 


This incitement was echoed by US and Saudi-backed 


media outlets like MTV and LBC, which claimed that 


these shelters were hosting Hezbollah fighters.


 


The fruits of over 5 years of CIA incitement against 


Hezbollah in its latter stages, were aided by the 


aftermath of the US-engineered financial crisis 


in Lebanon, and the subsequent colour 


revolution aimed at compromising 


Lebanon institutionally, via the 


Lebanese Army Commander, 


as well as individually ------ 


through the proliferation 


of spies.


 


From 2019 to the present time, the Lebanese currency 


devalued by nearly 100 percent, inflation skyrocketing 


by at least 171 percent and Lebanon plunged into 


darkness between 2020 and 2022, due to the 


currency crisis.


 


In the first three years after 2019, over 185 Mossad 


spies were caught and since then, more were 


exposed nonstop. In the aftermath of many 


of the Israeli bombings on Beirut in 


particular, spies were pulled out 


on the streets, to the rage of 


community members.


 


The CIA's incitement against Hezbollah has been 


amplified by Lebanon’s economic collapse. Since 


2019, the Lebanese currency has devalued by 


nearly 100%, with inflation skyrocketing by at 


least 171%. Between 2020 & 2022, Lebanon 


plunged into darkness due to the currency 


crisis. During this time, over 185 Mossad 


spies were arrested, with many 


more exposed.


 


One spy, based on security sources cited by Al-Akhbar, 


was arrested in Dahiyeh on October 2nd, a long-term 


Mossad contact from Idlib, Syria. Drawing suspicion 


when he filmed after the attack on the Islamic 


Health Authority Centre in Bashoura, it was 


found that he had sent photos of the 


destruction sites to Mossad.


 


Other spies, like a Lebanese man named Bahaa ---- 


were found with extensive surveillance data on 


key areas in Dahiyeh and near Beirut's airport. 


The instruments recovered from him included 


computers and two phones filled with images 


of Dahiyeh streets and buildings, especially 


around Airport Road (Tariq al-Matar) area.


 


Another Lebanese named “Mohammad H” was also 


arrested in the neighborhood dividing main Beirut 


from Dahiyeh. In early October, more spies were 


caught and handed over to the Lebanese police.


 


Two weeks prior, another agent was arrested in the 


Lebanese Forces-majority neighbourhood of Ain el-


Remmaneh, which borders Dahiyeh neighbourhood 


in Chiyah, with extensive information on martyred 


Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Kaouk, suggesting his 


role in his murder.


 


Their motivation, investigations revealed, was financial 


rewards - with large sums of dollars and Euros found in 


their possession. In most of the espionage cases both 


before the outbreak of war in Lebanon as well as


 during the war, the agents were recruited via 


social media, or directly through messaging 


applications, and paid around $500 per 


assignment, mainly transferring the 


money via cash transfer.


 


When Israeli spy Joshua Tartakovsky was caught 


in Beirut posing as a journalist two weeks ago, 


US-backed elements in the judiciary and army 


pressured for his deportation, allowing him 


to escape accountability.


 


This mirrors the 2019 escape of former Israeli agent 


Amer Fakhoury, revealing the extent of American 


interference in the security system in shielding 


spies and agents for Israel from accountability.


 


Washington is using these assassinations, aided by its 


network of spies, to push for a US-favoued Lebanese 


president. Western media - has also hinted toward it.


 


The Washington Post, for example... openly admitted 


that the US saw an opportunity to politically sideline


 Hezbollah in Lebanon. Days earlier, Israeli former 


premier Yair Lapid proposed raising the salaries 


of Lebanese Army officers from $120 to $500


------ in exchange for training by Emirati and 


French forces, both of which collaborate


 with Israel on intelligence.


 


The low wages, a direct result of the US-engineered


 economic crisis, have contributed to the 


proliferation of spies.


 


US Ambassador, Dorothy Shea --- further exacerbated 


tensions, stating that Lebanon should “prepare for a 


post-Hezbollah era” — a sentiment contradicted by 


Hezbollah’s continued strength on the battlefield.


 


Today, 17 days into the Israeli ground invasion and 


one month of direct war, Israel has failed to make


 headway in Lebanon, with over 30 soldiers killed 


and 300 injured, as per conservative estimates.


 


Israel's brutal siege on North Gaza, is an attempt to 


make up for losses in Lebanon’s south by forcing 


a final-solution-style mass murder (there’s a 


name for it - the “General’s Plan”).


 


Israel, through its arrogance and hubris, is trying hard 


to push its objectives. Believing it can be successful 


in ethnically cleansing Palestinians from their 


ancestral lands by recreating the Nakba, it 


also believes it can replicate the goals it 


had in occupying southern Lebanon in 


1978 in a farcical pursuit of removing 


the resistance from Lebanon.


 


The tactics of the US and Israel ---- may grow more 


desperate in relying on psychological warfare and 


manipulation of the media ---- to reach their 


objective; of fracturing & delegitimizing 


theresistance.


 


However, as the martyred Hezbollah leader Sayyed 


Nasrallah reminded us, the movement remains as 


strong as ever, both on the battlefield and in the 


hearts of its supporters.


 


Julia Kassem is a Beirut-based writer and 


commentator, whose work appears in 


PressTV, Al-Akhbar, and Al-Mayadeen 


English. She also appears on Press 


TV's Expose show.


 


(The views expressed in this article do not 


necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)


 


 


 


______________________________________




Qalibaf’s visit to Lebanon --- defying Zionist

 threats, shows what real solidarity means


October 15th, 10:38am


by Musa Iqbal


 


The past few weeks have proven once again that if you are a


 friend to the Islamic Republic of Iran and if you stand on the


 right side of history, the Iranian nation will also be a 


steadfast ally and supporter in return. 


 


Despite Zionist threats of assassination and even threats to 


blow up airplanes carrying Iranian officials after Operation 


True Promise II, we have witnessed top-ranking Iranian 


officials making public trips to regional countries, 


including Lebanon. 


 


The trips came amid the Israeli regime’s relentless 


bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon after failing to 


invade the latter through the ground, due to 


Hezbollah's far superior hybrid 


warfare tactics. 


 


The warnings against flying into Lebanon ------ did not deter 


Iranian officials. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was the 


first to visit Lebanon, carrying humanitarian aid with him, 


on October 4th. He landed in Beirut hours before the 


Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed 


Ali Khamenei led historic Friday prayers and 


sermons in Tehran.


 


Ayatollah Khamenei defended Operation True Promise II that 


dealt a heavy blow to the Zionist entity - and warned the 


Tel Aviv regime, against repeating the foolhardy military 


adventure. In Beirut Araghchi met with senior Lebanese 


officials and reaffirmed Iran's unwavering support to the 


government, people and resistance of the Arab country. 


 


The top Iranian diplomat ---- dashed off to Damascus from 


Beirut, defying Israeli threats. To the dismay of Zionists, 


his visit was just a precursor of what was to come.


 


On Saturday, October the 12th, Iranian Parliament Speaker 


Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf also flew into Beirut, piloting his 


own aircraft, which touched down in the Lebanese capital 


amid plumes of smoke caused by Israeli bombings. 


 


Unfazed by threats against Iranian planes, Qalibaf literally 


took matters into his own hands, donned the pilot's attire 


and arrived in Lebanon as a powerful act of solidarity


 with the Lebanese people. 


 


Qalibaf is far from an ordinary politician. He served as a 


commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Air 


Force from 1997 to 2000. He is also a veteran of the 


Iran-Iraq war, known as the Holy Defense, where 


he started his military career in the early 1980s, 


quickly rising through the ranks as a skilled 


tactician and strategist.


 


“We wanted to emphasize that we follow our dear Leader's 


[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] example, who led Friday prayers 


despite enemy threats, with a strong presence from our 


proud people who are always on the front lines,” the 


speaker said in Beirut on being asked about him 


piloting the plane. 


 


By exposing the Zionist entity.... as merely a "paper tiger," 


Qalibaf and other Iranian officials who engaged in active 


diplomacy amid threats and sabre-rattling ..aimed to 


galvanize more support for the Palestinian and


 Lebanese cause across the region. 


 


Certain Arab states continue to engage with the Zionist 


regime or refuse to support resistance forces and 


Palestinians, largely due to fears of Zionist


 retaliation. They also don't want to 


antagonize Americans. 


 


Iran, on the other hand, is demonstrating that these threats 


are empty, so long as there is unity around the Palestinian 


cause, as Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized in his historic 


Friday sermon recently. 


 


Qalibaf’s visit to Lebanon, where he visited suburbs bombed 


by Israeli warplanes in recent weeks, also underscored 


Iran’s growing soft power in the region, as it stands 


by its allies, particularly in times of need. 


 


Qalibaf toured areas in central and southern Beirut 


subjected to Israeli aggression, a gesture that 


even some pro-Western Lebanese politicians 


have not made. 


 


Despite the threat of bombings and the Zionist regime’s 


usual modus operandi of assassinations, Iran is 


sending a clear message that its solidarity 


with the oppressed and occupied 


knows no limits.


 


Iran wants the region to understand that they do not have 


to submit to the Zionist regime and that regional peace 


is possible ------ through the rejection of Western-


backed aggression.


 


"We do not fear the enemy, and we carried out this mission 


in full accordance with international law. We have no fear 


of coming here," Qalibaf told reporters during his visit, 


exuding remarkable confidence. 


 


As Israel continues its carpet bombing of Gaza and Lebanon,


 it has also threatened Iran with military aggression ------ after 


being rattled by Iranian ballistic missile strikes that came in 


response to a series of assassinations of senior resistance 


leaders, including Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail 


Haniyeh and Abbas Nilforushan. 


 


In response, Qalibaf challenged the Tel Aviv regime: “We will 


respond with strength and noticeably --- and appropriately. 


This has been demonstrated before, and I hope it 


serves as a lesson to our enemies.”


 


The IRGC warned Israel ---- that if it retaliates after the 


conclusion of the "True Promise II" missile operation, 


it would face even harsher strikes, with sensitive 


military and energy sites being targeted -


 if necessary.


 


Qalibaf’s visit—piloting his own plane and landing in Beirut to


 declare full support for Lebanon and the resistance—raises 


the stakes in the confrontation with the Zionist regime.


 


Israeli attacks around Beirut airport have intensified, leading


 to the cancellation of hundreds of flights as the Zionist 


regime closely monitors all air traffic in and out of the 


airport. Yet Iran remains steadfast in its commitment 


to the resistance, particularly during critical times.


 


Where some nations have capitulated to the Zionist regime, 


Iran has only increased its support for resistance forces 


and has thrown its weight behind those in the 


Zionists' crosshairs.


 


During his meetings with reporters and local residents in the 


damaged areas.... Qalibaf assured the Lebanese people that 


they would not only receive immediate aid from Iran but also 


long-term support in rebuilding the infrastructure destroyed 


by Zionist aggression.


 


 “It is natural for us to contribute to rebuilding the damaged 


infrastructure. We will offer support, and Islamic countries 


will also play a role,” he asserted.


 


Iran’s leadership role in the region continues to grow despite 


violent threats and attacks from both the United States and 


Israel. As Iran offers an alternative to Zionist capitulation, it 


is also demonstrating that concrete steps must be taken to 


support the resistance and the people of Lebanon.


 


Iran remains a steadfast partner to the Lebanese people


 ------ perhaps even more committed than some Lebanese 


officials themselves. We are witnessing the emergence 


of a new era in West Asian regional policy -- where 


solidarity and unity are not just political slogans 


--- but concrete actions.


 


Musa Iqbal is a Boston-based researcher and writer 


with a focus on US domestic and foreign policy.


 


(The views expressed in this article do not 


necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)


 

Well, they do mine. The whole loving world
owes Iran ------- a huge ''Mamnoon'' !!!
What do you think?







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Modern-day reign of terror,

 US-Israeli style

October 12th, 8:21am

 (PressTV)

 

In the midst of the reign of terror during the late 18th

 century, a term was forged in the fiery tumult of the 

French Revolution; terrorism. This term, born from 

the shadows of la guillotine, would traverse the 

rivers of time, its echo resonating into the 

modern era.

 

Originally shaped by the blade's swift justice around the

 1790s, this legacy of fear has moved across centuries

 into a narrative starkly different, from the cobblestone 

streets of Paris in the late 18th century, we leap 

forward in time.

 

In the volatile atmosphere of 1960 South Africa, the 

oppressive apartheid regime enforced stringent 

pass laws, which required black South Africans 

to carry 'dompas' passbooks, controlling their 

movements and freedoms.

 

The enforcement of these laws was harsh and 

abusive, leading to widespread resentment.

 

In Sharpeville, a township simmering under these conditions, 

the residents, supported by the Pan Africanist Congress, 

PAC, organized a peaceful protest by gathering at the 

local police station without their passbooks, aiming 

to challenge and overwhelm the apartheid system.

 

The situation escalated dramatically when police opened fire

 on the unarmed crowd, resulting in the tragic death of 69 

people and over 180 injuries.

 

This brutal event --- intensified the
resistance 
against the apartheid.

 

Nelson Mandela, a key figure in the African National

 Congress, ANC, responded by advocating a shift 

towards armed struggle.

 

By 1961 Mandela helped found uMkhonto weSizwe,

 Spear of the Nation, marking a significant change

 in tactics.

 

However, this move led to the US designating the ANC 

as a terrorist organization during the Cold War era.

 

Mandela was included on the US terror watch list, a 

designation that lasted until 2008, long after his 

presidency, when a US bill finally removed 

ANC members from the list.

 

This action underscored the complex global response 

to Mandela's fight against apartheid and his eventual 

recognition as a global symbol of peace 

and reconciliation.

 

The Reign of Terror 

 

Since Operation al-Aqsa Flood, the biggest military action

 against the longest occupation in history --- the Israeli

 regime has been embroiled in a genocidal campaign

 in Gaza, committing all crimes imaginable against

 innocent civilians.

 

As the sands of time shift to 2021, we find ourselves 

in Palestine, where the populace contends with a 

distinct form of apartheid.

 

Tensions in Palestine mirrored struggles from other regions, 

while manifesting unique and profound local challenges.

 

In the neighbourhood of Sheik Jarrah, East al-Quds, the 

issuance of eviction notices to Palestinians, under a 

contentious Israeli law, sparked significant protests.

 

This law allowing descendants of former Jewish property

 owners to reclaim lands, but not affording the same 

right to displace Palestinians, heightened tensions.

 

Human Rights Watch labeled Israel's policies in the region, 

which include segregation and movement restrictions 

to maintain Jewish dominance, as apartheid.

 

Advocacy group B’Tselem calls Israel apartheid 

 

An Israeli rights group says the entity is not a democracy

 but an “apartheid regime” that systematically oppresses 

Palestinians via military occupation and racist laws.

 

Yahya Sinwar, born in 1962 into a family displaced by 

the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, emerged as a significant 

figure in this context.

 

His journey from poverty to leadership within Hamas was

 marked by his early involvement with Islamic student 

groups and his subsequent imprisonment in 1988 for 

actions against Palestinian collaborators and

 Israeli soldiers.

 

Released in 2011 in a prisoner exchange, Sinwar rose to 

prominence in Hamas leading its military and political 

strategies against the Israeli apartheid system.

 

His stance and actions led to his inclusion on the US terror 

list in 2015. By 2017, Sinwar had taken the helm of Hamas

 in Gaza, focusing on resisting the Israeli apartheid.

 

This campaign against Israel's continued occupation

 of Palestinian territories culminated dramatically 

on October 7, 2023, with Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

 

‘Al-Aqsa Storm’ has shattered
Israel’s invincibility myth  

 

According to Palestinian observers, the ‘Al-Aqsa Storm’ 

operation has changed the equation in favour of the 

resistance axis and shattered the myth of the 

Israeli regime’s invincibility.

 

In a highly coordinated military operation, Hamas fighters, 

on paragliders and motorcycles, in a daring assault 

shattered the fortified barriers between Gaza and 

the occupied territories. They... successfully 

dismantled the AI-augmented surveillance 

systems, enabling them to strike at over 

25 Israeli military outposts -----

with precision.

 

The operation saw the capture of several Merkava tanks 

and their crews at a military site ------ with significant 

military equipment seized and taken back to Gaza.

 

This operation marked a significant breach in Israel's 

military reminiscent of the vulnerabilities exposed 

during the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict.

 

During Operation Al-Aqsa Flood Hamas demonstrated a

 remarkable display of military capability. Yet - Western 

media and key political figures, including US President 

Joe Biden, tried to frame this operation as an act of 

terrorism. They portrayed the events of October 7 

with stark comparisons to Daesh's actions, 

including unverified claims of war crimes 

and beheadings, a narrative echoed 

by Biden.

 

In the 2010s the emergence of Daesh, became a prominent 

example of how Western media frequently linked terrorism 

with Islam and West Asia, diverging significantly from its 

historical origins in the heart of Europe,

 

Daesh  also known as ISIS or ISIL in the West  was founded

 by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, & gained international notoriety

in 2014 following swift and brutal military campaigns that

 made Iraqi forces retreat from key cities and led to the 

seizure of Mosul.

 

Characterized by extreme brutality, Daesh committed 

atrocities that shocked the world, including mass 

executions, ethnic cleansing, enslavement 

and the persecution of minorities.

 

Notable incidents included the Sinjar massacre, where

thousands of Izadis were killed, and the mass murder 

of over 2000 cadets at a military academy in Tikrit -- 

coupled with severe damage to Iraq's infrastructure.

 

US forces trained Daesh terrorists 

in Syria ------ to carry out attacks.

 

However, their reign of terror ended, when Iran's top anti-

terror commander, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, 

declared the cessation of their existence after years of 

horrific violence in Iraq and Syria.

 

Years after the end of the Daesh rule, 

shadows of the past loomed large.

 

This time ----- another dark spectre cast its pall over Gaza, 

where the scars of the genocide are deep and unyielding. 

The region reeled under the weight of the US-Israeli

genocide, a stark and haunting reflection of the 

atrocities once committed by Daesh.

 

Israel's crimes in Gaza encompass collective punishments 

such as blockades, indiscriminate bombings of civilian

 areas, forced displacements, the direct targeting of 

civilians, unlawful detentions and destruction of 

civilian infrastructure. These measures have 

led to significant civilian casualties

 and suffering.

 

When examining these actions, the distinction in scale 

between the blockades by Daesh and by Israel ---

 becomes clear.

 

Daesh's blockades affected smaller populations, with 

around 6250 civilians in Yarmouk and approximately

50,000 in Fallujah. In stark contrast, Israel's 

#blockade impacted the entire population 

of Gaza, over 2 million people.

 

This blockade resulted in severe shortages of essential 

services and significant civilian casualties -- making it

 a form of collective punishment, which is prohibited

 under international law.

 

Gaza: No place for children 

 

The genocidal Israeli war on Gaza has inflicted immense

 suffering on innocent civilians, particularly children, 

whose lives have been shattered by airstrikes, 

displacements, and the loss of loved ones.

 

Targeting hospitals and schools has also been 

a tactic used by both Daesh and Israeli forces.

 

Daesh utilized the civilian infrastructure for military 

purposes in areas like Mosul and across Syria 

which shielded them from airstrikes; 

conversely, Israeli airstrikes 

directly hit schools and 

hospitals in Gaza.

 

By late September 2024, Gaza's healthcare infrastructure 

had been devastated. Of the 36 hospitals in the region, 

31 had been damaged or destroyed.

 

The World Health Organization reported that from October 7, 

2023 until the end of September 2024 over 1100 attacks 

had targeted healthcare services in both Gaza and 

the West Bank.

 

These strikes had affected more than 550 medical facilities 

and over 500 ambulances, severely crippling the region's 

ability to provide essential care.

 

One of the most harrowing events was a 14-day operation 

at Gaza's largest medical facility, Al Shifa Hospital, where 

Israeli military actions included the killing of 13 children 

and systematic violence including extrajudicial killings 

of Palestinian civilians.

 

Children aged four to six were among those tragically killed, 

with the WHO citing 21 patients perishing in dire conditions 

within the hospital.

 

Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital turned into cemetery 

 

Israeli military’s two-week siege of al-Shifa Hospital,

 Gaza’s largest medical facility, left a trail of death 

and destruction as thousands of people were 

sheltering there.

 

The use of white phosphorus by Israeli forces, a substance 

causing severe injuries and death, has been documented 

and criticized by Human Rights Watch. This contrasts 

with Daesh, which has not been recorded using 

this substance.

 

Forced displacement figures are equally stark. Daesh 

displaced thousands, while Israel's actions since 

October 7th - forcibly displaced nearly 2 million 

Palestinians, nearly 90% of Gaza's population.

 

This massive displacement was a clear violation of the 

Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the forcible 

transfer of protected persons from occupied territories.

 

The targeting of civilians by Israel has been severe. Over a 

span of one year, Israel killed more than 40,000 civilians, 

including attacks on residential areas and public 

spaces, a significant increase compared to 

Daesh, which killed 5,054 civilians 

over 13 years.

 

Journalists have also been targeted. According to the Syrian 

Network for Human Rights, Daesh was responsible for the

 execution of at least 64 journalists, using these heinous 

acts as a tactic to suppress information and sow fear.

 

In stark contrast --- the toll has been much higher In Israel's 

case. The Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, reported 

that as of the 24th of May 2024, at least 107 journalists 

and media workers had been killed since the onset of

 the conflict ------ marking the deadliest period for

 journalists since the CPJ started recording 

data in 1992.

 

Mass graves are another example

 of Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

 

One of the largest mass graves tied to Daesh was unearthed 

near the town of Sinjar in Iraq after the region was liberated 

from their control in 2015. This grave held the remains of 

over 80 Izadi women, a chilling testimony to the 

terrorist group's brutal campaign.

 

However, the situation in Gaza presents 

an even more somber narrative.

 

In April 2024 the discovery of mass graves sent shockwaves 

through the international community. The largest of these 

was found at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis,

 where, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, 

Palestinian civil defense teams began the 

grim work of exhuming bodies.

 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 

Volker Türk, expressed his horror upon learning that 

hundreds of bodies were found in mass graves 

at two of Gaza's major hospitals.

 

Palestinian authorities reported the recovery of nearly 400

 bodies, some of whom were tragically found still clad in 

surgical gowns. The deceased ranged from elderly 

women to young men and children, presenting 

a harrowing and stark tableau of the 

tragic events.

 

The mass graves, are only part of the gruesome series of 

massacres but should be a turning point due to the sheer 

scale of murdered and mutilated bodies found, they state.

 

Throughout its campaign in Syria and Iraq, Daesh

 extensively used explosive weapons in 

populated areas such as Mosul and 

Raqqa, resulting in significant 

civilian casualties.

 

Similarly, Israel has employed a comparable tactic on a 

much larger scale. By April 2024 over 60% of Gaza's 

physical infrastructure had been damaged,

 with 35% completely destroyed.

 

The devastation was so extensive that the EU Policy Chief 

Josep Borrell remarked that the destruction in Gaza

 exceeded what was seen in German cities 

during World War II.

 

Israeli forces dropped at least 75,000 tons of explosives 

on the region, about five times the explosive yield of

 the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

 

The widespread use of explosive weapons in densely 

populated areas has drawn condemnation from the 

UN and various human rights organizations, 

stating that such actions likely violate 

international humanitarian law due

to the disproportionate harm 

caused to civilians.

 

The relentless bombardment led the International Court of 

Justice to call on Israel to end its genocidal campaign in 

Rafah, the southernmost town in Gaza, but the Israeli 

authorities had nothing to be ashamed of.

 

Despite the international outcry, certain Israeli officials, 

including Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, deputy mayor of 

Al-Quds, have denied allegations of war crimes.

 

Meanwhile, others have defended their war crimes, 

including the deprivation of basic necessities

in Gaza.

 

Tally Gotliv, a member of the Likud party, controversially 

asserted in a Knesset meeting that weaponizing 

hunger and thirst could be effective for 

gathering intelligence.

 

''If you break the siege it will be, in 

my opinion, a terrible decision.''

 

''Because ---- without hunger and thirst among the Gaza 

population, we will not be able to recruit collaborators, 

we will not be able to recruit intelligence; we will not 

be able to bribe people with food.''

 

Tally Gotliv, Likud Party Knesset Member

 

Additionally, May Golan, Israel's minister of women's 

advancement, expressed pride in the severe 

destruction of Gaza and the killing of 

Palestinian children.

 

''I am personally proud of the ruins of Gaza - and that every 

baby, even 80 years from now, will tell their grandchildren 

what the Jews did when their families were murdered 

and raped and their civilians were kidnapped. 

You and your friends can dream…''

 

May Golan, Israeli Minister of Women's Advancement

 

On the other side of the conflict, Israel has directed 

accusations of war crimes towards Hamas.

 

During Elon Musk's visit to the Kfar Aza kibbutz, a site of 

Operation al Aqsa Flood, Israel depicted itself as a 

victim, claiming Hamas targeted civilians.

 

This narrative was echoed in Kibbutz Be'eri, where initial 

reports of an alleged massacre were later contradicted

 by settler testimonies.

 

Israel massacred its own people by enacting its 

controversial ‘Hannibal Directive’ during the 

Palestinians’ Oct. 7 operation, according 

to reports.

 

Israeli Yasmin Porat, who survived the events in Be'eri, 

shockingly stated on Israeli radio that it was the 

Israeli military fire, not Hamas, which caused 

settler casualties. This included incidents 

of strong Crossfire and tank fire 

resulting in civilian deaths.

 

Further controversy arose when Efrat Katz, reportedly held

 captive by Hamas, was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike 

intended to stop the Palestinian fighters. The Israeli Air

 Force Commander stated that the actions were 

''according to military orders''.

 

This Stark behaviour where Israel's own settlers were killed 

by its military forces is linked to one of Israel's covert 

operational protocols, the Hannibal Directive, which 

allows force to prevent capture -- even at the risk 

to Israeli lives.

 

Israeli forces caused the deaths of their own settlers; 

however, the regime attributed these incidents to 

resistance fighters.

 

Other allegations, such as the claim made by Biden 

concerning the beheading of children, were 

quickly dismissed by US media.

 

In the wake of the Israeli crimes, some social media users 

drew stark comparisons, liking the harrowing scenes of 

Israel's atrocities to those historically associated with 

the Nazis or Daesh.

 

But Israel wasn't alone in committing these crimes. Israel 

has benefited significantly from long-standing support by

 the US, receiving approximately $130 billion since its 

self-proclamation, making it the largest recipient of 

US military aid.

 

The US has spent more than $22bn on military aid

 to Israel over the past year, a new report says.

 

Israel receives $3.8 billion annually under an agreement 

with the Obama administration, accounting for about 

15% of its military budget.

 

Furthermore.... the US has played a pivotal role in enhancing 

Israel's economic and political standing on the global stage, 

with bilateral trade approaching $50 billion annually.

 

Politically, the US has consistently supported Israel in 

international forums, including the United Nations, 

often using its veto power to block resolutions 

unfavorable to Israel.

 

Notable political moves include the US recognition of Al 

Quds as Israel's so-called capital --- and facilitating key 

diplomatic accords like the Camp David Accords, Oslo 

Accords and Abraham Accords, which have 

normalized relations between Israel 

and several Arab nations.

 

Against this backdrop, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

 Netanyahu's July 2024 visit to the United States 

further solidified US support for Israel's 

genocide in Gaza, as Congress 

interrupted his one-hour 

speech, 39 times ----

 with applause.

 

US Congress endorses genocide 

 

US support for Israel extends beyond logistics to direct 

military action. In a concerted effort to counteract an 

anticipated retaliatory strike from Iran in April 2024, 

the US, alongside its allies..... established a 

comprehensive defense system.

 

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, IRGC, launched 

extensive strikes against Israeli targets, retaliating 

against an Israeli attack on Iranian diplomatic 

facilities in Damascus on April 1.

 

Despite the US efforts, Iran successfully struck two major 

Israeli air bases in the Negev desert. In a striking display 

of Israeli vulnerability - missiles, far from the pinnacle of 

Iran's technological arsenal -  found their targets in the 

Israeli-occupied territories.

 

The US, with its missile technology, had transformed 

the skies above the Nevatim Airbase into what was 

considered the most secure expanse in all of the 

Israeli-occupied territories.

 

This region holds critical significance, nestled close 

to Dimona, a site of Paramount military importance 

linked to Israel's nuclear weapons. It was once 

considered an impenetrable fortress 

safeguarding the regime's most 

vital assets.

 

This moment of impact represented a stark revelation; 

even the most advanced systems of the US and Israel, 

whose security is intertwined with high-tech shields, 

are not impregnable.

 

Israel falsifies efficacy of military systems built with US 

 

Israel has a long tradition of boasting joint projects with the 

US as its own, and both have a tradition of over-estimating 

and falsifying the effectiveness data of such jointly-built 

military systems

 

This marked another failure for the United States,
reminiscent of the time when global awareness 

was burgeoning and the US failed in its effort 

to expunge Nelson Mandela from the 

Annals of Reverence.

 

As the Cold War narratives lost their grip on global 

perceptions, the world began to recognize 

Mandela, not as a terrorist, but as 

a hero.

 

Mandela's legacy, etched in the hearts of the people, 

compelled America to revise its stance, removing 

him from lists of terror, and acknowledging his 

true role ---- as a beacon of resistance 

and reconciliation.

 

The United States employed tactics reminiscent of a reign of

 terror in an attempt to expunge resistance figures from the 

collective conscience, yet the global community 

discerned that the true terror was not found 

in individuals like Mandela, but, in the 

systematic oppression, they resisted

 a pernicious apartheid that 

constrained freedoms and 

muted a myriad voices.

 

Since October 7, the echoes of the US-Israeli

genocide in Gaza have reverberated globally,

 stirring a collective awakening.

 

As the international community scrutinizes the 

unwavering US support for Israel amidst these 

events, many around the world are beginning

 to question the US definition of terrorism.

 

Figures, once branded as terrorists by powers afar, 

are now being re-evaluated, perhaps soon to be 

celebrated as liberators, much like Mandela 

before them.

 

In the hearts of the global community, the march 

towards justice continues, possibly heralding 

an era where those like Yahya Sinwar are 

seen, not as foes, but as heroes 

of liberation.

 

Except for one big difference!

Don't believe Netanyahu wiil

accept - like Frederik Willem

de Klerk did - any end to his

racist/supremacist state!

 

What do you think?

 


 


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Indian Elections: Dubious Game 

of Narratives by Western Hands

June 15th, 2024

by Ahmad Al-Hajj Ali

 

While the battle of ballots was being waged in India, 

foreign warriors had manned fronts to influence

public opinion --- and thus the final outcome of 

the greatest democratic exercise in the world. 

 

Organizations, based in US and European capitals, 

had fielded players to partake in the elections as 

intellectuals and social media peddlers to mould 

the narrative, so that gullible publics might 

succumb to their agenda.

 

These exotic players include individuals like 

writers, columnists, institutions, think tanks 

and academic spaces.

 

The plunge of foreign hands into the Indian electoral 

arena stems from understandable vested interests.

 India in recent years has emerged as a decisive 

and self-assured global power. It is leading 

groupings like BRICS. It is a key cog of 

QUAD bloc. It presided over G-20 last 

year and is a voice of the Global 

South. Its economy is at a high 

perch and will climb to the 

third place in the world.

 

Most importantly, true to its foreign policy mantra of 

being vishwamitra (a friend to the world), India has 

struck a balance with big powers despite them 

being at the clashing ends of most intricate 

conflicts of our time.

 

Thus, the elections have been an opportune time for 

envious powers to make India go off the track. The

ermination of confusion and haze around policies 

adopted by India or to be adopted in future was

 the best way to shake the election debates.

 

Not only independent organizations, but foreign 

governments have also tried to poke their nose 

into the internal affairs of India during the 

course of elections. 

 

The most fervent example of this was when the US

 State Department issued a strong statement after 

the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

 in March 2024.

 

The tenor of the statement appeared to admonish the 

Indian government and dictate how India’s elections 

were to be held. New Delhi was quick to react by 

summoning a senior US diplomat and directing 

the US establishment to refrain from 

commenting on Indian democracy. 

 

Foreign Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, termed such 

statements unfortunate and called on the western 

nations to exercise restraint when commenting 

on their allies.

 

Such attitudes reveal a deep bias within Washington’s 

policy circles and these biases remain unchanged for 

decades. While bilateral relations remain firm, the US 

has repeatedly questioned India’s democratic record 

under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership.

 

Besides, the United States Commission on International 

Religious Freedom keeps issuing alarming statements 

on the state of religious freedoms in India with an 

agenda to influence domestic political trends. 

One such report was made public a few 

weeks before the elections.

 

Henry Luce Foundation of US

 

On top of the foreign organization that sought a 

favourable outcome of Indian elections is The 

Henry Luce Foundation. It is closely linked to 

people in the US governance and think tanks

 like the Asia Foundation (TAF), the Council 

on Foreign Relations (CFR), and the Centre 

for Strategic and International Studies

(CSIS), all of which have documented 

links to the CIA.

 

The Asia Foundation was directly founded by the CIA 

in 1954 to promote US interests in Asia through 

educational and cultural activities, originally 

operating as the Committee for Free Asia.

 

 CFR, despite claiming independence, has historically 

been rumoured to have CIA ties and has been a 

platform for several CIA directors to discuss US 

intelligence strategies. CSIS, similarly, has had 

a long association with the CIA, facilitated by 

its origins within Georgetown University. It 

showcases the intertwined relationships 

between the foundation’s philanthropic 

activities US strategic interests 

--- highlighting the complex 

interplay --- of intelligence, 

influence & philanthropy

in US foreign policy.

 

The HLF has funded a number of individuals and outfits 

to conduct online/physical events and build micro-

narratives woven around Indian elections, 

largely through social media posts 

and blogs.

 

Besides, the foundation funded a study on “The Hindu 

Right and India’s religious Diplomacy” conducted by 

the Berkley Religious Centre of Georgetown 

University. The report concluded that India

 is deploying religious moorings, Hindu in 

nature, to flex its soft-power diplomacy. 

 

Reports like this are the basis of findings and rankings 

promulgated by the US Commission on Religious 

Freedom ----- which shows India in the 

alarming zone.

 

These reports are also cited in opinion pieces written 

by columnists linked to the foundation and others in 

mainstream western media outlets. It constructs 

India’s image as that of “anti-minority” and 

biased against non-Hindu people.

 

Another major think tank that the HLF is pushing with 

fiscal backing ----------- is the Carnegie Endowment for 

International Peace. It is on its roll or commissioned 

writers producing research works that help build a 

particular perception about India. Its projects on 

India through the prism of “citizenship rights, 

minority protections and rise of rightwing 

extremism”  --- have been authored by 

figures like Milan Vaishnav, Madhav

Khosla, Niraja Gopal Jayal, and 

Pratap Bhanu Mehta. 

 

All these writers are known for their stern anti-

government views. Some of them were active 

even on YouTube and other media platforms

 during the elections.

 

French Interference

 

Christophe Jaffrelot is a renowned author on South Asian 

Affairs. His work on subalterns, Gujarat, Ambedkar and 

regular commentary.... on various aspects of Indian 

politics is read widely. His protégée Gilles Verniers 

has expanded his work. 

 

In recent months... Jaffrelot has written mostly dissecting 

various aspects of caste-related angles of Indian society 

and politics. His pieces are no doubt based on sound 

research, but the timing of their publication and

 Jaffrelot’s tenacity to use the turn of phrase 

make them tilted against the present 

dispensation in New Delhi.

 

Some of Jaffrelot’s pieces ---- appeared in

 Le Monde, France’s foremost publication.

 

According to disnfolab, while analysing the global 

reports on Indian elections, an unusual pattern 

of media coverage trying to shape a particular 

narrative and influence voter mindset 

was observed.

 

“The most striking pattern was that these Op-Eds/ 

articles and papers were either written or were 

based on interviews/ statements from one 

particular French political scientist and 

researcher Christophe Jaffrelot, who 

became the anchor to this research. 

 

''While analyzing the buzz around Indian elections, it 

was also observed that Jaffrelot had also been the

 key source of most of these articles from other 

Western media and a segment of Indian media 

platforms especially targeting the Indian 

elections,” said disinfolab in one of its 

investigative reports unearthing

foreign interference in 

Indian elections.

 

Open AI Disclosure

 

OpenAI -- the creators of ChatGPT, said in a statement on 

June 1 that it acted within 24 hours to disrupt deceptive 

uses of AI ...in covert operations focused on the Indian 

elections, leading to no significant audience increase

 In a report on its website, OpenAI said STOIC, a 

political campaign management firm in Israel, 

generated some content on Indian elections 

alongside the Gaza conflict.

 

“In May, the network began generating comments that 

focused on India, criticized the ruling BJP party and 

praised the opposition Congress party,” it said. “In

 May, we disrupted some activity focused on the

 Indian elections less than 24 hours after it 

began.” OpenAI said it banned a cluster of 

accounts operated from Israel that were 

being used to generate & edit content 

for an influence operation that 

spanned ----- X, Facebook, 

Instagram, websites, 

and YouTube.

 

Fears about misinformation and disinformation tainting 

the democratic process are especially significant in

 India, where social media and internet usage are

 widespread. The country... has more than 400 

million WhatsApp users – the world’s largest

 user base of the messaging app --------- and 

roughly 820 million active internet users. 


More than half of these internet users 

are based in rural areas, where 

awareness of and the ability

to spot deepfakes, tends 

to be even weaker.

 

While there is no reliable data yet on whether AI tools 

are disrupting the integrity of democratic processes, 

India’s elections reflected future trends, especially 

given its size, scale, and digital exposure.

 

 

Source: Al-Manar English Website

 

 

Wow! A.I. generated fake news!

Puts ''C.I.A. machinations'' in

a totally new context, 

doesn't it?

 

What do you think?

 




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Asia Times: NATO leaders

unleash war in Europe

to stay in power

June 13th, 2024 

(source: Asia Times 

retold by InoTV)

 

The number of casualties on the Ukrainian side ---- is 

estimated at hundreds a day and battles are already 

routinely called meat grinders - because of the huge 

number of victims. Against this background, it's not 

surprising that Kiev does not have enough soldiers.

 

Ukraine has almost no reservists left who have not yet 

been activated. At the same time, the Russian reserve 

of trained fighters totals about half a million people.

 

However, Moscow's ultimate goal, as well as the 

strategy for achieving it, remains unclear. For 

example, information sometimes surfaced 

that the Russians wanted to create 

a "buffer zone" --- to protect their 

country's territory from attacks.

 

However, the concept of such a zone is also rather 

vague, since the use of long-range ballistic and 

cruise missiles contradicts it. And even if such 

a zone extends to the Dnieper, it does not 

guarantee the protection of the Crimea*.

 

NATO plans to supply Kiev with F-16 fighter jets, which, 

according to the AT, will be based in Romania. These 

combat aircraft will be equipped with AIM-120 air-to

-air missiles and JASSM long-range cruise missiles.

 

Given the location of these airfields ------ there is an 

assumption that fighters will strike at the Crimea*. 


This raises the question of whether Russia will 

have to destroy Romanian air bases, or will 

NATO back down and abandon the idea 

of using them?

 

It's no secret that Crimea* is a very sensitive topic for 

Russia, the publication admits. Recently, Ukraine 

launched massive strikes on the peninsula with 

long-range missiles. Various objects were 

damaged, including airfields & harbours. 

According to some reports, Kiev plans 

to make another attempt to destroy 

the Crimean Bridge.. soon.

 

Moreover, most of the missiles used are related to NATO 

supplies. These are mostly US-made weapons, and the 

targeting was carried out using data provided by the 

North Atlantic Alliance. NATO is working closely 

with Ukraine. Reconnaissance planes, long-

range radars, and satellite data are used.

 

AT emphasizes that the strikes on Crimea* have no real 

military purpose, since there is no fighting there. Kiev 

is simply trying to humiliate the Russians, but does 

not understand that the answer may be stronger 

than expected.

 

It is not excluded that Russia will stop tolerating and 

simply respond with brute force, attacking one or 

more large cities, like Kharkiv, Odessa, or 

even Kiev. 

 

The Western supply of weapons for Ukraine's needs is 

limited, and Russia has significantly more long-range 

missiles. In addition, Kiev does not have enough air 

defense systems to protect its cities.

 

In this case, the conclusion is that - at the moment -
NATO's strategy in Ukraine is to hurt Russia for the 

fact that Kiev is losing the war. Moreover, it seems 

that the alliance is even trying to intimidate the 

Russians that, if they win, they will pay a 

high price.

 

Perhaps Western military leaders believe that this way 

they will increase pressure inside Russia, and this will 

force it to retreat? But Moscow cannot be persuaded 

to stop its operations or consider a cease-fire in this 

way, because this would play into the hands of 

Ukraine, but not Russia.

 

The Russian response --- was not long in coming. They 

sent a message to Washington, in the form of Russian 

warships - and nuclear submarines in Cuba. However, 

it is not known whether the meaning of this message

 will reach the US elite. After all, everything indicates

 that because of the strikes on the Crimea*, Russia's

 patience may soon break, the publication is sure.

 

And the pressure inside Russia is only to increase the 

number of retaliatory attacks - on Ukrainian facilities. 

Such statements were discussed in private meetings 

during the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum.

 

And although Putin himself did not say anything like 

this out loud, nevertheless, according to the AP, the

 next level of Russian power does not hide its 

indignation and desire to respond to both 

Ukraine and NATO.

 

At this stage, there is another danger. Many European 

leaders, such as French President Macron, are losing 

political support at home. Against this background, 

they can risk a large-scale war, in order to 

''influence'' public opinion in this way.

 

Sending fighter jets and weapons to Ukraine can be 

interpreted as deliberately inciting war in Europe. 

And the fact that the United States is most likely 

behind the use of Romanian military airfields 

proves ---- that Biden is trying to save his 

extremely weak political position by 

unleashing a European war. 

 

Although on the other hand, no one will be surprised

 if Biden does not know anything at all.... and his 

caretakers have developed a "new strategy" 

for him, in order to - somehow - save his 

burning fifth point.

 

However, the NATO leaders..... are taking a big risk, the 

publication is sure. The alliance's defense capability is 

extremely weak today. In fact, they are putting the 

entire future of Europe, and indeed the Alliance, 

on the line - for the sole purpose of remaining

 in power.

 

At the same time there is no evidence that the people will

support a large-scale war. Rather, on the contrary, it will 

give vent --- to traditional anti-war sentiments. What is 

happening, dangerously... brings NATO closer to the 

fact - that the alliance will turn into an aggressor,

& this will be followed by an inevitable collapse.

 

* Crimea became part of Russia after the overwhelming 

majority of residents of the peninsula voted for it in
referendum on March 16th, 2014. InoTV)

 

 

The West - has always been aggressive

and greedy. Now, is the day of justice.

 

What do you think?




 

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US ''Defence'' Industry Struggles 

To Manufacture Basic Artillery 

For Ukraine

by Ahmed Adel 

June 10th, 2024

(SouthFront)

 

The United States arms industry is not producing the 

basic ammunition required to sustain support for 

Ukraine and Israel, Bloomberg reported.... on 

June 8th. This is an extraordinary situation, 

since Russia’s armed industry is booming

 despite facing major Western sanctions.

 

According to the outlet, the US defence industry gave 

priority to the manufacture of high-tech ammunition 

and halted the production of basic artillery such as

 155-millimetre ammunition -- the most used in the 

wars that are being fought today. The US is also 

facing a shortage of basic products, such as 

gunpowder or trinitrotoluene (TNT), to

 produce these munitions and have 

had to turn to other countries, 

such as Poland and Türkiye, 

to obtain supplies.

 

At some point an attempt was made to replace the 155-

millimetre ammunition with higher-tech projectiles on

 the battlefront in Ukraine, but the effort failed.... 

because the new weaponry was neutralised 

by the Russian military.

 

“Higher-tech shells that were intended to replace the 

traditional 155mm munitions failed an early test in

 Ukraine, when their targeting systems were 

thwarted by Russia,” Bloomberg reported. 

 

“The prospect that future wars could resemble the 

grinding combat taking place there has stirred 

fears that the US arsenal could someday be

 stretched to the breaking point.”

 

“The writing has been on the wall --- for a while,” Stacie 

Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense 

program at the independent and bipartisan Centre

 for a New American Security, told Bloomberg. 

 

“It has just taken the war in Ukraine to really shock 

Pentagon officials and members of Congress out

 of their complacency.”

 

Since the end of the Cold War in the 1990s, the Pentagon 

has divested or neglected facilities once used to

 manufacture everything from projectiles to 

gunpowder, focusing instead on 

transforming warfare with 

high-tech weaponry.

 

“What’s left is crumbling infrastructure, outdated 

machinery and a tiny workforce that can’t keep 

up with growing international demand,” the 

outlet highlights.

 

Before the special military operation in Ukraine, US 

production was 14,400 shells per month. Now, the

 US is spending more than $5 billion to overhaul 

aging factories across the country with the 

goal of producing 100,000 155mm shells

 a month...... by the end of next year.

 

As the agency stresses - it is a mobilisation that, 

due to its speed and breadth, is unlike anything 

since World War II.

 

As part of this effort, Congress has appropriated 

$650 million for a TNT production plant that will 

take two years to build --- according to Doug 

Bush, the Army’s top weapons buyer. And 

Washington ------ will have to finance 

the purchases... of whatever the 

renovated facilities produce, 

possibly for many years.

 

But, as Bloomberg noted ---- getting the money 

may also be the easiest obstacle to overcome.

 

“The US must bring old buildings up to snuff, build 

new ones, buy updated machinery, and hire and 

train workers. Environmental regulations stand 

in the way. And the Pentagon will need to 

ensure that plants can be run safely — 

munitions-making is prone to fires, 

explosions and other accidents,”

 the outlet noted.

 

Bloomberg concludes, “Boosting munition production is

 a costly and time-consuming business, and the US is 

playing catch-up -- at a time of growing tension in 

Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific region.”

 

Washington naively believed that the sweeping sanctions

 against Moscow would collapse the Russian economy 

and therefore its military operation against the Kiev

 regime. Instead, Russia not only overcame the 

sanctions but is now producing artillery 

shells at a rate that the West cannot 

keep up with.

 

It is recalled that Estonian Defence Minister Hanno 

Pevkur admitted in November 2023 that Russia 

was firing 70,000 rounds a day, meaning that 

an equivalent of a year’s worth of European 

production at the time, was fired by the 

Russian military every 10 days. 

 

The crippling shortage of artillery was also referred to 

by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov in 

January, who revealed that Ukraine was unable

 to fire more than 2,000 shells per day.

 

Due to a severe worldwide shortage of artillery shells, 

Western analysts admit Ukraine will likely be out-

gunned by Russia for at least the remainder of 

the year, but even with Kiev’s allies ramping 

up production, realistically Russia will hold

 the advantage for the duration of the war.

 

Even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy 

said recently there were no reports of artillery 

shortages, in an interview on May 21 with 

Reuters, he called on Western allies to 

speed up aid, saying every decision 

they’ve made on military support 

for Ukraine has been “late ---
by 
around one year.” 

 

Even in this most desperate stage of the war, from Kiev’s 

perspective, Zelensky cannot but be ungrateful and

 entitled, even when the West struggles to 

overcome its industrial failures, 

particularly since Russia’s 

military industry..... is a 

resounding success --- 

despite the sanctions.

 

 

Ahmed Adel is a Cairo-based 

geopolitics and political

 economy researcher

 

 

Nuclear it is then - which leads to

the question - will the absent

peace movent in the West,

mean that their people

are going to die with

both a bang --- and

a whimper?

 

What do you think?

 




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ICC arrest warrants:- How the 

international tribunal equates 

oppressors -- with oppressed

by Musa Iqbal

May 27th, 8:10am

(PressTV)


It was just last year that a rare event occurred uniting 

both imperialist parties within the United States: The 

International Criminal Court (ICC) sought an arrest 

warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for

 alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

 

Thrilled US lawmakers, hawkish pundits, liberal and 

conservative commentators, all hailed the

 International Criminal Court despite 

Russia and the US both not being 

subject to its jurisdiction.

 

It did not matter for the war profiteers in Washington. For 

them, the ICC – the Hague-based international tribunal 

dominated by Western influence that has historically 

only pursued African leaders - was willing to side 

with them against one of their primary 

geopolitical rivals, and thus its

legitimacy was upheld 

- without both parties 

being signatories to

 the Rome Statute. 

 

More than a year later, the same warhawks, who have 

during this time accumulated millions from war 

profiteering, are now prepared to slap ICC 

judges and prosecutors with sanctions 

and threaten the same legitimacy 

they hailed just over a year ago. 

 

On Monday, May 20, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan 

announced that he would seek arrest warrants 

for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 

and military affairs minister Yoav Gallant for 

crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. 

 

“We submit that the crimes against humanity charged 

were committed as part of a widespread and 

systematic attack against the Palestinian 

civilian population pursuant to State 

policy,” he stated.

 

Listing starvation, intentionally directing attacks 

against a civilian population, extermination, 

and “other inhumane acts as crimes 

against humanity” --- the ICC lead 

prosecutor built a case against

 the regime.

 

It came at a time when the illegitimate entity in 

Tel Aviv is grappling with both internal and 

external crises, having failed to achieve 

any of its military objectives in the 

besieged Palestinian territory.

 

However, in the same breath, the ICC prosecutor 

...also sought charges for three leaders of the 

Hamas resistance movement: Yahya Sinwar, 

Muhammad Deif, and Ismael Haniyeh - 

equating the oppressor.... with the 

oppressed, the genocidal regime 

with fighters who have the right 

to defend themselves.

 

While only two Zionist officials are being sought for 

arrest, the ICC has put three Palestinians on the

 list, ironically with the death toll in Gaza 

climbing to nearly 40,000 and 

an invasion of Rafah 

looking imminent.

 

By issuing arrest warrants for the heroic Al Aqsa Storm 

Operation on October 7, 2023, the ICC prosecutors are 

spitting in the face of the right to resist criminal 

occupation and aggression.

 

Any follower of the Palestinian cause knows that relying 

on international organizations is a path to nowhere - as
long as US hegemony exists. But that hegemony is 

declining. And it shows --- take note of the US 

political reaction to the arrest warrants 

against Netanyahu and Gallant.

 

Last month, US Congresspeople drafted a letter 

promising sanctions and other punitive actions 

if the ICC issues arrest warrants against

 Israeli regime officials.

 

Non-governmental organizations that tow the Washington 

political line also lashed out at the ICC, in order to 

discredit and delegitimize it. Again, a bulk of 

these organizations praised the ICC 

...whenever the target of arrests 

was a Washington-designated

target. There is no dearth of 

hypocrisy in Washington. 

 

In a statement, US President Joe Biden declared: 

“Let me be clear, we reject the ICC’s application 

for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders…

There is no equivalence between Israel

 and Hamas.”

 

Ironically, he is right - just for the wrong reasons. 

 

Occupation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide are not 

permitted within international standards and the 

so-called rule of law. However, resistance to 

occupation is a human right ------ that is 

mentioned by name under Protocol I 

of the Geneva Convention.

 

Indeed - there is no equivalence between the Israeli 

occupation and the Gaza-based resistance 

movement Hamas, or for that matter any 

other Palestinian resistance faction.

 

The ICC’s “both sides are wrong” defense --- is

commonly resorted to by Western neoliberals.

 

Seeking to absolve themselves of blame, the defense 

here chalks the blame up to Zionist leadership, while 

condemning the whole of Palestinian resistance.

 

Many analysts agree that Washington’s exit strategy 

from the Gaza genocide - the Biden administration 

cannot afford to continue with it in an election 

year - will be throwing Netanyahu under the 

bus, and chalking up the genocide to 

“bad leadership.”

 

The shamefulness of this defense goes to show that the 

institutions that were engineered by the West can only 

bend so much. The genocide in Gaza, which many 

have labeled the “live-streamed genocide,” has 

proved that if an international institution fails 

to acknowledge Israeli crimes, it will have 

no legitimacy at all in the eyes of the 

international public.

 

However, the imperialist architects of these institutions

 still wield influence - and they are exercising this

 influence in order to ensure that they still have

 the final say - no matter how messy it gets. 

 

Be that as it may, even imperialist influence cannot stop 

the global tide that is seemingly drowning the Israeli 

regime. Though Israel is no longer a signatory to 

the Rome Statute (which it left almost right after

 it initially signed it, disagreeing with population 

transfer as a war crime) - arrest warrants for its

 two top war criminals, if approved by ICC

judges, further solidifies its growing 

isolation globally.

 

Although international agencies cannot enter the Israeli 

occupation and arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, countries 

that are signatories to the Rome Statute are obliged to 

bring in criminals with arrest warrants - facing harsh 

consequences if they fail to do so.

 

Netanyahu and Gallant would be outcasts globally while 

simultaneously facing the wrath of Zionist settlers who 

are protesting weekly due to their failure to destroy 

Hamas and free Israeli captives.

 

Despite being the darlings of the West, some countries 

have expressed readiness to arrest the two Zionist 

regime officials if the arrest application is 

approved - including Norway - angering 

pro-Zionist cheerleaders and lobby 

groups across the West.

 

Meanwhile, resistance leaders Sinwar and Deif are

 in Gaza, fighting alongside the resistance in 

commanding positions - and Haniyeh is in 

Qatar, a country that is not a signatory 

to the Rome Statute.

 

All three of these esteemed men are not runaway 

criminals with no home - they are Palestinian, 

and they only wish to be in Palestine. An 

arrest warrant, though insulting, is the

 least of their concerns.

 

Victory for Palestine will not be won with a pen 

and a legal document ------ but with resistance.

 

We see the Palestinian resistance factions are still 

strong in the face of a genocidal onslaught while 

the very fabric of the settler-colonial Zionist 

society is torn apart.

 

Arrest warrants won’t change much. The reality on 

the battlefield alone will eventually determine the 

fate of Palestine and Gaza, and resistance has 

already prevailed there.

 

Musa Iqbal is a Boston-based researcher and writer 

focused on US domestic and foreign policy.

 

(The views expressed in this article don't 

necessarily.... reflect those of Press TV.)

 




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200 days of genocide: Palestinian

 resistance --- prevails over

 Israeli occupation

By Iqbal Jassat 

April 24th, 11:59am

 

Gaza’s killing fields, courtesy of the genocidal settler 

colonial regime in Tel Aviv, have now entered the 7th 

month, without any reprieve for the besieged 

territory of millions of people.

 

According to reports, 3,025 massacres have been 

perpetrated by the murderous regime between 

October 7, 2023, and April 23, 2024, with at 

least 42,510 innocent civilians mercilessly 

butchered, including 15,780 children, 

which includes those presumed 

dead under the rubble. 

 

On average, 212 people have been killed per day, incl. 79 

children and 50 women, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor 

reported on Tuesday, marking 200 days of the no-holds-

barred onslaught on Gaza.

 

Gaza government office also released a statement on 

Tuesday, sharing grim statistics of the 200 days of 

war. An estimated 7,000 are missing under the 

rubble and more than 76,000 are injured.

 

Most of the public infrastructure has been destroyed in 

the besieged strip, including 70 percent of residential 

properties, all universities, and 33 out of 36 hospitals.

 In the occupied West Bank the Israeli army and 

settlers have killed 486 Palestinians and 

injured more than 4700 in the past 

200 days.

 

In addition, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu's evil 

famine strategy has formed part of his war cabinet's

 tactic to starve to death millions of Palestinians.

 

To compound the apartheid regime's criminal conduct,

 the corruption-laden Netanyahu falsely implicated 

the UN agency for Palestinian refugees as aiding 

and abetting "terrorists", resulting in the 

suspension of funding and a halt

 of its humanitarian aid to 

Palestinian refugees. 

 

Sadly, baseless allegations against UNRWA saw a 

shameful rush by Western governments to cut 

$450m funding at a time when "people were 

dying in droves", as described by

news media. 

 

Months later, however, the world is now told.. 

that Israeli allegations have not been proven.

 

An inquiry – a rigorous one - led by former French foreign 

minister Catherine Colonna, supported by three well-

respected research institutes, concluded that there 

was no evidence for the claim that significant 

numbers of UNRWA employees have Hamas 

or Islamic Jihad ties.

 

That this decisive conclusion by the Colonna inquiry 

refutes Israel's false claims, it is left to be seen 

whether Western governments will revert to 

funding UNRWA, thus striking a blow to 

Netanyahu’s malicious war aims. Or 

will they continue to drag their feet,

 as is the case now? 

 

Israeli genocidal war on Gaza launched on Oct. 7 last year 

completed 200 days on Tuesday, leaving behind a trail of 

death, destruction, displacement and starvation.

 

If they fail to recommence funding, Palestinians may not

 be faulted for believing that the West remains hostage 

to the Netanyahu regime's lies and vengeful genocide. 

 

Concurrently another significant report has been issued 

castigating Israel’s bloody assault on Gaza’s medical 

institutions and the denial of healthcare. The author

 is a South African doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng, the 

UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. 

 

In her scathing report, Mofokeng emphasized her difficulty

 in gathering data on the number of people needing 

medical evacuation due to the destruction of 

civilian infrastructure.

 

But she has been absolutely clear that the world 

is witnessing “genocide” in Gaza.

 

"Not only is Israel causing irreparable harm against 

Palestinian civilians with its bombardments, but it 

and their allies are also knowingly & intentionally 

imposing famine, prolonged malnutrition, and 

dehydration,” she was quoted as saying.

 

At a press conference in Geneva, Mofokeng did not mince 

her words when she said that as a practicing medical 

doctor, she bears witness, that the very practice of 

medicine is under attack. 

 

"This has been a war on the right to health and underlying 

determinants of health. The healthcare infrastructure in 

Gaza has been completely obliterated and the right to 

health has been decimated at every level,” she said.

 

"Not only is Israel killing and causing irreparable harm 

against Palestinian civilians with its bombardments,

 it and their allies are also ...knowingly and 

intentionally, imposing famine, prolonged

 malnutrition, and dehydration."

 

Interestingly, students at many US universities, including 

the prestigious Columbia University, have emerged as a 

potent force demanding an end to complicity in Israel's 

war on Gaza. 

 

They have been protesting for days on their campuses 

despite the heavy-handedness of US police.

 

Professor Sami Al-Arian's observation about these raging 

protests on university campuses across the country 

sums it up perfectly:

 

“What's happening across US university campuses is 

unprecedented. I lived four decades in the US --- 28 

years of which were in academic settings. During 

my time, it was a very challenging struggle to 

present an anti-Zionist narrative,” he wrote 

in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

 

“But the passion, courage, humanity, creativity, and 

determination displayed these days by students 

across US campuses make me proud. The 

Zionist grip on US society is weakening 

and waning.”

 

By all accounts, it is abundantly clear that despite various 

attempts by the apartheid regime to garner and maintain

 global support for its terrorism in Gaza, it has turned 

out to be a dismal failure. 

 

Indeed, enormous resources allocated by Israel to

 overwhelm news coverage of the horrendous 

genocide from the false perspective of 

"Israel's ''right'' - to defend itself from 

terrorism", has been a fundamental

 pillar of Netanyahu’s goal to 

remain in power. 

 

As author Ralph Nader points out, throughout history, 

military empires have reduced their victims, their 

subjugated, and their abducted to a state of 

“The Others.” The political & mass media

institutions usually follow suit 

by supporting their empire’s 

predatory policies with 

slanted coverage.

 

Remarkable therefore that alongside the armed resistance 

by Palestinian freedom fighters to withstand 200 days of 

relentless bombings, the images of Gaza’s devastation

 and eyewitness accounts by medics, journalists and 

displaced families, have not allowed the Zionist

 regime to escape global outrage. 

 

Iqbal Jassat is an executive member of Media 

Review Network, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

(The views expressed in this article ---- do 

not necessarily reflect those of Press TV)

 

 

Glory to those who pray work and struggle

for real peace --- peace with justice for all.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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Indonesia won't normalize with Israel 

because Indonesians won’t allow it

April 13th, 1:54pm

 by Dina Y. Sulaeman

 

In the last few days, Israeli media has been reporting 

about Indonesia mulling a normalization of relations 

with the Tel Aviv regime to fulfill the requirements

 for accession to The Organization for Economic 

Cooperation and Development (OECD), a 

neoliberal market-based alliance 

of countries.

 

The news - circulated at a dizzying pace on social media 

platforms and triggered a wide array of reactions from 

netizens worldwide, including in Indonesia. It wasn’t 

something they were expecting.

 

Indonesia's foreign ministry was quick to deny the reports 

in a midnight statement, saying that no such plan is in 

the offing. 

 

"I affirm that, as of now, there are no plans to establish 

diplomatic relations with Israel, particularly given 

Israel's actions in Gaza,” the ministry spokes-

person, Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, said.

 

Most people in Indonesia, I can vouch for, reject and 

condemn any plan that leads to the normalization

 of ties between the two sides or Jakarta’s 

recognition of the apartheid 

colonial entity.

 

Several notes can be taken from this frenzy. First, the 

behaviour of the Israeli media, citing anonymous 

sources, to report on Indonesia's plans to 

normalize relations with Israel. It has 

happened several times in the last 

few years.

 

Indonesia's foreign ministry has always denied such

 reports. It again denied it and then it was as if 

there was nothing more. There was no 

apology from the Israeli media, nor 

was there any criticism of the 

Israeli media from the

 Indonesian side.

 

This time, the news about Indonesia’s so-called 

normalization coincided with simmering 

regional tensions in the wake of Iran's 

vow to retaliate against the Israeli 

bombing of its consulate 

in Damascus.

 

Bombing a country's diplomatic mission is a fatal 

violation of international law and can be equated 

with bombing the country's territory. From this 

perspective, Iran has every right to retaliate.

 

So, the situation turned extremely difficult for Israel. 

Many countries issued travel advisories for the 

occupied territories while Israeli regime 

officials frantically tried to get Iran to 

"not escalate."

 

The unspecified timing of Iran's retaliation.... has caused 

psychological torture for the Israeli regime and settlers.

 In conditions like these, rumours regarding Indonesia-

Israel normalization appear to have been deliberately 

circulated by the Zionist media to reduce tensions 

----- and divert world public opinion.

 

The second point is that Indonesia's support for Palestine 

is deep-rooted. This support predates Indonesia's

 independence, so it cannot be shaken so 

easily by the Zionist propagandists.

 

In 1934, when the Palestinians fought against the British 

(at that time, Indonesia was still colonized by the Dutch), 

the clergy in Indonesia collected donations from the 

people to help Palestine.

 

It is also recorded in history that a rich Palestinian 

businessman, Muhammad Ali Taher, in 1944 

donated a large amount of money to the 

struggle for Indonesian independence.

 

In history lessons at schools, our teachers often 

repeated the phrase: "Palestine was the first 

to recognize Indonesia's independence."

 

What it actually meant is that after the proclamation of 

Indonesian independence on August 17, 1945, the

 Indonesian diplomat, M. Zein Hassan, came 

to Egypt to promote recognition of 

that independence.

 

In order to support Hassan's efforts ----- a number of 

resistance figures in the Arab world based in Cairo 

founded Lajnatud Difa'i 'an Indonesia on October 

16, 1945, including General Saleh Harb Pasha, 

Secretary General of the Arab League and 

Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Chairman 

of the Palestine Committee.

 

The recommendation from the Lajnah was a resolution to 

support the Republic of Indonesia and an appeal to all 

countries, especially Arab and Islamic countries, to 

recognize the new republic.

 

After that, almost all the Arab countries recognized 

the Republic of Indonesia ----- one by one.

 

Apart from that, Indonesia initiated and hosted the Asia-

Africa Conference from 18 to April 24, 1955, the first 

conference of formerly colonized countries in the

 world whose main spirit was to liberate all the 

colonized people on earth.

 

Support for Palestinian independence was one of the 

dominant issues at this conference. Indonesia has a 

historical burden to maintain that spirit and fulfill
its 
promise of independence for Palestine.

 

The third point is, it needs to be acknowledged that 

there are indeed parties in Indonesia, both 

politicians and prominent figures, who 

are secretly establishing personal 

relations with Israel.

 

Indonesia's decision to submit a membership application 

to the OECD, an organization controlled by Western 

capitalist countries, instead of joining a new 

economic power that is far more promising 

for shared prosperity, namely BRICS, 

shows the dominance of the West

 in Indonesia's economic posture.

 

Membership in the OECD requires the consent of all 

members, including Israel. It is very possible that

 there are figures behind the scenes who are 

trying to normalize Indonesia-Israel for 

their interests ----- especially 

business interests.

 

However, they never expressed their intentions openly 

because it would be tantamount to political suicide. 

No politician in Indonesia would dare to commit 

suicide at this time when public sentiment is 

very strong in supporting Palestine and 

against Israel's genocidal crimes 

in Gaza.

 

Thus, it can be concluded that the rumours of 

normalization were Israeli propaganda that 

took advantage of the tendencies of a few 

parties behind the scenes -- but which 

immediately hit a wall of failure.

 

The Indonesian people will not allow that normalization

 to happen as Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, 

stated: "As long as the independence of the 

Palestinian people has not been handed 

over to the Palestinian people, the

 Indonesian people will always 

stand up ------ to challenge 

Israeli colonialism."

 

 

Dina Y. Sulaeman, is an assistant professor at the
International Relations Department, Universitas
Padjadjaran, Indonesia.

 

 

(The views expressed in this article..... do 

not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)

 

Indonesia has filed a lawsuit against Israel at the ICJ 

over the regime’s violations of international law in 

the occupied Palestinian territories.



I remember when a CIA coup in Indonesia
resulted in every commited patriotic
communist and socialist... being
taken to a police station ---
and then slaughtered.

I bet the Indonesians remember that too.

What do you think?



 

_______________________________________________




Zionist regime will drown in the
blood
 of Haniyeh’s children
and other Palestinians

by Wesam Bahrani

April 11th, 10:47am

 

The cowardly killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s 

three sons and four grandchildren in Gaza only 

exemplifies the fact that the murderous 

occupying entity is on a deathbed. 

 

The latest diabolic crime committed by the apartheid 

regime first and foremost shows its desperation and 

hopelessness and its inability to achieve any of the 

stated military goals it quite ambitiously outlined 

before embarking on the latest 

genocidal campaign. 

 

The regime was under the illusion that by assassinating 

the resistance leader’s family members, the Zionist

 entity might get some form of leverage at the 

negotiating table. 

 

If anything, Benjamin Netanyahu has made

 it harder for himself and his US masters. 

 

The leaders of many resistance groups in Palestine, have 

offered their sons and family members, as martyrs to the 

cause of liberating their land from the Israeli occupation. 

 

After receiving the news about the killing of his children 

and grandchildren on Wednesday night, Haniyeh 

appeared calm and composed, thanking God 

for the “honour” of bestowing martyrdom 

on his close family members. That’s

 the trait of great leaders.

 

He said almost every family in Gaza has paid a heavy price 

with the blood of their children in the past six months and 

before that, and he is only one of them.

 

Importantly, leaders of the Axis of Resistance in other 

parts of the region have also offered exemplary 

sacrifices for the greater cause, the bigger 

cause, against the aggressors. 

 

This shared legacy of sacrifice and martyrdom has only 

strengthened the steadfastness of the Axis of 

Resistance and its leaders, from Palestine,

to Lebanon, to Iraq, to Yemen. 

 

Among the most notable examples, is the son 

of Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement 

Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. 

 

18-year-old Hadi Nasrallah ---- was martyred by

the Israeli forces in 1997 in southern Lebanon. 

 

The important aspect here is the reaction and position 

of these resistance leaders when their sons or family 

members are killed by the Israeli occupation. 

 

Do they regret and repent? Do they grieve and complain?

 Does it become personal, and does that personal 

aspect make them succumb to pressure or 

give up on the cause? 

 

Unfortunately, for the apartheid Israeli regime and its 

delusional despots in Tel Aviv and Washington, the

 blood of all the resistance factions, their leaders 

and their sons and family members is the driving 

force that will eventually end the illegal and 

brutal occupation. 

 

One day, after the martyrdom of Hadi Nasrallah,

 Hezbollah’s Secretary-General delivered a 

thumping speech in which he explained 

how painful it was for him before, to 

visit the parents of the Lebanese 

resistance movement’s martyrs 

and look them in the eye. 

 

Hadi Nasrallah wasn’t the only one martyred by

 the Israeli occupation forces. Many more 

offered exemplary sacrifices. Hadi’s 

body, like those of others, was 

held by the Zionist entity. 

 

“I tell the families of the martyrs whose bodies 

remain captive --- that we also share this 

common feature now,” the Hezbollah 

chief said in September 1997. 

 

At the funeral service the same month, he added, “The 

martyrdom of Hadi is a message that the leadership of 

Hezbollah doesn’t leave aside its sons to enjoy the 

(post-occupation) future. When our sons head to 

the frontline, that is our pride, and when they 

are martyred, this allows us to hold our 

heads up high”.

 

Over the next three years, Hezbollah inflicted heavy

 battlefield casualties on the Israeli occupation, 

forcing it to withdraw from the Lebanese 

territory in 2000.... in humiliation. 

 

The Arab country regained its sovereignty, independence, 

security, and honour as a result of all the blood given by 

resistance fighters, founders, leaders, and their 

family members.

 

History is repeating itself. Now the resistance has grown 

in faith, determination as well as in military terms 

while the Israeli regime is reaching

 its dead-end. 

 

There is nothing the rogue, child-murdering Netanyahu 

regime can boast of after half a year of US-backed

 genocide in Gaza. The resistance has prevailed 

and the occupation has lost. 

 

The video that went viral showed the moment Haniyah 

(visiting wounded Palestinians at a hospital in Qatar) 

was informed, via a crying voice message on the 

'phone from Gaza--- about the killing of his three 

sons, three granddaughters and one grandson, 

without a scintilla of pain visible on the 

Hamas leader’s face --- is because this 

resistance, unlike the US and its 

proxy, has a clear vision for 

Gaza and Palestine. 

 

“God will rest their souls.” He nods his head. 

 

“Shall we end the visit?” an aide asks. 

 

“No, let’s continue” he responds. 

 

The strategy of the resistance is inked in the blood 

of its martyrs, which sends a clear message to the 

United States that it prefers martyrdom and 

dignity ----- over a life of humiliation.

 

“The enemy believes that targeting the families of the 

leaders will push them to give up the demands of our

 people,” Haniyeh said, putting up a tough front. 

 

“Anyone who believes that targeting my sons will push 

Hamas to change its position is delusional,” the 

Hamas leader hastened to add.

 

This has been the position of all resistance groups and 

their leaders in West Asia for more than four decades

 now. The principles of the cause overshadow

 personal considerations. 

 

The people of Gaza are indeed the most 

oppressed people on the planet

 right now. 

 

Yet the disinformation campaign by mainstream Western 

and some regional media that the Hamas leadership is

 enjoying a life of luxury in exile, is aimed at 

discrediting the resistance.

 

Has the same media forgotten, so quickly, that Haniyah

 is among the millions of Palestinians who have been 

arrested and served time in Israeli jails, tortured

 and abused? 

 

Was he not on the ground in Gaza when it was blown to 

pieces many times before and the founders of Hamas, 

along with many of its senior leaders, were 

assassinated by the murderous 

Zionist regime? 

 

Was it, not Haniyah who emerged from a building in Gaza 

that had been razed to the ground by an Apache 

helicopter missile 20 years ago, holding the 

lifeless body of a toddler and carrying it

 in his arms to an ambulance?

 

Haven’t his three sons and four grandchildren 

in addition to some 70 other close relatives 

been killed in Gaza since October 7? 

 

Many Western leaders know the answers to these

questions. But exposing them would expose the

US-backed Zionist war crimes in the territory. 

 

Hamas leaders now living in exile spent the majority 

of their life on the ground in Gaza and witnessed

 firsthand the movement’s spiritual leader 

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s assassination

 in 2004 and that of the group’s 

co-founder ------ Abdel Aziz 

al-Rantisi, after Yassin. 

 

Many want the world to believe -- that the genocidal war 

on Gaza and the wider ethnic cleansing of Palestinians 

started when the clocks of Western mainstream 

media and their military-industrial complex-

affiliated analysts decided to start it 

on October 7. 

 

All the leaders of Palestinian resistance movements have 

sacrificed their family members over the past decades to 

free their country from its Nazi-like colonial rulers. 

 

In the case of Hamas, which is leading the negotiations on 

behalf of all the Palestinian resistance factions and 

people in Gaza, the group hasn’t been deterred by 

US-made bombs to relinquish its demands for a

 permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of all 

occupation forces from the entire strip 

and a return of all the displaced 

Palestinians to their homes. 

 

All the signs indicate that no level of ignorance on behalf

of the US and its illegitimate proxy regime in West Asia

will make the group climb down from its 

negotiating position. 

 

The prayer of the dead has been read over the bodies of

 Haniyah’s sons in Gaza, just like they were read for 

more than 33,300 others... in harsh conditions. 

 

The path to liberating occupied al-Quds and al-Aqsa

 Mosque is a marathon, not a sprint. But the finish

 line is within reach and will be crossed by the

 resistance, their leaders, and their 

family members. 

 

 

Wesam Bahrani - is an Iraqi 

journalist and commentator.

 

(The views expressed in this article..... do 

not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)

 

 

I believe this moment shows

who loves --- and who is a

liar, thief and murderer.

 

Which... are you?

 




_______________________________________




Wounds Left -- by NATO Attack on 

Yugoslavia Persist After 25 Years

March 26th,  2:22pm 

(teleSUR)

 

On March 24, 1999, North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

(NATO) started an aerial bombing campaign against 

Yugoslavia without the authorization of the United 

Nations Security Council (UNSC). 

 

During the 78-day bombings, Serbia lost thousands 

of policemen, soldiers, and civilians, and suffered 

immense damage to its transport and 

energy infrastructure.

 

Among NATO's targets were houses and apartment 

buildings, schools, hospitals, even kindergartens, 

while the weapons deployed included missiles 

containing depleted uranium & cluster bombs.

 

Three Chinese reporters, including one from 

Xinhua, were killed - during bombardments 

against the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

 

Serbian people mark March 24 as Remembrance Day for 

the Victims of NATO Aggression by laying wreaths or 

framed photos of their loved ones whose lives have

 been taken either directly by NATO's projectiles or 

indirectly by chaos and ethnic conflict, largely 

instigated by NATO.

 

This year, the ceremony of the remembrance day was held 

at the main square of Prokuplje, a city some 250 km south 

of Belgrade, in the presence of President Aleksandar 

Vucic, government officials, policemen, soldiers,

 and thousands of civilians.

 

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

 

Verica Tomanovic, president of the Association of Families

of Kidnapped & Missing Persons in Kosovo and Metohija -
recalled the arduous journey of hundreds of families. 

 

Representing 570 families -- who are still pining for their 

loved ones, her life journey over the past 25 years has 

been an unrelenting quest for truth and justice.

 

"Every passing day becomes heavier," said Tomanovic. In 

a poignant retelling of her personal tragedy, she shared

 the story of her husband Andrija, a dedicated doctor, 

and head of the surgical department in Pristina, 

whose life was abruptly halted by abduction.

 

"The assurances of NATO officials... about safety and 

security crumbled as violence engulfed the region. 

People were targeted and killed on the streets 

based on ethnic affiliation," recalled 

Tomanovic, her voice filled

 with sorrow.

 

Despite promises of protection, her husband became 

a victim of the conflict, abducted in broad daylight 

while bystanders, including NATO soldiers,

 looked on.

 

"He was a man of deep empathy," she said, explaining how

 her husband stayed at his post, out of dedication to his 

profession. The abduction of her husband, amidst the 

chaos following the NATO intervention, remains an

 open wound. With each passing year, the 

pain deepens.

 

Verica Tomanovic's relentless quest for truth --- has led her 

to the doors of international institutions, seeking answers 

that seem perpetually elusive. "We demand that the truth 

be uncovered," she said, clutching letters addressed to 

world leaders.

 

She mourns the absence of humanitarian rights, in Kosovo 

and Metohija, where, despite tireless appeals to domestic 

and international bodies, answers remain beyond reach, 

"without exhumations, without identification, 

without accountability."

 

Standing amidst walls - adorned with the faces of hundreds 

of kidnapped or missing individuals, including her husband 

Andrija, her determination remains unwavering after a

 quarter of a century. "We have the right to know

 the truth," she said.

 

TOXIC LEGACY

 

With similar unwavering determination, Srdjan Aleksic, a 

lawyer from Nis, leads the charge in seeking redress for 

the victims of depleted uranium contamination, a

legacy of warfare ---- that has left a trail of 

devastation in its wake.

 

Born in Bustranje, a village nestled within the Presevo 

municipality, Aleksic's personal connection to the 

plight of his community runs deep. His mother, 

relatives, and neighbours succumbed to the 

ravages of cancer ------ a consequence of 

depleted uranium exposure during the 

78 days of relentless bombardments.

 

For Aleksic, the pursuit of justice transcends legal 

advocacy; it is a deeply personal crusade. With 

over 4,000 individuals seeking solace and 

restitution --- through his legal counsel, 

Aleksic stands as a beacon of hope 

for those afflicted by the 

silent killer.

 

There were two analyses conducted in Turin, Italy, which 

confirmed that Colonel Dragan Stojcic of the Serbian 

Army and Ksenija Tadic --- have 500 times more 

depleted uranium in their bodies than in

 any other person, Aleksic said.

 

Colonel Dragan Stojcic, a respected member of the 

Serbian Army, tragically died from three types of 

cancer, underscoring the dire consequences 

of the toxic legacy.

 

Collaborating with legal counterparts in Italy, where 

landmark judgments have been handed down over 

the illness of Italian peacekeepers, who spent 

time in Kosovo, Aleksic aims to replicate 

their success --- in Serbia.

 

"If we have in Italy --------- 400 cases with final, confirmed 

judgments, where they managed to prove the causality, 

and this was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Italy - 

why wouldn't we do the same in Serbia?" said Aleksic.

 

The use of depleted uranium is a war crime against 

civilians, said Aleksic. With its enduring half-life of

 4.5 billion years, the toxic legacy of depleted 

uranium continues to cast a shadow over

 future generations.

 

CRIPPLED INTERNATIONAL LAW

 

"It's evident that on that fateful day ------ justice was 

undermined, and fairness was compromised," said

 Milos Vucevic, Serbian deputy prime minister and 

minister of defense, during the international 

conference "From Aggression to New Just 

Order" held in Belgrade, on the occasion 

of the 25th anniversary of the bombing.

 

"From the onset of terrorist attacks and NATO aggression 

to the present day ------ we've witnessed numerous

 humanitarian catastrophes - stemming from 

the pursuit of power and the delusion of 

one's supremacy, a delusion that 

disregards eternal truths --- 

namely, that justice will 

inevitably prevail," 

he said.

 

Speaking at the conference, Nikola Selakovic..... minister in 

charge of veteran affairs condemned NATO intervention as 

"a crime against the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia."

 

"The balance sheet of this entire period --- is marked by 

hundreds of killed, missing, hundreds of thousands of 

exiles and displaced persons, dozens of destroyed 

and burned churches and monasteries, crimes 

without punishment," said Selakovic.

 

Everything raises the question of whether the aggression 

that began on March 24, 1999, really ended on June 10 

of that year .....or is still ongoing, he added.

 

 

Col. Douglas McGregor - who often pontificates

on Youtube - used depleted uranium shells 

in Iraq - and swears that the evidence is 

''unconvincing'' that depleted uranium 

causes any harm...

 

I can forgive him... but what do you think?

 

 

 

_________________________________________




Gabbard: the truth about biolabs in 

Ukraine --- is equated to treason

in the US

March 26th, 2024

(source -- Tucker Carlson

Network retold by InoTV)

 

TULSI GABBARD, former U.S. Congressman: Over the past 

five years, it has become increasingly clear to me that 

many people, especially in the Democrat Party, 

particularly in Washington, do not value

 the constitution at all.

 

You know, I think that the last five years have played a key 

role. After all, if you look, for example, at what happened 

during COVID, as a starting point… At the federal and 

state and county levels, in many places, these 

people, having gained a little power, took 

advantage of the situation --- and they

continued to abuse their powers, 

so it was absurd.

 

It's absurd when they say: "For the sake of public safety, 

everyone should stay at home, you can't go to church, 

you can't even hold services in the open air, for 

example, in Hawaii on the beach. But if you're 

hosting a * it's above and beyond the public 

health and safety concerns we've 

discussed. So that's fine."

 

The politically motivated decisions that were made in the 

midst of "the greatest epidemic of our time," as it was 

called, in my opinion, opened many people's eyes to 

the fact that all this was just for the sake of power, 

and how little importance these people attached 

to such things as freedom, civil rights, and our 

ability to make our own choices.

 

Yes.

 

TULSI GABBARD: And ----- under the Biden and Harris 

administrations, the situation has only gotten worse. 

I'm talking about how they undermined the rule of 

law — and continue to undermine it to this day. 

About how readily they directly or indirectly 

censored, blacklisted --- and denigrated --- 

ordinary Americans across the country. If 

it so happens that you object to them — 

aboutCOVID or about other things… 

 

In my opinion, the reason Mitt Romney called me a 

"lying traitor" was my words that there are biolabs

in Ukraine funded by the United States, the US 

Department of Defense, and we need to take 

care of their security, because there are 

military operations. And what neither 

we nor the world really needs is a 

leak from these biolabs -- which 

could pose a threat to people. 

It was perceived...

 

I should note that these were not your guesses…

 

TULSI GABBARD: No.

 

In any case, this was confirmed publicly: Deputy Secretary

 of State Victoria Nuland voluntarily spoke about it in the 

Senate, in front of the cameras, answering a question 

from Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the current 

Republican senator.

 

TULSI GABBARD: Yes. And this was written on the website 

of the Ministry of Defense. It spoke about the long history 

of funding these laboratories, not only in Ukraine, but 

also in many other countries around the world.

 

Of course! Because US laws don't apply there! So they 

can… And this is clearly research in the field of 

biological weapons. But I don't think you said 

anything about that. You basically just

 repeated what the Undersecretary 

of State said in the Senate!

 

TULSI GABBARD: Yes.

 

And then a creature like Mitt Romney denounced

 you as a traitor to the motherland.

 

TULSI GABBARD: Yes.

 

What do you think of him? What's going on, why is he 

so committed to lying that he's willing to destroy 

your reputation?

 

TULSI GABBARD: He is part of the neoconservative and 

neoliberal establishment in Washington, which poses 

an immediate threat to our republic, our democracy, 

and our freedom, and because of which I decided 

to leave the Democrat Party. Seeing these people

… And yes, I understand that he is a Republican, 

but he took the same position as Hillary Clinton 

and many other Democrats ----- who don't care 

about our country.

 

That'sit all comes down to. They don't care about our 

country. I have asked Mitt Romney to respond, and I 

have sent him a legal letter demanding an answer 

regarding his allegations — for the very reason 

we discussed. After all, I am a serving officer

 in the US Army, and what he, as a US 

senator, accuses me of is a crime 

that is punishable by death. And 

if you make such accusations, 

as he made --- in the social 

network, which was then

 called Twitter, you better 

back them up with 

something!

 

In general, if you look at it from the outside, it is obvious 

that Mitt Romney is emotionally a child. He wasn't 

exactly a genius... In general, he is not a genius, 

let's just say. And at the same time, within the 

framework of our economy, he earned 

hundreds of millions of dollars. So 

what does this ---- actually tell us 

about --- our economy? How can 

such a person get so incredibly 

rich here? It turns out, that 

something is wrong at the 

system level, isn't it?

 

TULSI GABBARD: Yes. Yes. I think there's a whole, huge 

one here... This will probably be the subject of my next 

book. We are talking about a military industrial 

complex, but there is also a corporate 

industrial complex.

 

Definitely.

 

TULSI GABBARD: I am, of course, for capitalism,

 but when you see these monopolies...

 

Yes, this is not capitalism.

 

This is not capitalism at all. When you see how many 

small businesses are suffering because of excessive 

government regulation... And they (TULSI GABBARD: 

corporate industrial complex — InoTV) can afford to 

allocate millions, tens of millions of dollars to 

lobbyists, to provide services to politicians, 

so that they, in turn, create loopholes that

 would contribute to the prosperity of 

their business, while making a large 

part of small businesses in our 

country a bargaining chip...

 

Exactly...

 

TULSI GABBARD: ... and by destroying competition — the 

real competition on which capitalism is based, in fact,

real competition in our country. And that's why 

people like Mitt Romney have made so much

money here. This is the reason.

 

He's behaving so shamefully... It's hard to believe that 

there really is such a person... but it is there. So how 

did he end up reacting to your words?

 

TULSI GABBARD: He didn't react at all. 

His silence was...

 

He didn't react at all?

 

TULSI GABBARD:at all — not in terms of responding to 

my lawyer, not in terms of responding on Twitter, or 

in any other way... Which didn't really surprise me.

 

How dishonest is this behaviour.

 

TULSI GABBARD: Yeah, that's right. This is true. This is
true... I am so grateful — and I really consider it a 

privilege — for the opportunity to serve our 

country in uniform. April will be my 21st 

year of service. I am grateful for the 

opportunity to serve now, as a 

company commander - which 

allows me to work with the 

wonderful representatives 

of the American people...

from all over our country 

who love it to the core. 

 

The sacrifice is not small — and for those who are on 

active duty, and for those who are in reserve. And 

we are going to do this for a certain reason...

 

And it stems from our strong love for our country. And when 

such a person makes such accusations... this, of course, 

touches a nerve. And it's not just about me... The real

 reason I challenged him here is this... When people 

like Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton make such 

accusations, they call me a "traitor" or a 

"Russian agent"or a" Putin puppet.".. 

this isn't really about me... The 

point is in their message to all 

military personnel in our 

country ------- and to all 

Americans in general: 

 

"If you dare to criticize us, 

we will deal with you..."

 




and they do it by destroying

your reputation, so people

will shun you.

 

Good for Tucker allowing

her a platform... but will

it really help her?

 

What do you think?

 




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Russian lawmakers call on UN:
to 
hold NATO responsible for 

the bombing of Yugoslavia

March 20th, 1:24pm (TASS) 

 

The Russian Federation Council (the upper chamber of the

 parliament) adopted the address of the Russian Federal 

Assembly (parliament) to the UN, parliaments of the 

world, and inter-parliamentary organizations in 

regards to the 25th anniversary of the NATO 

aggression against Yugoslavia, calling it to 

condemn this illegal military operation -

 and bring the perpetrators to justice.

 

"The Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian

 Federation call on the United Nations, international 

parliamentary organizations and parliaments of 

foreign states to condemn the NATO military 

operation against Yugoslavia -- to counter 

the attempts to distort the historic truth

 about the tragic events of 1999 in the

 interest of the collective West ------ to 

take measures to bring the NATO

 member states to international 

legal responsibility for its 

aggression against the 

Federal Republic of 

Yugoslavia," the 

address says.

 

The lawmakers note --- ''that it is necessary to call things as

they are, in this case - ''a blatant violation of international 

law," which led to the destabilization of the Organization 

for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) --- and 

negatively affected relations between European 

countries." 

 

The Federation Council and the State Duma, expressed 

their deep concerns, over the continued attempts -----
to
 present the act of aggression against Yugoslavia 

as a peacekeeping operation to the international 

community ---- to forget the victims of NATO 

bombings, and to shift the responsibility

for initiating the wars in the Balkans, 

on to the Serbs.

 

"Between March and June of 1999, NATO member states’ 

barbaric missile and bomb strikes ------ against civilian 

infrastructure - including transportation and energy -

as well as industrial enterprises --- killed over 2,000 

Yugoslavian civilians, including dozens of children.

About 2,300 cruise missiles and 14,000 bombs 

were dropped on a small sovereign state - in 

the middle of Europe," Russian lawmakers 

noted.

 

They also noted that NATO troops used depleted uranium 

munitions en masse, which caused irreparable damage

 to the environment and caused a rise in cancer cases 

in the region. Furthermore, it is still impossible to
fully 
assess the scale of the ecological
catastrophe, the
 document says.

 

The lawmakers believe that the impunity of NATO strikes 

at Yugoslavia created conditions for new force actions 

around the world under the guise of fighting "for the

values of ...freedom and democracy."

 

"The collective West’s conviction of its own impunity - and its 

right to decide the fates of other peoples and states - has 

led to the nurturing of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine, 

which, after the 2014 coup d’etat, embarked on a 

genocidal policy course --- against the Russian 

population - and towards imitating an armed 

conflict in this country," the document says.

 

 

Yes, Clinton was not just a sleazy criminal

at home, but an unrepentent war criminal

abroad ----- what do you think, should be

his fate?

 

 

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Ahead of Japan -- how Russia can
become -- 
one of the four largest
economies 
in the world by 2030


by Vladimir Tsegoev &

Ksenia Chemodanova

March 14th, 6:38pm

(RT.ru)

 

In January 2024 --- the Russian economy grew by 4.6% at 

once, and weekly inflation has gone to zero since March, 

President Vladimir Putin said. According to him -- the

 observed trends create the basis for fulfilling the 

strategic tasks set for the authorities. 

 

Earlier, the head of state announced the launch of five new 

national projects: "Family", "Long and active life", "Youth 

of Russia", "Personnel" and "Data Economy". 

 

The implementation of these initiatives is expected to help

 improve the demographic situation and strengthen the

 country's technological sovereignty. In addition, 

Vladimir Putin stated the need to bring Russia 

from the 5th to the 4th place in the ranking 

of the world's largest economies --- 

by 2030. Experts also consider 

this goal achievable.

 

Since the beginning of 2024, Russia's economic growth has 

accelerated compared to 2023, while the rise in prices of 

goods and services in the country, on the contrary, has

 slowed down. This was announced on Thursday, 

March 14, by President Vladimir Putin at a

 meeting with the government.

 

"Inflation is stabilizing — in February it was 0.7%, in the 

first couple of weeks of this month, inflation went to 

zero. It is clear that in weekly terms, this is all very

 approximate, everything is volatile, but never-

theless it is as it is. The economy grew by 

4.6% in January. GDP growth last year 

was 3.6%. In general --- it is very 

satisfactory, a good indicator," 

Putin said.

 

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, strong

 growth is observed in most industries. For example, 

construction work in January increased by 3.9%

 in annual terms, the volume of paid services to 

the population - by 6.2%, the manufacturing

 industry - by 7.5%, and wholesale and 

retail trade - by 9.1%. At the same 

time, the unemployment rate 

fell from 3% to 2.9%.

 

The observed dynamics give reason to believe that all the 

previously announced strategic plans of Russia for the

 coming years are feasible, Vladimir Putin believes. 

For this purpose, according to the Russian 

leader, the country has created a 

"fairly stable base".

 

"Specific goals are set in the field of demography, 

healthcare, education, upbringing of children 

and youth, and personnel training. Specific 

tasks are outlined -- to strengthen the 

country's technological sovereignty 

and create new digital platforms, 

improve the cities, and rural 

settlements --- and develop 

transport, and other infra-

structure..... We need to 

start this immediately" 

the Head of state 

stressed.

 

Recall that on February 29, as part of his address to the

 Federal Assembly, the president announced the launch 

of five new national projects: "Family", "Long and 

active life", "Youth of Russia", "Personnel" and 

"Data Economy". 

 

These initiatives, are aimed at raising the birth rate
and increasing the average life span of Russians, 

supporting the younger generation, as well 

as combating labour shortages, and 

creating digital platforms ------ in
key 
sectors of the economy.

 

These new national projects have a pronounced social

 character - and are mostly designed to help Russia 

overcome the demographic crisis. This point of 

view was expressed in an interview with RT 

by Georgy Ostapkovich, director of the 

Centre for Market Research at the 

HSE Institute for Statistical 

Research and Knowledge

 Economics.

 

"Our population decreases by 500-600 thousand people

every year. Therefore, the main funding in social 

programs is directed to demography, fertility, 

education.. and healthcare. Human capital 

is the foundation --- of economic growth. 

A highly competent & healthy person, 

of course -- will create innovations, 

apply new management schemes, 

which will have a positive impact 

on the economy," the specialist 

explained.

 

At the same time, along with investments in human capital, 

the country's authorities plan to pay special attention to 

the development of artificial intelligence in the coming 

years. Head of the Ministry of Economic Development
Maxim Reshetnikov, said 
yesterday, today... Russia is
already 
among the top 10 leading countries in terms
of computing power ----- and 
the overall level of AI 

implementation in priority areas of the economy
--- 
exceeds 31%.

 

The technology itself, according to the Minister, makes it 

possible to increase labour productivity - by optimizing 

processes, reducing costs -- and improving product 

quality. This --- in turn --- also helps to solve the 

problem of personnel shortages, 

Reshetnikov is sure.

 

"The main thing now ---- is to maintain the trend towards 

the introduction( of AI. - RT), to ensure mass use and 

replication of the technology in industries. Due to 

its scale, this is the government's task," the 

head of the Ministry of Energy added.

 

"Moving forward is inevitable"

 

In addition to the implementation of five new national 

projects - Vladimir Putin previously outlined to the

authorities, another strategic goal for Russia — 

to be one of the four largest economies in the 

world -- in terms of purchasing power parity 

(PPP) - in six years. The government also 

considers achieving this goal feasible - 

as First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey 

Belousov said, at a meeting with 

the president.

 

"The Russian economy ------ ranks fifth in terms of gross 

domestic product.. in terms of PPP. Our calculations 

show, that Russia can become the 4th economy in

 the world, ahead of Japan, provided that growth

 remains stable... at least 2% per year, with a 

gradual acceleration to 3%, by the end of

 the period. In total for the period up to

 2030, the country's GDP should be 

increased by about 20%," 

Belousov said.

 

According to him, it is possible to achieve the intended

result ------- at the expense of five mechanisms. These

include... increasing labour productivity, increasing 

investment, increasing non-primary exports in the 

markets of friendly countries, supporting small 

and medium-sized businesses ----- and 

developing import substitution.

 

Let's explain: GDP at purchasing power parity is the total 

value of all goods and services produced, calculated by 

taking into account differences in the level of prices 

and exchange rates in different countries. It is 

believed that this indicator better reflects

 the real situation in the economy.

 

"Simply put, the indicator shows how many units of the

 same product can be bought in each country for the

same amount, for example, for a dollar. This is a 

relative indicator that reflects the availability 

of goods and services to the population -- 

based on their income. Leading world 

economists use it to assess the real 

picture of the quality of life of the 

population" ------ Andrey Loboda, 

economist, & communications

director at BitRiver, explained

 to RT.

 

According to the World Bank, from 2016 to 2020, China, the

US, India, Japan and Germany, continuously remained the 

5 largest economies in the world in terms of PPP, while 

Russia occupied only the sixth line. However, in 2021,

 the Russian Federation was able to bypass Germany 

and has recently been closing the gap with Japan.

 

"Today, Russia is the fifth largest country in the world, and

 further progress is inevitable. We can indeed become the 

4th, but this will depend not only on the growth of our 

economy, but also.... on the situation in Japan. If, in 

addition to the objectively slowing growth of the 

economy in Japan... interest rates also start to 

rise, then next year the country can definitely 

expect at best stagnation, and at worst — a

recession. Russia needs to take advantage

of this," Loboda said.

 

 

If I was a relatively young man,

I would join the increasing 

numbers of Westerners

moving to Russia.

 

What do you think? 

 

 

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Fearful Electioneering ------- Turbo 

Charges Western Warmongering

March 8th, 2024

(strategic-culture.su Editorial)

 

Western political leaders, are digging a 

deeper hole for their eventual collapse.

 

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Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su

 

Western states are facing an acute political crisis,

 whereby their established governing parties and 

leaders are fighting for survival amid a grave

 loss in legitimacy in the eyes of 

their electorates.

 

In the United States, incumbent President Joe Biden

is vying for reelection in November with historically 

the lowest poll numbers ever, for an occupant of

 the White House.

 

Meanwhile, across the EU, governing parties and 

leaders are braced for a drubbing from the

parliamentary elections in June.

 

The roots of this unprecedented loss of legitimacy among 

Western political establishments are manifold. But surely 

one cause is the rank hypocrisy of Western leaders that 

has now been laid bare. How can political figures 

expect to have any moral authority when they 

are seen to be inveterate liars and 

shamelessly corrupt?

 

Western governments and their servile media lecture about

 “democracy”, “human rights” --- and upholding “law and 

order”. They claim to be motivated by such principles 

in their support of Ukraine against alleged Russian 

aggression. Yet these same governments - are 

complicit in the genocide of Palestinians in 

Gaza - through their unwavering support

 for the Israeli regime.

 

Western leaders have been fatally exposed and 

compromised by the conflict in Ukraine and 

Gaza. The contradiction - is terminal.

 

That’s not just because of the blatant double standards 

& duplicity. Western voters are increasingly disgusted 

by the relentless financial and military support 

funneled into Ukraine to prop up a scamming

 regime comprised of NeoNazi ideologues.

 

Under Joe Biden - and the incumbent European politicians, 

the West has flooded Ukraine with weapons and hundreds 

of billions of dollars in what is the biggest war racket ever.

 

This is while Western populations, workers, farmers, and 

businesses are hard-pressed with numerous social and 

economic burdens.

 

Western governing parties are rightly seen as elitist and

 serving powerful minority oligarchic interests such as 

the military-industrial-corporate-financial nexus. 

Their declared vows about democracy are a 

contemptible joke.

 

The war in Ukraine is increasingly understood by voters to 

be a disastrous proxy war of choice - that was pushed by 

U.S. and Western imperial objectives to confront Russia.

 

Despite the squandering of public money to propagate the 

war, the U.S.-led NATO axis has lost its “great game”. The

 proxy war has devastated Ukraine, causing up to 500,000

 military deaths in two years, as well as destabilizing the 

rest of Europe from increased migration, fiscal impact, 

deindustrialization, and the shattering of 

agricultural industries.

 

Western populations are furious with their political leaders

 for having inflicted such chaos and waste of resources –

 as well as wantonly provoking tensions in international 

relations with Russia. Western politicians have pushed 

the world to the brink of an all-out war between 

nuclear powers. All this crazed folly, is based 

on utter lies and deception  ---- as the horror 

of Gaza and Western complicity illustrates.

 

In this cauldron of electoral revolt, Western political 

leaders are only digging a deeper hole for their 

eventual collapse.

 

US President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address 

this week -------- made a disingenuous pitch to voters. He
portrayed the world as facing an existential crisis from

 Russian “tyranny” and simultaneously claimed the 

fate of US democracy was under threat from his 

election rival Donald Trump.

 

In a dangerous, and desperate move, Biden is conflating 

Trump with alleged Russian aggression. The Democrat 

president is fighting for his political survival against 

Republican presumptive nominee Trump primarily 

because Biden is so deeply unpopular among 

US citizens. To boost his election prospects, 

Biden is making out that the country is 

facing an “inflection point” - that 

requires a rejection of Trump 

because he is “bowing 

down” to Russia.

 

Trump and many within the Republican Party 

are opposed to continuing the proxy war in 

Ukraine, recognizing that it is futile.

 

Biden and the Democrats, who are more aligned with the 

U.S. foreign policy establishment, are therefore trying to 

make the election about an existential “defense of 

world democracy and peace”.

 

 Biden claimed in his State of the Union address - that if the 

U.S. does not supply Ukraine with another $60 billion more 

in military aid then Russia will overrun the rest of Europe.

 Biden even invoked the memory of Roosevelt 

supposedly facing down Nazi Germany 

in 1941.

 

Meanwhile, in Europe, the same warmongering high-stakes 

ruse --- is being pushed by French President Emmanuel 

Macron. Macron, is calling for the deployment of NATO 

ground troops in Ukraine to prevent a Russian victory 

and an alleged threat to the rest of Europe.

 

The French head of state has become almost hysterical in 

recent weeks with war talk. He told other French political 

leaders this week that there would be “no limits” to 

France’s support for Ukraine against Russia.

 

What’s lying behind Macron’s belligerent rhetoric are his 

fears of political defeat --- from opposition parties in the 

forthcoming EU parliamentary elections. It is not just 

Macron who is anxious. All incumbent European 

leaders are dreading an expected widespread

 revolt by the electorate.

 

That is why the French president and his ruling-class ilk

 like European Commission President Ursula von der 

Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are 

seeking to dominate the public narrative 

with war talk and the alleged danger 

of Russian expansionism.

 

The irony is that the more the Western establishments

 pursue militarism and war in Ukraine, the worse their 

states become from economic mismanagement, and 

the more their legitimacy sinks into the gutter. They 

are seen more and more as a warmongering clique

 that has not a shred of ethical concern because 

of their reckless warmongering in Ukraine and 

their despicable complicity in the genocide

 in Gaza.

 

Elections in Western states are over-rated. As the saying 

goes, if voting changed anything ------ it would have been 

banned -- years ago. The array of current opposition 

figures and parties facing incumbents is not going

 to deliver any solutions to the endemic problems 

of Western systemic failure. Nevertheless, the 

forthcoming U.S. presidential election and the 

European parliamentary ballots are shaping 

up to deliver grievous blows of repudiation 

to the political establishments.

 

To offset the political doomsday, charlatan Western leaders

 like Biden, Macron, Scholz, and Von der Leyen are doing

 their last-ditch best to talk up war with Russia and the 

“threat to democracy” -- as a way to burnish their 

electioneering efforts. But such cynicism is not 

turbocharging their prospects. It will backfire.

 

The U.S.-led NATO proxy war in Ukraine is facing an 

historic debacle.. from defeat. But that makes the 

desperate reaction by Western incumbents 

scurrying for political survival, a 

dangerous time --- in the next 

few months.

 

 

Break out the popcorn!

Exciting times, I think..

 

How about you?

 

 

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3 scenarios - for the 

future of Ukrainians

March 6th, 6am

(Vesti.ru)

 

Viktor Medvedchuk, Chairman of the Council of the 

Other Ukraine movement, discusses possible 

future scenarios for Ukraine, in his column

for the We Are Watching media platform.

 

"Today, the forecast of the future of Ukrainians is 

connected not only with Ukraine, but also with 

the future configuration of the entire political 

architecture in Europe, the global security 

system, and therefore it is extremely 

important to make it.'' 

 

''At the same time, there is no need to guess on coffee

grounds, because there are economic, military and 

social processes that - if properly analyzed - will 

give us the most likely result, especially since 

there are only three possible scenarios, in 

our opinion.''

 

Ukraine – a military battering ram for Russia

 

''The scenario when Ukraine becomes for Russia about 

the same as Israel for the Arab world, has long been

implemented. Israel maintains a military presence 

of the collective West in the Middle East, for 

which it receives... generous funding. It is 

according to this scheme, that Zelensky

is building the future of Ukraine.''

 

''The scheme of interaction is quite simple – the West 

provides weapons and funding, Ukraine - soldiers 

and bridgeheads -- for the offensive. As in the 

case of Israel, a complete military takeover 

of its neighbours, is not expected. They 

just need to create problems, weaken 

them and force them to be compliant 

with the envoys of the West ---- who 

play the role of "good policemen".'' 

 

''It is this role that Biden is now hypocritically playing 

when he tries to "reason" with the "intractable" 

Netanyahu. All this - is nothing more than

 a cheap concert - for the public.''

 

''Zelensky's criminal regime has accepted this scenario, as 

the only one and a working one, but the problem is, that it 

has confused Ukraine with Israel. The provocateur state 

should be much smaller than modern Ukraine, much

smaller, even with the loss of territories today. It's 

all about the economy: a huge Ukraine cannot 

always be kept on the balance sheet of the 

West, it will be rational to have only a few 

regions. In this case, Western assistance 

will be sufficient -- to fulfill the tasks of 

destabilizing the region.''

 

''Therefore, the loss of territories in this scenario is a natural

process. Zelenskiy needs more soldiers, weapons, and 

finances to hold onto vast swathes of Ukraine. In Kiev, 

they really believe that the resources of the US and 

NATO are unlimited, and they do not understand 

why they are given so little. And, in the West, 

sober heads understand that the politicians 

have miscalculated ---- and that the funds 

invested in Zelensky will never pay off.''

 

''Zelensky acts like a typical post-Soviet rogue manager – 

he defended the project, received funding, and doesn't 

understand..... why any result is required of him. 

Zelensky's task is not to win on the battlefield,

especially not to defend his country, but to 

raise money around the world and get 

hysterical if they don't give, or don't 

give enough.''

 

''This whole scenario ----- is untenable either economically,

militarily, or politically. Economically, it implies eternal 

endless financing by the collective West of Ukraine - 

which is simply impossible due to the fact that the

war undermines the economy. In the US, they

realized this ----- and are trying to push the 

burden of financing the war onto the EU: 

ideally, to incite Germany or France to 

attack Russia.''

 

''But if financing Ukraine, is a heavy burden for the US, then 

the EU will not be able to fund it, even if Washington orders 

it. The lion's share of the EU's economic growth has been 

built on economic cooperation with Russia. Now none of 

this is happening, Europe is weakening.... losing its 

competitiveness and markets.''

 

''The situation is even worse militarily. Israel confronts

countries --- that do not have a developed military-

industrial complex, especially nuclear weapons.

And Russia --- has both an advanced military-

industrial complex --- and a modern army.''

 

"If we are strong with weapons, we will not lose this war. 

We will win," Zelensky said, "Because all Putin's steps
back, daily steps back, will definitely have a big
impact 
on his society. And then he will think
about internal 
security." 

 

''Such rhetoric has a lot of flaws. First, Zelensky himself, is 

taking steps back, since the counteroffensive has turned 

into a retreat. Secondly, Russia has its own weapons, 

but Ukraine does not, so it is necessary to beg for 

them somewhere and have an eternal shortage 

of them. And, third, it's time for Zelenskiy to 

think about internal security himself --- as 

the scandal with his presidential powers 

is brewing, mass discontent of the 

military and civilians, and his 

rating -- is rapidly falling.''

 

''Politically, Zelenskiy has nothing to offer - but war. Neither 

the EU, nor NATO, nor our own people. The 2019 elections

showed that the Ukrainian people do not need a war

president. But Zelensky, did not have the will, 

intelligence, or professionalism to become 

a president of the world. He understands 

---- that any peace will ruin his political 

career. And any war - ends in peace.''

 

Ukraine – part of Russia

 

''This scenario is also already being implemented - and

successfully. A fifth of Ukrainian lands went under
the control of the Russian Federation. In 2021
I wrote 
about this --- warning Zelensky,
who did not 
heed the advice:

 

"The very policy of a mono-national state implies the

surrender of citizens and territories. The policy of 

a mono-national state, cannot achieve the main 

goal, both at the current stage of the country's 

development and at future stages, namely, to 

"stitch" the country around a common idea,

to return regions.. that were not controlled 

by official Kiev -------- to convince (Russian

speaking) residents that Ukraine is their 

home and they are welcome here. And

in no way - is the construction of a 

mono-national state with militant 

Ukrainization, capable of 

returning Donbass to 

Ukraine, or Ukraine

to Donbass."

 

''Even then, it was clear that Zelensky would not return any 

territories, and he would still lose a lot of territories. But 

the loss of territories is an optimistic scenario for him, 

and a more realistic one --- is the complete and 

irrevocable loss of statehood.'' 

 

"As for the behaviour of this Kiev clique," Dmitry Medvedev 

said recently, "at least, this is short-sighted, because they

simply alienate some people, even those who were loyal 

to their government until recently. This looks monstrous 

--- because we are talking about countering the entire 

Russian culture --- and our common path. They are

demolishing monuments, and we did not even 

think of such a thing! Ukrainians -- with the 

exception of outright Nazis and Bandera 

members -- have always been treated 

with respect, in our country. I'm not 

even talking about the classics: 

Shevchenko, Lesya Ukrainka, 

or Gogol, who is one of the 

outstanding Russian & 

Ukrainian writers."

 

''And no matter what Western propaganda claims, the

Ukrainians in the new territories made their choice

in favour of Russia. The West accuses Russia 

of aggression, but it is in Russia that most

Ukrainian citizens seek salvation.''

 

''They are driven to Russia by the insane and criminal 

policies of the Zelensky regime, but once they 

become Russian citizens, they may well 

return home, because then they will 

not be threatened by this regime.'' 

 

''Therefore, if Ukraine ceases to exist on the map, it will 

be primarily the merit of Zelensky and his pack, who 

surrendered the interests of their country long 

before the fighting --- and continue to move 

unrestrainedly, in this direction.''

 

Last chance for Ukraine

 

''Russia constantly gives Ukraine a chance to survive as a 

state. So, the Permanent Representative of the Russian 

Federation, Vasily Nebenzia, at a meeting of the UN 

Security Council said: "I want to emphasize that 

it is still possible to preserve Ukraine in some 

form, but -- it should be a peaceful, neutral 

Ukraine, where there is no discrimination 

and Russophobia, where Nazi criminals 

are not glorified and from which there

is no threat to Russia. It is precisely 

to achieve these goals - that our 

SVO is directed."

 

"It is precisely to achieve these goals, that the goals
of 
our special military operation are aimed," the
diplomat 
continued.

''Therefore, the choice is up to the 
collective West 
---- whether we will need to 
fight to the end, or
common sense will 
prevail in Washington,
London and 
Brussels and at least they
will try 
to save something
from Ukraine.'' 

 

''Any conflict ends --- sooner or later. The same thing, we 

are sure, awaits the conflict in Ukraine. Of course, the

 longer it drags on, because of Kiev's Western policy, 

the more unfavorable the peace conditions will be
-
 for Ukraine."

 

''Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an

interview with Tucker Carlson, said that Zelensky 

may well talk about peace with him. And what 

about Zelensky? He said it was impossible. 

He foolishly failed to realize that he was 

crossing out the possibility --- not of 

negotiating with Russia --- but 

Ukrainian statehood itself.'' 

 

''Russia will not tolerate a Nazi state on its borders. 

And Zelensky's ethnicity will not cover up the 

Nazi nature of his regime.''

 

''Ukraine - still has a chance to preserve its statehood, but 

then it should stop clinging to Nazism, Russophobia, and 

military hysteria and focus on improving the well-being 

of its citizens. Ukrainian statehood, the rule of law, 

the social sphere, and governance will have to be 

built again, but the current Ukrainian elite is not 

capable of this. These traitors to their people, 

corrupt officials, self-appointed Fuhrers and 

politicians --- have no place in the future. 

They have only one way --- a suitcase, 

a train station, the West --- out of 

the country they have betrayed."

 

Chairman of the Council of the 

Other Ukraine Movement,

 Viktor Medvedchuk.

 

 
This is a discussion for the Ukrainians.



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Tyranny !

by Bouthaina Shaaban

February 28th, 2:01pm

Source: Al Mayadeen English

 

What has brought the world today to an unprecedented 

level of tyranny - is the support provided by Western

countries to terrorist killers ---- engaged in daily

genocide against innocent civilians in Gaza.

 

The major mistake humanity committed in the modern era, 

is its failure to dedicate the necessary time and effort - to 

uncover the injustices committed by the white man in the 

West against indigenous peoples. It failed to chronicle a 

true and precise history of the genocide, torture, siege, 

plunder of wealth, and development of weapons of 

mass destruction, and genocide ----- perpetrated 

against the peoples in colonies in Africa,
Asia, 
and Latin America. 

 

It also failed to document the destruction of peoples' 

cultures and the employment of media to distort 

realities --- brainwash minds --- and undermine 

human values ---- especially through burying 

indigenous languages, and replacing them 

with a colonial language that still stands 

as the ''official language'' ------- of the

inhabitants of former colonies. 

 

Some inhabitants of these colonies now even glorify the

 West, praising the civilization built upon the skulls of 

their own children and the museums enriched with 

looted artifacts from these colonies, not to 

mention the stolen wealth used to 

construct the colonizers' home-

lands, while keeping the 

plundered peoples in 

abject poverty..... 

for centuries.

 

These crimes have been a source of controversy and

debate.. among the inhabitants of the colonies for 

centuries: some ----- have become mentally and 

morally subservient to the colonizer, initially 

out of fear --- and later, out of habit. 

 

Some people from former colonies defend the colonizers

and think they are vital to their very existence - while 

others rebel against the entire colonial legacy but 

often without a substantial or valuable action 

against this legacy, thus failing to form 

a national and - consequently -

an international stance 

to be reckoned with.

 

These could be some of the reasons... why the true 

significance of countries - has not been decisively 

settled on the historical, human and ethical map.

Fear, silence --- and the fluctuating poverty of 

oppressed peoples under Western tyranny 

--- could be some of the reasons, for the 

failure to reach a definitive resolution 

on this matter.

 

What has brought the world today - to an unprecedented

level of tyranny ------ is the support provided by Western 

countries to terrorist killers engaged in daily genocide 

for the past five months against innocent civilians in 

Gaza and Palestine in general. All is happening 

before the eyes of a world.. claiming to be 

civilized. Yet ---- we have not witnessed

a revolution in public opinion ---- or 

a sincere and resolute action ----

against these horrifying crimes. 

 

We do not even witness a statement befitting the horror of 

what is happening, except for Yemen, which we all take 

pride in, as the origin of Arab identity, proving with 

merit --- that it deserves to be the origin, root, 

and stronghold, of the Arabs.

 

After five months of the West waging a genocidal war

against the innocent people of the besieged Strip,

after the martyrdom of around 30,000 people --- 

mostly women and children - the displacement 

of over a million people - and the perpetration 

of heinous massacres -- against doctors and 

journalists, & after all the inhuman actions 

of trees uprooting, animals shooting, food 

targeting - and attacks on organizations,

once called humanitarian - to make the 

population die of hunger, the genocide 

continues falling... on the deaf ears 

of the entire world ---- completely 

disregarding what is happening 

to its fellow human beings.

 

The United States and its Western allies, persist in sending 

billions of various lethal weapons to empower their Zionist 

tools, to continue perpetrating this gruesome genocide --- 

unparalleled in history, at least in the past four centuries.

 

Others in the East, South, West, and everywhere ---- believe 

they are safe and secure from what is happening, unaware 

that this disregard for humanity, applies to all of them, 

albeit at different times and moments. 

 

The people of Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq - are not 

only defending Palestine and the safety of Palestinians, but 

are also defending a world they envision free from Western 

colonial oppression. They stand against Western tyranny 

that has wreaked havoc on all our colonized nations, 

adjusting its tools without changing its objectives, 

targeting us, belittling us, and collectively killing 

us ----- whenever its interests demand this. 

 

Residents of the colonies expressing admiration for 

what the West has accomplished for its people 

should remember that this achievement was 

built on the skulls of their own children and 

the plundering of their own resources. 

 

The West treats its people in a completely different way, 

and others will never be treated in the same way. The 

most significant evidence of this, is the immigrants 

from the Arab Maghreb in France  --- who are now 

the second and third generations; nevertheless, 

they still remain second or third-class citizens 

and have not been and will not be granted 

the status of the white European.

 

However, the aggression on Gaza - reveals something even 

more perilous to humanity: the United States - holds the
international arena in its grip ------- punishing whom it
chooses ----- compelling other nations to mete out
punishments -------
 severing ties with those it
disapproves of and trying 
to force others
-- -to adhere to its categorization of 

good, evil, terrorism, and more.

 

If anyone attempts to issue any resolution in the Security 

Council to restore justice - a US veto is used to stop that.
The most alarming revelation of this aggression, is that 

the US, along with Britain, France, and Germany have
seized the international will, subjugated it, and 

turned all nations into slaves - following the 

dictates of the US administration - which 

openly declares its active participation 

in a war of extermination while hiding 

behind their dual fear: fear of taking 

action ...and fear of inaction. 

 

However, this silence and clinical death of any international

movement against unprecedented tyranny, in our modern 

era, turn everyone into powerless slaves, incapable of 

doing anything. All they do... is bow their heads to 

avert the impending disaster that might befall 

them... in the next round.

 

In this context and analysis, the only true free individuals 

today are those resisting Western tyranny. They protest 

against it in the West, raising their voices against 

Western broadcasters, telling them, "Shame 

on you!, stop the war of extermination!, 

free Palestine!." 

 

Even though the police silence them, and force them out 

of the room handcuffed, allowing the host to resume the 

dialogue with himself, there is no doubt that all viewers 

know this is the truth;- their consciences are stirred, 

and they cannot remain passive, when they realize 

that the killing of every innocent Palestinian child 

and woman is a violation of their human dignity, 

warning them - that they might face the same 

fate - if they dare to express their opinions. 

 

Therefore, their complete silence tightens the grip 

of tyranny around their necks, rendering them 

powerless and helpless slaves.... in any 

matter they are about to undertake.

 

From this perspective, supporting Palestine today is the 

essential first step toward confronting the political 

tyrannical system --- enabled by the prevalent 

influence of Western intelligence agencies

in the West --- which currently control the

media, political parties, parliaments, 

and politicians in the West. 

 

Challenging - the slavery imposed by 

this oppressive Western system on 

humanity as a whole - represents 

the most significant liberation 

battle humanity faces, in 

the 21st century. 

 

People must either choose freedom and be prepared to bear

its costs or remain under the yoke of Western tyrants like 

Netanyahu and Biden, subject to any blow the tyrants

decide to direct to them. Undoubtedly, the outcome

of this battle will be significant for all. Will the 

major world powers continue to keep silent 

toward Western tyranny and tremble in 

fear, or will they hasten to stand on 

the right side of history as some 

leaders who have learned the 

lesson -- like the Colombian, 

Bolivian, Venezuelan, and 

Brazilian presidents?

 

It is not only their responsibility toward themselves, 

or even just toward their countries but their crucial 

and definite responsibility toward the future of 

humanity and the future of this universe that 

God entrusted us with as His stewards on 

earth. Will we prove ourselves worthy 

of this responsibility?

 

 

The opinions mentioned in this article 

do not necessarily reflect the opinion 

of Al mayadeen, but, rather, express 

the opinion of its writer exclusively.

 

 

But they do reflect my opinion -

and I hope, pray ------ and have 

Faith, that countless millions

will be moved to act...

 

don't you think?

 

 

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Proletären: Sweden was dragged into NATO 


to force it - to serve Washington's interests


February 28th, 2024 


(source - Proletären


retelling by InoTV)


 


After Sweden's accession to NATO, the more than two-


hundred-year-old principle of Swedish non-alignment


 with military blocs will be buried. Not once since 


the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and 


three years later, King Charles XIV Johan, 


declared his intention to prevent Sweden


from participating in the war --- has the 


Northern European country officially 


entered into military pacts.


 


Back in March 2022, the then Prime Minister. Magdalena


Andersson, was convinced that Sweden's long-standing


 policy of non-alignment had served Sweden well for 


two centuries. However, just over 2 months later, 


she and the Social Democrats ' party council 


changed their minds and applied for the 


kingdom's membership -- in the North 


Atlantic Alliance, Proletären recalls.


 


"It should be borne in mind that NATO is a nuclear-armed 


alliance," Magdalena Andersson said, in an interview in 


March 2022. Since then, people have been talking 


about it... more quietly. 


 


At the behest of Commander-in-Chief Mikael Bueden, the 


current Swedish government, even began to oppose the 


possible deployment of nuclear weapons... on Swedish 


soil. At the same time as NATO members, neighboring
Norway and Denmark, have reservations against the 


deployment of nuclear weapons on their territory in 


peacetime. Membership in NATO also precludes


 the possibility of being an international voice


 for nuclear disarmament, as Sweden has 


not ratified the UN resolution banning 


nuclear weapons -------- under 


US pressure.


 


In the Swedish media NATO is called a "defensive alliance", 


although the organization itself does not declare this. The 


NATO bloc's website describes it as a " political and


 military alliance." 


 


This military alliance, among other things, bombed Libya
and Afghanistan - two countries that did not attack any 


NATO countries, and in the destruction of which -----


 Sweden participated.


 


 It was NATO  - that turned Libya into one big mess - and a 


mecca for slave traders and smugglers. As a member of 


NATO, Sweden will be forced to participate in US wars 


..which will not necessarily take place in the Baltic 


Sea, the author of the article notes.


 


China, not Russia, is the US's main rival. As a member


of NATO, Sweden will be forced -- to send its soldiers


around the world to fight for US economic interests. 


 


NATO is essentially the US's military tool to maintain its 


position at the top of the global capitalist system. The 


enemies of NATO are the enemies of the US that do 


not want to submit to Washington, such as Iran


 and North Korea. Resource-rich China and 


Russia will not be left alone even when


these powers try to cooperate with


the United States.


 


The United States and NATO - spare no effort to impose


 their will and consider themselves above international


 law. The only people in Sweden.. who benefit from 


NATO membership are US-oriented capitalists, 


and above all, arms manufacturers led by 


SAAB ------- under the leadership of the 


Wallenberg family. SAAB shares rose 


significantly on the stock market, 


after the so-called debate on 


Sweden's accession to 


NATO began.


 


However, there was no real debate. Last but not least, 


the state-run Swedish TV and radio broadcaster.... 


bears a huge responsibility for the poor-quality 


and one-sided journalism that has flooded 


the public's minds since the Nordic 


country joined NATO.


 


Only now, in the run-up to Sweden's final membership 


in NATO, articles began to appear warning about the 


consequences of such a decision, but in just over a 


year --- the propaganda storm was so strong that,
to 
the delight of the Swedish military-industrial 


complex --- no counterarguments were heard


 in the leading Swedish media. As a result, 


all Swedes who want to live in peace - 


and not send the younger generation


to fight for the United States - are 


at a loss, Proletären concludes.


 


 


Sweden's convenient ''neutrality''


..disguised their vital role in


supplying high-end optics


and other material - for


Hitler's nazi regime.


 


Better that the Swedes now show


and know their true position - as


armaments manufacturers for


hatred, pain and conquest.


 


What do you think?


 






_________________________________




Amid chaos of war, Israeli soldiers
 steal everything - from jewelry 


to rugs - in Gaza


by Maryam Qarehgozlou


February 27th, 12:52pm


 (PressTV)


 


People frantically search through the rubble, their faces 


streaked with tears and dust, each of them driven by


 desperation and hope, calling out the names of 


their loved ones amid the chaos of death 


and destruction left behind by the 


Israeli genocidal campaign.


 


With every piece of debris lifted - there is a mix of fear 


and anticipation, praying for a sign of life beneath the 


devastation. It’s a race against time, fueled by love 


and anguish, as grief-stricken families cling to the 


possibility of finding their missing relatives alive.


 


On Thursday night, the Yaghi family was having their last 


cup of tea when the Israeli forces razed down their 


house and four other buildings with two airstrikes


 in Deir Al Balah in central Gaza, reports said.


 


Nearly 40 people were sheltering in the house before the


 bombs rained down and 15 were believed to have been 


trapped under the rubble. The other members of the 


family kept searching through the rubble of where 


their house once stood... but to no avail.


 


“We were all fasting. I stepped into that room, the house


 was full and there was no space, I sat by the wall and 


placed my three-year-old nephew on my lap, a 


second later I heard a loud explosion, and we


 were all flown up in the air, then the roof 


collapsed and all went black,” Shaza 


Yaghi was quoted as saying by Al 


Jazeera, as she recounted her 


heart-wrenching ordeal.


 


“While searching, I came across a child’s severed body 


part, his leg, which seemed to be my nephew’s, then 


I found parts of his brain all blown out… that white


 bag over there is full of the body parts and body 


organs we found after the explosion.”


 


Images coming out of the bruised and bleeding territory 


each day show children and adults alike combing 


through the ruins of their houses, looking for 


their belongings and missing loved ones.


 


The situation in Gaza is “shocking and desperate” 


according to the UN, with nearly 30,000 


Palestinians killed and almost the 


entire population of 2.3 million 


people displaced and 


starving.


 


On the other hand, the Israeli soldiers shamelessly 


flaunt their diabolic crimes and share them on 


social media platforms. This genocide in 


Gaza is quite literally unfolding  -


in real-time.


 


Vandalizing and looting


 


Videos from Israeli soldiers’ social media accounts show


 them blowing up and demolishing buildings, vandalizing


 and looting homes, and raising Israeli regime flags
over
 those ruins.


 


Looting and vandalizing houses, whose occupants have 


been forced to abandon all their belongings, has 


become a common practice since October 7. 



It happened in previous Israeli wars on 


Gaza as well --- but this time --- the 


looters have been publicizing 


it themselves.


 


In November, Palestinian singer, Hamada Nasrallah, 


shared a photo of an Israeli regime soldier playing 


the guitar he said his late father bought for him 


15 years ago.


 


“I was shocked today when I saw this TikTok video of


 a [Israeli] soldier playing guitar in the midst of the 


rubble in Gaza. I know this guitar very well 


because there are not many guitars like 


this in Gaza. My dad --- gifted me this 


guitar 15 years ago,” he remarked.


 


“Isn’t it enough that they take away our loved ones, 


our homes, our families, and even our music and


 memories? Where does the injustice stop?”


 


Earlier this month, Sultan Abu Tair, a renowned 


Palestinian journalist and humanitarian - also 


shared a video of an Israeli soldier bragging 


about looting Palestinian homes and 


stealing expensive watches --- in 


Rimal neighbourhood, west 


of Gaza City.


 


Another post on social media showed an Israeli


 soldier taking out someone’s collection of 


soccer shirts from a bag.


 


There are many other videos posted on social 


media in recent months that show Israeli 


soldiers ransacking homes and stealing 


everything from clothes, cosmetics, 


rugs, groceries, and jewelry.


 


Israeli forces systematically steal,


 loot Palestinians' belongings in


 Gaza: Rights group


 


A rights group says Israeli forces are 


conducting a systematic looting 


of Palestinians.


 


Erasure and extermination


 


There are also videos of Israeli soldiers singing 


genocidal songs, planting flags in Gaza, 


smashing up toy shops, looting 


houses - and having dance 


parties atop the rubble.


 


“The masses can see it is about erasure and 


extermination, not safety and security,”


Palestinian-US poet, Remi Kanazi ,


wrote --- in a post on X,


 formerly Twitter.


 


The Israeli media has also been normalizing these 


acts and uncritically reporting about the looting 


and stealing of Palestinian homes, by 


Israeli soldiers.


 


Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, recently featured 


soldiers who presented reporter Uri Levy with a 


mirror they had brought back from Gaza.


 


“It has a name: it’s called looting, and it’s also prohibited 


according to [military] law. This is what a morally 


bankrupt country looks like. Here.... it’s just a 


mirror, here, it’s just evidence of execution
and just evidence of abuse......... 
in The
Hague just waiting,” 
 said Mistaclim, 


an Israeli rights group.


 


While the Israeli military has said in a statement that 


looting Palestinian property by soldiers is unlawful, 


there is a special unit in the military itself 


dedicated to seizing money and other 


property found on the battlefield.


 


In late December, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor 


reported several cases - in which Israeli troops took 


part in or witnessed the deliberate theft of assets 


and money from Palestinian civilians, including 


items like computers, jewelry, and large 


amounts of cash.


 


The rights group estimated that the Israeli military 


may have stolen valuables worth tens of millions


 of dollars since the events of October 7.


 


“Many residents reported that Israeli soldiers took their


 belongings, others saw their belongings with Israeli 


soldiers on TikTok,” Maha Hussaini.... director of 


strategies at Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor 


and a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza, 


was quoted as saying by media.


 


In addition to looting Palestinians’ belongings, footage


 circulating on social media - also shows Israeli 


soldiers using Gaza’s abandoned homes to 


cook and eat the food they find there.


 


“In every house, you’ll find a lot of ras el hanout style 


mixes. There are also plenty of lentils, so at first, 


we made a lot of stews …. Every house we 


stayed in had olives that [Palestinians] 


make, which we tasted…” one Israeli 


soldier cited in an article published 


by Haaretz on February 13.


 


“Olive oil is also present in every home, in gallons, and it 


helps a lot to upgrade any food. They also have a great 


spicy sauce.”


 


In a letter published by the military rabbinate last month, 


soldiers were instructed on how to keep kosher when 


using food and utensils found in homes in Gaza. The


 letter, signed by Rabbi Avishai Peretz ended with 


the biblical directive: “And you shall eat the 


riches of all the nations.”


 


Famine and siege


 


However, after four and a half months of Israeli siege, 


famine is taking a heavy toll on everyone in Gaza.


 


Gaza’s ability to produce its food has been decimated by


 Israeli bombs, agriculture is in ruins, fertile lands are 


neglected, poultry and livestock... have been 


destroyed, and the limited international 


aid.. can barely meet the needs of a 


hungry population, or prevent the 


situation... from deteriorating 


further.


 


According to the figures from the UN Office for the


 Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at


 least half a million people are facing famine 


while nearly the entire population of Gaza 


is experiencing an acute food shortage.


 


In a statement last week, the world body warned of 


an “explosion” in child deaths due to a lack of food 


and water in the besieged territory.


 


Some pro-Palestine activists say that Israeli soldiers’


 videos on social media can’t be distinguished from


 dehumanizing comments made by Israeli regime 


politicians during the war.


 


Since October 7th, Israeli officials have, repeatedly, 


made dehumanizing statements about Palestinians.


 


Daniel Hagari, a spokesperson for the Israeli military, 


said early on that the Air Force will emphasize 


“maximum damage, not accuracy.”


 


Israel’s minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant said


that Israel --- will treat Palestinians as “animals,” 


and the president of the regime Isaac Herzog 


denied the existence of any innocent 


Palestinian civilians.


 


“The rhetoric from the top, which explicitly aims to 


legitimize civilian death in Gaza, spurs such 


violent actions on the ground,” Mina 


Zahed, a lawyer and social media 


activist, told Press TV Website.


 


“When Israeli officials refer to all Gazans as 


“human animals,” it is no wonder that the 


soldiers in the field see all Palestinians 


as targets.”


 


 


What - in your heart -


do YOU feel?


 


Want to know more, before you do


anything - like protest to your


Western Zionist legislator?


 


 


 


___________________________________



Czech farmers accused 

of being 'pro-Russian'


Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 


(Source: InfoBrics)


 


The anti-Russian sentiments of European leaders ----- are 


preventing them from acting rationally in the face of the 


current wave... of protests across the continent. In a 


recent statement -- the Czech Prime Minister, Peter 


Fiala accused the protesters of being "supporters 


of Moscow", discrediting the farmers' claims by 


associating them with an "enemy" of the EU.


 


Fiala made his statement --- when the demonstrations reached


their peak - in the Czech Republic. On February 19th, hundreds


of tractors blocked the main streets of Prague, interrupting 


traffic in the areas around the Ministry of Agriculture. The 


protests come amid a "peasant uprising" in Europe, with 


rural workers demanding an end to the import of 


Ukrainian grains and a review of the EU's 


"green policies".


 


Reacting to pressure from the peasants, Fiala made a
publication on his account on X (formerly Twitter)


stating that the protesters do not really aim to 


protect the interests of farmers. According
to
 him the protesters are mere "Kremlin 


supporters" --- and aim to destabilize 


Europe to favour Russian interests, 


with agriculture being a mere


excuse ---- to call for 


demonstrations.


 


According to the Czech leader -- the local government is 


already in dialogue with the farmers to try to meet their 


interests. He however, denies that the protesters have 


links with labour organizations and rural unions, thus 


delegitimizing the protests. Fiala claims that Prague


 constantly seeks to protect the "real" interests of 


farmers, but claims that the protesters have 


nothing to do with such interests, being


 just pro-Russian rioters.. who 


"complicate" the lives of 


other Czech citizens.


 


"Today's demonstration - has little to do with the fight for 


better conditions for farmers. The demonstration ------ is 


organized by people who for example, do not hide their 


support for the Kremlin, & pursue goals other than the 


interests of farmers. The government is continuously 


talking to everyone who is interested in dialogue. 


That is why we are able to find good solutions. 


We have done this many times, over the past 


two years. Unfortunately.... the organizers of 


today's demonstrations are not among those 


who care about improving the quality of life 


in our country --- and its prosperity. It also, 


shows their progress, which complicates


the lives of the citizens of the capital - 


and will not bring any solutions to 


the real problems of Czech 


farmers," he said.


 


One of Fiala's main arguments against the legitimacy of the


demonstrations is the lack of participation of the country's 


main farmers' organizations, such as the Agrarian 


Chamber, the Agricultural Union, and the 


Association of Private Agriculture. 


 


However, Fiala ignored the fact - that these same groups,


although absent in the protests on the 19th, announced 


that they will launch their own demonstration against


the EU's green policies, scheduled for the 22nd. 


 


Therefore, Fiala's argument seems invalid,


since official rural organizations share 


the same interests --- as the 


autonomous protesters.


 


In fact - dissatisfaction with the direction of European 


agriculture, is a widespread phenomenon. There are 


protests across the entire continent, from the most


western countries, such as France and Spain, to


 the most eastern ones, such as Poland and the 


Baltics. European rural workers are some of 


the most affected by the EU's irresponsible


policies in support of Ukraine.


 


 As well known, European states have maintained since 


2022 a policy of systematic import of Ukrainian grains.


 With the aim of supporting Kiev economically, these 


countries began to massively buy cheap Ukrainian


 agricultural products and thus stopped promoting 


their own domestic agribusinesses, culminating 


in a major social crisis.


 


With Ukraine being one of the most fertile and productive 


countries in the world, Western European nations are 


unable to compete in the agricultural market with 


Kiev, which is why European rural workers are 


going bankrupt. In this sense, the demand 


for an end to the import of Ukrainian 


products - is a basic need for 


European peasants.


 


In the same sense, the end of green policies is vital for


 European agricultural production to be viable. Facing


 several economic problems and low productivity, 


European farmers depend on government aid to 


pay for the production and transportation of 


grains. However, the EU imposes a radical 


environmentalist ideological agenda and 


makes its rural producers "pay the bill" 


for global warming ----- making 


agribusiness unworkable.


 


Therefore, workers' demands seem fair and natural. 


Farmers are fighting for their rights and for better


 living and working conditions. There is no 


evidence that such workers are truly 


"pro-Russian".


 


 If there are feelings of sympathy for Russia among them, 


these naturally follow from their rejection of the EU's 


anti-Russian ideology, which is directly responsible 


for the losses suffered by them.


 


As long as European leaders are more concerned with


 accusing protesters than solving their problems, 


the crisis will continue to worsen.


By Lucas Leiroz - journalist, researcher 

at the Centre for Geostrategic Studies,

 and geopolitical consultant.



 


You can follow Lucas 


on X and Telegram.






Can't wait until the 
Czechs
throw out their miserable
creepy, warmongering
sneaky government.

What do you think?




_______________________________________________________



Proletären: a rude awakening — 

the Swedes began to guess

 the consequences of 

joining NATO

February 18th, 2024 

(source: Proletären

translated by InoTV:

 

Sweden's membership in NATO, does not mean that the

Swedish people.. will be protected by the forces of the

so-called defensive alliance in the event of an attack 

on the kingdom's territory, but that Sweden is 

expected to actively participate.. in US 

military expansions around the world

- and this is now clearer than ever 

before, according to Proletären.

 

The Swedish government recently said it wants to accept 

the US request that Sweden become part of the so-called 

Operation Guardian of Prosperity. 

 

The so-called Guardians of Prosperity is a coalition of 

US allies formed after Yemeni Houthi rebels launched 

attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea to stop 

Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip, the 

author explains.

 

In an interview with Aftonbladet, a former fighter pilot and 

lieutenant colonel in the Swedish Armed Forces, Robert 

Carmel - makes it clear exactly what NATO membership 

really means. Merkel is convinced that despite the very 

high risks of a military operation in the Red Sea from a 

purely military point of view, Sweden no longer has 

a choice - when they are called to help the US.

 

"Previously, we were able to adapt our military efforts

according to our capabilities and the risk that we 

were willing to take. It's a completely different 

game now. It will be a rude awakening. There 

are expectations that something should be 

done, even if you are not able to do it or 

you don't want to do it," said Robert 

Karyel, who cited the example of 

Poland and the Baltic states --- 

when they first became new

 members of NATO.

  

According to him, the new US allies in the bloc had to send

 their troops to Iraq and Afghanistan in order to show their

 "reliability". However, these wars were not at the top of

 their agenda or did not seem to be something urgent.

 In addition, Polish and Baltic military personnel 

were sent to the worst provinces, and they 

suffered losses - exceeding the US ones.

 

Nevertheless ---- the Swedish media remained completely 

silent -- about the consequences of Sweden's accession 

to the alliance. In a government propaganda broadcast,

Swedish Radio columnist, Mats Eriksson, says he

takes Foreign Minister, Tobias Bilstrom, at his 

word --- as to why the government wants to 

involve Sweden in the Red Sea operation.

 

The Swedish Foreign Minister said that the main task of

 the military operation is to protect civilian shipping 

from Houthi attacks, "which threaten to disrupt 

vital parts of supply chains --- and vital 

components of world trade."

 

And this is also true on an even more fundamental level, 

Proletären notes. The US military operation is aimed at 

protecting trade profits in the US-dominated world 

order, to which Sweden has finally tied itself by 

joining NATO. In fact, that is why NATO exists 

at all -- to protect the special position of the 

US in world capitalism - by military means.

 

We share a common responsibility with our partner 

countries, says the minister, while Mats Eriksson 

speaks of the government's desire to show 

"solidarity" with our neighboring countries 

and with the United States. 

 

According to the author of the article, such words only 

desecrate the beautiful word "solidarity", and it is the 

Houthis who actually show solidarity with the 

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip when they put 

pressure on imperialist countries by 

attacking Israeli ships and landing 

on them in the Red Sea.

 

This is the exact opposite of why Sweden wants to send 

its military to the area to protect threatened ships. 

 

It turns out that Sweden shows "solidarity" with US
imperialism and, consequently, also with the 

genocide of the Palestinians by Israel --- 

which acts as a watchdog of Western

imperialism.... in a region that the 

Western powers do not trust.

 

This was the original plan on the part of the British

imperialists when they withdrew from Palestine, 

and so it is with Britain's successors as the 

world's largest and most bloodthirsty 

empire, the US. The stated 

"solidarity" is actually a 

rallying cry for white 

supremacy and the

right of the fittest.

 

Military operations like "Guardian of Prosperity" 

are mainly aimed at maintaining the dying 

unipolar world order, which most of 

the world, the Global South, 

no longer supports.

 

In this situation, Sweden is betting on a side that is 

clearly in decline, with a public debt of $34 trillion, 

led by an increasingly deranged president, who 

confused Mitterrand with Macron last week - 

and forgot which country is located on the 

Red Sea, Mexico ------- or Egypt, sums 

up Proletären.

 

 
Come on. dear Swedish people
- the world begs you to turn
back to the good, again.

Your leaders are either fools or

corrupt knaves who would
not let you vote on this
and bet --- on your
acquiescence.

What do you think?


Come on -----
Show us all!



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"McGregor - to the Pentagon":

 Trump is already assembling

 a team of proven people

February 14th, 2024 

(source: The Washington Post

 retold by InoTV)

 

Donald Trump and his advisers spoke with former 

Congressman Tulsi Gabbard, an outspoken critic 

of U.S. aid to Ukraine and military interventions 

around the world. The topic of the talks was 

American foreign policy.... and plans for 

changes in ''the management'' of the 

US Department of Defense, during 

Trump's second presidential term

 - The Washington Post reports, 

citing sources.

 

Gabbard has been criticized by former Democratic Party

 members and some Republicans for her isolationist 

views, but, in recent years, she has become 

something of a favorite among far-

right Republicans. 

 

This time around, Trump is determined to recruit 

employees ------- who share his views, 100%.

 

In recent months, Trump has repeatedly said that one of 

his biggest blunders during his first presidential term 

was recruiting staff at the Pentagon --- because of 

officials whose opinions often "baffled him." 

 

During his presidency, Trump replaced several defense

 ministers and national security advisers, and these

 resignations were accompanied by high-profile 

scandals. Trump has drawn lessons from the 

past and is determined... to increase the 

number of his people in the Pentagon.

 

Among former US presidential administration officials, the 

biggest concern is that Trump will try to appoint Douglas
McGregor as the top Pentagon official. In addition, long
-
time Trump adviser, David Urban said, that ------- in
the 
second term of his patron in the presidential 

chair, "there will be a reduction in America's

 foreign obligations" to NATO. According to

 the official, when Trump was in power,
he 
"constantly" raised the issue of 

withdrawing American troops... 

from Germany, South Korea, 

Africa and closing all the 

country's embassies 

there -- writes The 

Washington Post.

 

 

What do you think? Dangerous egoist

--- or the US and its people's saviour?

 

 

 

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Medvedev predicts Apocalypse

 in event of Russia-NATO war

February 7th, 8:35am (TASS)

 

In the event of a war with NATO, Russia would have 

to "respond asymmetrically" and use missiles 

"with special warheads," Russian Security 

Council Deputy Chairman, Dmitry 

Medvedev, said, on his 

Telegram channel.

 

He noted that, "if, God forbid, such a war happens, it will not 

follow the scenario of the special military operation" and 

it "won’t be waged in trenches with the use of artillery, 

armour, drones and means of radio-electronic warfare." 

 

"NATO is a huge military bloc --- the population of the 

countries of the alliance is almost one billion people

 and their joint military budget may reach one and 

a half trillion dollars," Medvedev explained.

 

"Therefore, due to the incommensurability of our

 [respective] military potential, we simply won’t

 have a choice. The response ------ will be 

asymmetrical. In order to protect the 

territorial integrity of our country, 

ballistic and cruise missiles with 

special warheads (nuclear arms

 - TASS). will be used.''

''This is 
based on our military doctrine documents
and is well-known 
to everyone. And this is 

precisely the proverbial Apocalypse.
The end ---- 
of everything," 

Medvedev stressed.

 

So far, according to him, "all the big European bosses 

are cynically lying to their citizens" by reiterating the

 necessity to be ready "for a war with Russia." 

 

"And while Russia has, repeatedly, spoken about the 

absence of any plans for a conflict with NATO and 

the EU countries, highly dangerous chatter on 

the subject continues," Medvedev stated.

 

He asserted that its causes are obvious. "It is necessary to 

distract voters, in order to justify multi-billion spending on 

Banderovite ‘Ukraine’ that everyone has gotten sick of. 

Since gigantic sums of money are being spent, not on 

resolving social issues in these countries, but on a 

war in a dying country which is alien to taxpayers

 ...with its population scattered all over Europe 

terrorizing local residents.'' 

 

''This is why, every day the leaders of these countries are
sermonizing, that it is necessary to get ready for a war 

with Russia & continue to help Ukraine, which means 

producing more tanks, shells, drones and other 

weapons," the deputy chairman of the 

Russian Security Council said.

 

He concluded that European leaders "should tell the bitter 

truth to their voters instead of treating them as brainless 

idiots. They should explain to them --- what will really 

happen, instead of repeating the deceitful mantra

 about readiness for a war with Russia," 

Medvedev concluded.

 


Paralised with fear?
You should be!

Don't you think?



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Global Times: people are told 

that NATO is a shield, but

 it is, in fact, a sword

February 2nd, 2024 

(source: Global Times

retold by InoTV)


 

The current NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 is far 

from harmless --- and cannot be called just a game, the 

Global Times is sure. It would be more accurate to

 call them a rehearsal and even, to a certain 

extent, a provocation, given the ongoing 

Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

 

The publication warns that, for Moscow, these largest

 exercises of the bloc since the end of the Cold War 

may look as if NATO is deliberately teasing the 

Russian bear. The exercise, which will last 

until May 31, involves 31 armies of the 

bloc's member countries --- plus 

90 thousand Swedish troops. 

 

Meanwhile, they are facing a very real and extremely

 dangerous armed conflict between the forces of 

Russia and Ukraine.

 

That is why the NATO leadership must take into account 

the risks of possible escalation in order to make sure 

that their imaginary exercises will not lead to real 

clashes, GT emphasizes. After all, the alliance is 

already indirectly involved in this conflict ---- 

through its support for Ukraine.

 

Moreover, the statements of representatives of the bloc

openly state --- that the purpose of the exercises is to 

test the ability to --- "quickly deploy forces from North

 America & other parts of the alliance to strengthen 

the defense of Europe." In other words, this
is nothing
 more than preparation for a
potential open war with 
Russia --
the publication is sure.

 

It seems that Western politicians and military leaders are 

increasingly thinking about this and do not hesitate to

openly talk about such topics. The British Defense 

Secretary, Grant Shapps, made a dire prediction

- that his country could go to war with Russia, 

China, North Korea & Iran within five years.

 German Defense Minister Pistorius gave
a
 term of five to eight years.

 

Estonian Prime Minister, Kaya Kallas, also said that Europe 

should prepare for any threat from Russia and it has about 

five years to do so. And the British General Sir Patrick

 Sanders last year ---- called on British troops to
prepare
 to defeat Russia "in battle".

 

Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, who heads the NATO military

 committee, acknowledged that a conflict with Russia 

would require the mobilization of a large number of

 civilians. And the commander-in-Chief of the 

Swedish Armed Forces, Mikael Biden,

 directly advised the Swedes to 

mentally prepare for war.

 

The head of the Norwegian armed forces warned: "The 

people of Norway - must think about their readiness. 

We recommend that you be able to cope without 

assistance within three days."

 

According to GT, the civilian population is increasingly 

being prepared for a war in which they will not only 

take a direct part - but also play a central role. 

Unfortunately.... people are being told that 

NATO is a shield, and it is increasingly 

like a raised sword.

 

Moreover, similar figures, from three to five years, in the

 statements of Western politicians and military leaders

 are not accidental. This - is exactly how long it will 

take the alliance's member countries to restore 

their weapons stocks, after everything went 

to Ukraine.

 

NATO countries are becoming increasingly involved 

in the fighting in Ukraine. They practically became

 quartermasters of Kiev, writes GT. At the same 

time, their enthusiasm for participating in the 

conflict... is growing day by day. Until two 

years ago, everything was limited to 

diplomatic protests. 

 

The then Minister of the Armed Forces of Great Britain

 solemnly declared in the House of Commons... that 

neither British troops nor NATO troops should, in

 any case, play an active role in Ukraine.

 

But two years later, NATO generals and European politicians

 are already openly talking about war with Russia and

 calling on their populations to prepare for the worst.

 

During this time, the type of assistance to Kiev, has also

 changed dramatically. If earlier British military support 

was quite symbolic, now --- no one is confused by the 

provision of long-range missiles.

 

This was followed by attack and naval UAVs, cruise 

missiles, helicopters, tanks - and even ships. And
the
 Netherlands and Denmark, with the blessing
of 
Washington, delivered F-16 fighters to the 

Armed Forces of Ukraine.

 

At the same time, the military goals of the West have 

also changed. If the Tallinn agreement referred to 

the protection of Ukraine and the withdrawal of 

Russians from the disputed territories, then 

what can we expect next? After all, since 

then, NATO has expanded further 

(Finland ..and almost Sweden), 

and -- if we take into account 

the obligations under Article 

5 of the alliance - does this

not mean..... releasing the 

dogs of war into the wild?

 

Officials began to talk almost casually about the 

possibility of a third World war. Therefore --- the 

ongoing NATO exercises look like preparations 

for it and, even worse, as a provocation of

 this war.

 

These exercises, according to GT, marked the transition 

of NATO, from pretending that they represent defense 

--- to an open belligerent attitude. 

 

Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to ask whether 

we have passed the point of no return. In this sense, 

you can only use the word "when", and not "if".

 

 

Well - there you are. You either mobilise

to stop this - or resign the human race

to a disgusting suicide. 


And your choice is?

 




__________________________________

 



Lenin's work "Better less,
yes better"
 ---- is more
relevant than ever

Press Service of the Central Committee of the

 Communist Party of the Russian Federation 

January 23rd, 3pm

 

First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of 

the Communist Party of the Russian Federation 

Yu. V. Afonin took part in the program 

"60 Minutes" on the TV channel 

"Russia-1".

 

On the air, a statement was made by the chairman of the 

NATO military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, about the 

likelihood of an all-out war with Russia over the next 20

 years. He called on the members of the North Atlantic

 Alliance --- to prepare for a military conflict with our 

country. German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, 

doesn't rule out the possibility of war with Russia.

 

As Yuri Afonin noted, through such statements,

 functionaries of NATO countries are trying to 

convey several meanings. First, they are 

trying to rally Western society in the 

face of an imaginary "Russian 

threat": Zelensky will lose, 

and you will be the next 

victim of Moscow. 

 

But it is quite obvious that in 3-5 years, and even more so

 10 years, it will certainly not be these gentlemen who 

will decide the fate of the world. Realizing this, they 

allow themselves to make such irresponsible 

statements.

 

But the facts show, that it is precisely against the

 background of anti-Russian hysteria that NATO 

is increasing its activity near our borders, 

conducting exercises in the Baltic Sea, 

and increasing its contingent in the 

Baltic States (again under the 

pretext of the threat of an

invasion from Russia). 

 

Although it is clear to everyone --- that our country is not 

interested in a war on two fronts, especially with such a 

serious opponent as the North Atlantic Bloc, and such a 

conflict - would endanger the existence of all humanity.

 

At the same time, the West understands the inevitability of

 the military defeat of Zelensky and his gang. They are 

also aware of it in Kiev. Ukrainian Foreign Minister 

Kuleba has called on Western hosts to abandon 

the "don't escalate" principle. According to 

him, "because of this --- many 

opportunities were missed."

 

The First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the

 Communist Party of the Russian Federation regarded this

 statement - as provocative and extremely disturbing. It
is 
worth paying special attention to it and giving an

 appropriate assessment. The Kiev regime, is on 

the verge of military collapse and is aware of 

the hopelessness of its situation. And it 

seems, that Zelensky sees the only 

way to survive - is in staging such 

large-scale bloody provocations 

that will bring the conflict to 

a new level and, perhaps 

---- force the West to 

intervene directly.

 

There is no need to talk about Kiev's success on the

 battlefield after the failure of the summer counter-

offensive, which was only hoped for. So what can 

they do? What kind of escalation are we talking 

about? Only about new terrorist attacks on the 

civilian population ---- such as the shelling of 

Belgorod on December 30th --- and like the 

monstrous shelling of Donetsk on Sunday. 

This is the escalation that the Ukronazis 

are really capable of. In fact, Kuleba 

declares their right to conduct a 

large-scale terrorist war 

against civilians.

 

The idea of this monstrous adventure is simple: to launch a 

series of terrorist attacks, provoke Russia to an extremely

 tough response, and hope that the West will definitely not 

stand aside and somehow intervene ---- or at least not 

reduce the scale of military assistance.

 

The fact that the Kiev rulers will finally acquire the image of

cannibals and inveterate war criminals, in Kiev... it seems 

..no one thinks of this anymore. It doesn't seem important
anymore, just to be saved and let hundreds and hundreds 

of innocent civilians be killed, including women, children, 

and the elderly.

 

Yuri Afonin called for a clear explanation to the world - of

 what exactly the escalation that Kuleba is broadcasting

 may be. And another Ukrainian minister, Umerov, who 

heads the military department, spoke via video link 

at the opening of the conference on the creation 

of the so-called "artillery coalition" ....under the 

leadership of France & the US, & complained 

about the "shell hunger" that the Armed 

Forces of Ukraine suffer from. 

 

That, in fact, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine recognizes

 that Russia, now, has a great advantage in artillery. And

 this is a very important factor, which in the XX century 

was crucial for the outcome of battles and battles. As 

the first deputy chairman of the Central Committee of 

the Communist Party recalled, during the First World 

War, "shell famine" turned out to be one of the main

reasons for the so-called "great retreat" of the 

Russian army, in 1915.

 

But, during the Great Patriotic War, the USSR surpassed 
Germany in the production of guns, mortars and shells
at a time when the industry of all continental Europe
worked at this. And the superiority of the Red Army
in firepower then, became an important factor in
the Victory.

 

In the current military operations, the role of artillery is
simply enormous. About 80-90% of combat losses are
associated with its use. Therefore --- the advantage
in this area --- which is provided by the work of our
military-industrial complex, paves the way for the
Russian Army to win, Yuri Vyacheslavovich
stressed.

 

He recalled the figures released at the December meeting
of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian
Federation. So since February 2022, the production
of tanks in Russia, has increased by 5.6 times,
of IFVs - by 3.6 times, armoured personnel
carriers - by 3.5 times, unmanned aerial
vehicles - by 16.8 times, and artillery
shells – by 17.5 times.

This is a huge breakthrough, and the potential for
increasing the production of military equipment
& ammunition by the Russian military-industrial
complex ----- is far from exhausted.

 

In the West, they see that they are seriously lagging behind
us in this area, and they are trying to increase their own
production of weapons. True, the bulk of investment,
including through the money allocated to Kiev, goes
to the American military-industrial complex ------
to the detriment of the European economy.

 

As the first deputy chairman of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
emphasized --- turbulence is growing all over the
world -- processes are getting out of control of
the US and its satellites -- and the contours of
multipolarity are becoming more pronounced
in different parts of the world.

The old platforms for discussing problems
and developing solutions are losing their
significance and are unable to respond
to the existing challenges - which are
becoming more and more numerous.

An example of this is the World Economic Forum, which
was held last week. For many years, we have been told
that this event in Davos, Switzerland, is shaping the
way forward for the world. The Russian delegation
always went there. It was based, as a rule, on
the most high-status Russian liberals
- and Westerners.

 

This year, there was no Russian delegation at the Davos
Forum. And the main conclusion that can be drawn from
its results: the fate of the world is not decided there.

We have stopped going to Davos, but we are successfully
strengthening our position in the international arena.
China, India - and a number of other countries - are
becoming our most important strategic partners.

And in the near future, the BRICS summits will attract
much more attention from the world media than the
Davos forums, Yuri Afonin expressed confidence.

 

And - in the absence of any meaningful agenda - they 

discussed a certain mythical 'disease X' with a much

 higher mortality rate than from covid - which can be 

caused by a virus that is not yet known to science.

 

All this looks like a declaration of the masters of the

Western world to continue "training" humanity with

 the help of epidemics. The coronavirus pandemic, 

has already caused drastic restrictions on rights 

and freedoms, including in those countries that 

boasted of them. The new epidemic will allow 

them to continue this process. And it seems 

that the masters of the Western world are 

just waiting for it.

 

At the end of his speech... the First Deputy Chairman of the

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation, recalled that January 21 marked the 100th

anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. 


The Communist Party holds events throughout 

the country dedicated to the memory of the 

founder of the Soviet state. 

 

In one of his last works, Better Less, Yes Better, Lenin

predicted that victory over imperialism would be 

determined by the efforts of Russia, China, 

India, and other countries that were 

then.... in colonial or semi-

colonial dependence.

 

"I believe in this Leninist prophecy ---- and the events 

taking place in the world today -- inspire confidence

that in alliance with the states of the global South, 

we will defeat Western imperialism," Yuri Afonin 

concluded.




What do you think?

Do you want the Western ''elites'' to
win - and continue culling humans
like cattle?

Or would you like to see an end to the Western
elites' power .....and a world without war
finally able to build prosperity?



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Haifa missile strike by Iraqi resistance 

--- shows how fragile Israeli regime is

by Wesam Bahrani

January 8th, 2pm

(source: PressTV)

 

In yet another significant act of solidarity with the people of 

Gaza, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq on Sunday struck "a 

vital target in occupied Haifa" - with an advanced long-

range cruise missile, grabbing headlines, and taking 

the embattled regime in Tel Aviv by another surprise.

 

In a statement, the Iraqi resistance emphasized that the

 operation was carried out --- because of “our ongoing 

support for people in Gaza" - who have been reeling

 under the Israeli aggression since Oct. 7.

 

The statement added that the operation was "in response

 to the massacres committed by the usurping entity 

against Palestinian civilians, including children, 

women, and the elderly." 

 

The Iraqi resistance, which has in recent months launched 

a string of attacks on US military bases in Iraq and Syria, 

said it will continue to hit enemy strongholds, warning

 that "more is yet to come".  

 

The concluding part of the statement 

was the most attention-grabbing.

 

Such is the stringent Israeli media censorship of the 

occupying regime's war on the besieged Gaza Strip; 

it is difficult to speculate what vital infrastructure 

has been hit. 

 

The Iraqi resistance struck Haifa with a long-range cruise 

missile named al-Arqab from Iraqi territory. The distance 

from Baghdad to Haifa ------ is almost 1,000 kilometres. 

 

According to sources, the launch of the missile took place 

closer to the Western Iraqi deserts. That is still roughly

 600 kilometres away, or perhaps more, depending on

 the launch site. 

 

It essentially means that Haifa, which is located in the

 northern part of the occupied territories, can expect 

attacks again from the Iraqi soil..... the timing of
which
 will be decided by the resistance. 

 

More importantly, the long-range cruise missile traveled

 the same distance‌ that can put Tel Aviv and all other 

Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories within the 

range of Iraqi fire. 

 

On Monday, Iraq's Harakat al-Nujaba resistance movement 

claimed responsibility for the strike, warning that Israel 

should await more crippling attacks in retaliation 

for its bloody war on Gaza.

 

“The Axis of Resistance is determined to disrupt US

 scenarios in the region and thwart the occupying 

Israeli regime’s schemes in Gaza,” Hussein 

al-Moussawi, spokesman for the 

group, said.

 

The Iraqi Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba resistance 

movement - claims responsibility for the missile 

strike against Haifa in the occupied territories.

 

Should we be surprised that the Popular Mobilization Units 

(PMU)‌, under which the Islamic Resistance in Iraq 

operates, possesses such world-class 

military technology? 

 

The short answer is no. 

 

The Iraqi government itself armed the PMU with the most 

capable military equipment from Baghdad's weapons

 depots because it plays the most fundamental 

role of all the Iraqi armed forces. 

 

The attack on Haifa points to the start of a new chapter

 by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, in what is expected 

to be an even stronger show of support --- for the 

Palestinian resistance in Gaza and its people. 

 

In this latest phase, we must expect an escalation in 

attacks on crucial Israeli infrastructure inside the 

occupied Palestinian territories, facilitated by 

the utilization of sophisticated long-range 

cruise missiles.

 

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has made no secret 

of its iron-clad support and solidarity with the 

oppressed people of Gaza amid the Israeli 

regime's indiscriminate bombings and 

inhumane siege. 

 

It had also made no secret of its military operations 

against the Zionist regime and its Western backers, 

which has been completely evident in the past 

few weeks.

 

Shortly after the Israeli regime launched its war on Gaza 

on October 7, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out 

a number of operations - against Israeli interests and
its
 main backer, the United States. 

 

In late December, the Iraqi Resistance struck a vital target 

in the Eli-ad settlement, in the southern Israeli-occupied 

Syrian Golan Heights - with drones. 

 

Before targeting Eli-ad, the resistance also pounded the

 regime's main offshore (occupied) Karish gas field in 

the eastern Mediterranean Sea with a direct hit,

inflicting heavy damage.

 

That came after the Iraqi resistance struck a target in 

occupied Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) with appropriate 

weapons and released images of the operation 

for the public. 

 

The regime evacuated the settlers of Eilat, transforming

the area into a military garrison. It made the site an 

ideal target for Iraq as well as Yemen, another 

Arab country ------ that has upped the 

ante recently.

 

Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement

 have carried out a series of operations against Israeli

 interests with a barrage of long-range drones 

and missiles. 

 

At times, the goal has simply been to fire a barrage of

 missiles and drones to preoccupy the Israeli Iron 

Dome and Patriot Missiles. These calculated 

efforts have proven successful. 

 

They effectively ease the pressure on the Palestinian

 resistance while at the same time drain out Israeli 

military resources, which have in recent months 

become extremely depleted. 

 

The regime has killed more than 22,000 Palestinians 

since Oct. 7, the majority of whom have been 

women and children. Thousands more are 

missing, presumably dead under 

the rubble. 

 

Among the countries and movements taking the lead in 

militarily pressuring the U.S. and its apartheid regime 

to end its inhumane attacks on Gaza, Iraqis have 

played a courageous role. 

 

In Iraq, the resistance has targeted illegal US military 

bases on its territory as well as in Syria more than 

110 times since the Israeli war against Gaza 

began three months ago‌. 

 

Rockets, mortar shells, drones, and short and long-range 

ballistic missiles have all been used in these operations, 

leading to scores of casualties among US troops and

 collateral damage. 

 

Now, the question that everyone is asking is: Why 

has the Iraqi resistance opened a new chapter? 

 

Lately, the illegal US military occupation on Iraqi soil made

 a costly mistake by attacking sites belonging to the PMU, 

which means Washington and Tel Aviv have to pay 

the price. 

 

Recent US attacks against affiliates of the PMU, including 

Kataib Hezbollah, and the recent deadly strike on the

 headquarters of Harakat al-Nujaba, which led to the 

assassination of one of its leaders in Baghdad, 

Haj Mishtaq, means the time is ripe for the

 resistance to expand its operations. 

 

For context: In the eyes of the Iraqi resistance, there is no 

difference between the US military occupation of Iraqi 

soil and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The 

liberation of the Palestinian territories begins 

with the expulsion of US troops from Iraq 

and the rest of the region. 

 

While the Israeli regime commits horrendous crimes 

against humanity in Gaza, the UDS is shielding, 

arming‌, funding and facilitating this madness

 of death and destruction campaign in 

the coastal strip. 

 

Taking a closer look at the events unfolding 

in Gaza, it is‌, in essence, a US war on Gaza.

 

This direct complicity means that Washington has to pay 

the same price as the Israeli regime is paying, for its

 massacres of civilians in Gaza. They are two 

sides of the same coin. 

 

Whilst illegal US bases in Iraq and Syria are closer to the 

line of fire for the resistance, the indiscriminate Israeli 

attacks against women and children in Gaza have

 seen the PMU increasingly target the Israeli 

regime, the latest being Haifa. 

 

What the Al-Aqsa Storm (or Al-Aqsa Flood) operation

 provided was an opportunity for the Iraqi resistance

 to strike at Israeli interests ------ for the first time 

in history. 

 

As pressure grows on the Iraqi government of Prime 

Minister Mohammad Shia' al-Sudani, to expel the 

illegal US forces, It has also opened a new 

window ---------- for the PMU to end the US 

occupation and avenge Washington's 

assassination of its deputy leader,

Abu Mehdi al-Muhandis. 

 

For the moment, the main goal of the resistance is 

to expand its scope of attacks against the Israeli 

regime in order to mount pressure on the 

apartheid occupation ------ as well as 

the US.

 

And, as the Iraqi resistance warned after

 the Haifa attack, "more is yet to come". 

 

Wesam Bahrani --- is an Iraqi

 journalist and commentator.

 

(The views expressed in this article do 

not necessarily reflect those of 

Press TV.)

 

 

Looks like the current racist apartheid

hate-filled regime is either going to be

overthrown and replaced --- or wiped

from the map of the Holy land.

 

What do you think?

 



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Cultural cleansing: Israeli bombings 

destroy Gaza’s famed cultural 

heritage sites

by Humaira Ahad

January 8th, 12:16pm

 (PressTV)

 

“Home (origin), more than anywhere else,” Tim Creswell, a
noted British human geographer and poet once said, “is
seen as a centre of meaning and a field of care.”

 

A homeland, is a place where humans feel a strong sense of

 attachment and entitlement. It carries centuries of history

 that shape our identity. Our belongingness to a place 

(home) is hugely determined by the landmarks 

present there, and the physical entities
we
 see, since childhood.

 

Many of us must have referred to a particular street, shop, 

shrine, museum, library, mosque, church, or school while

 talking about an incident or reminiscing about 

something in the past.

 

These landmarks act as mileposts and memories get 

weaved around them. But what if these physical

 markers that people associate with, are 

wiped out?

 

In Gaza, the pain and suffering go beyond the loss of human 

lives. The settler-colonial Zionist entity, in order to colonize 

Palestinians and change the demographic identity of the

 place, has been destroying important landmarks, 

including centuries-old heritage sites in 

the territory.

 

The roads lined with bougainvillea, the markets bustling

 with people, the mosques reverberating with calls to

 prayer, the Sunday mass..... at one of the oldest 

churches in the world, the beach that would

 be a picnic spot for families, the 

cemeteries – everything has 

come under attack.

 

Palestine has been ruled by various kingdoms throughout 

history – the Philistine (12th century BC), Egyptians 

(early 15th century BC), Babylonian (601BC), and 

the Greeks (332BC).

 

The country became an important centre of learning under

 Alexander the Great. The Romans also ruled there, 

followed by the Byzantines before it came

 under the Islamic dynasties.

 

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the British 

occupied Palestine during World War I.

 

With a wide galaxy of dynasties ruling the place, 

Palestine...... became the seedbed of varied 

cultures. As per archaeologists, it has 

links with a number of ancient 

civilizations.

 

In recent decades, after the illegitimate entity came into 

existence in Tel Aviv, it has been targeting the glorious

 Palestinian heritage to serve its sinister settler-

colonial agenda.

 

The regime has, in effect, weaponized archaeology and 

tried to create a biased narrative in order to justify its

 occupation of the Palestinian lands and its

oppression against the Palestinians.

 

Since October 7, when the Israeli regime launched its fresh 

aggression on Gaza, a small territory with 2.3 million 

population, the attacks to eradicate the 

archaeological sites ----- have 

dramatically surged.

 

Experts say this is being done to erase the memory 

and the connection of the people to their land.

 

As per a recent report by the Gaza media office, around 200

 monuments belonging to Christian and Islamic history and

 architecture in the besieged strip have been either 

completely or partially destroyed as a result of 

indiscriminate Israeli strikes.

 

Israeli troops have "either destroyed or damaged more 

than 200 out of 325 cultural and historical heritage 

sites in the Gaza Strip," the report said.

 

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and 

Antiquities, the exact data about archaeological 

sites destroyed in Gaza is still unavailable amid 

difficulties in conducting surveys... and 

assessing destruction on the ground. 

The unrelenting Israeli aggression 

has made their job tedious.

 

A report released on November 7 by Spain-based NGO 

“Heritage for Peace” said at least 104 archaeological

sites have been impacted by the latest Israeli war on 

Gaza, of which --- 4 have been completely destroyed.

 

That number has more than doubled 

...since the report was released.

 

“The ancient and archaeological sites destroyed by the 

(Israeli) army date back to the Phoenician and Roman 

ages, others date back between 800 BC and 1,400, 

while others were built 400 years ago”  --- the

Palestinian authorities said in a statement.

 

On December 8, the Great Omari mosque, the oldest and 

largest mosque in Gaza, was completely destroyed in 

an Israeli airstrike. Located in the centre of the old 

Gaza City, it was famous as the first mosque in

 the Gaza Strip.

 

“Heritage for Peace” reported damage to Ibn Uthman 

Mosque, dating back to the 15th century, and Sayed

 Hashem Mosque, where Prophet Muhammad’s 

(peace be upon him) great-grandfather 

Hashim Bin Abd Manaf is believed 

to be buried. 

 

Othman Bin Qashqai Mosque, in the Al Zaytoun

neighbourhood of east Gaza was also bombed

by the regime forces, killing a number of 

Palestinians who had sought refuge in 

the mosque.

 

The mosque was among one of

the oldest in the coastal strip.

 

As per official figures, at least 104 mosques have been 

reduced to rubble since the start of the Israeli 

genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7, 

which followed an unprecedented 

operation by the Hamas-led 

resistance movement 

against the Israeli 

occupation.

 

St Porphyrius church, dating back to the 5th century, 

was regarded as one of the oldest in the world. The 

church was hit by an Israeli airstrike, destroying 

the building and killing a number of people who

 had sought protection there, deeming it a

 safe place.

 

Among those who died in the church included members

 of Gaza’s Christian community who are increasingly 

staring at extinction as the regime continues its

 brutal bombardment campaign.

 

A Roman cemetery in northern Gaza, which is claimed 

to be 2,000 years old with dozens of ancient graves 

and two rare sarcophagi made of lead, was also 

completely destroyed in the bombing.

 

‘In God’s care now’

 

Some of Gaza’s museums.. have suffered complete 

destruction while many others have been partially 

damaged. Rafah Museum, in southern Gaza, 

shared two videos on its Facebook page, 

showing the building of the museum 

partially collapsed... due to 

Israeli airstrikes.

 

“There were priceless items from coins, precious stones, 

copper plates, clothes…. The Museum of Rafah is in 

God's care now,” said the director of Rafah 

Museum, Suhaila Shaheen, in a video 

posted on the museum's 

Facebook page.

 

In the video, Shaheen could be seen in the middle 

of the rubble of the destroyed museum.

 

Al Qarara Cultural Museum near Khan Younis and 

Deir Al Balah Museum in central Gaza have also 

suffered damage in the regime’s airstrikes.

 

The collection at Al Qarara Museum reportedly 

included antiquities from the Byzantine period.

 

Mohammad Abulehia, the custodian at Al Qarara Museum, 

who also helped in its establishment in 2016, confirmed 

that the building of the museum along with the 

artifacts suffered significant damage when 

a missile hit the neighbourhood.

 

Anthedon Harbour, Gaza’s first known seaport and one

of the Gazan sites on UNESCO’s world heritage 

tentative list has also been badly damaged 

in the regime's bombings.

 

The Rashad al-Shawwa Historical Cultural Centre, 

a cultural hub that hosts a theatre and a library 

with around 20,000 books, was targeted by 

the regime’s airstrike.

 

Since October 7, the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of 

Culture has also recorded nine publishing houses and 

libraries hit by bombs with 21 other cultural centres 

partially or completely damaged.

 

The Israeli strikes have destroyed most parts of the old 

city of Gaza, which was home to houses that dated 

back at least 150 years.

 

As per the International Council on Monuments and Sites 

(ICOMOS) report, the Central Archives of Gaza City have 

been completely destroyed with thousands of historic 

documents lost forever.

 

ICOMOS has also reported damage to El Saqqa House, an 

important cultural centre of the Islamic Mamluk period, 

constructed in 1661.

 

Al Ahli Baptist Hospital, founded in 1882 and believed to 

be Gaza’s oldest hospital, was also targeted and 

partially destroyed by the regime in October, 

killing over 470 people present there.

 

Cultural cleansing campaign

 

Continuing its cultural cleansing campaign, Israel has also 

destroyed the Souq Al Zawiya, one of Gaza City’s oldest 

and most important markets. It was located close to 

the Great Omari Mosque.

 

Pasha’s Palace Museum, a 13th-century fortress, that 

was a powerful witness and narrator of the story of 

civilizations, was reduced to ruins by the 

Israeli forces. 

 

Built during the mid-13th century, the iconic palace was

 Napoleon’s choice of accommodation during his stay 

in the city in 1799, according to historians.

 

“We are very sad we lost the al Pasha Palace. Hit by an

airstrike, the Israeli vehicles and bulldozers ran over

even the rubble. This palace was treated as a 

museum, and had pieces (tracing) back to 

the Canaanite, Roman and Greek eras,”

 said Bisan Owda, a Gaza-based 

social media influencer.

 

Israel ironically is a signatory to the 1954 Hague 

Convention --- for the Protection of Cultural 

Property in the event of armed conflict.

 

The document states that the signatories shall respect 

cultural property in their own territories and the 

territories of the other parties by refraining 

from “any act of hostility” against such 

property, or from any actions that 

“expose it to destruction or 

damage in the event of 

armed conflict.”

 

“Heritage for Peace” has described Israel’s actions as a 

“blatant violation of international humanitarian law”. 

The NGO also called on the world community “to 

urgently interfere, stop such crimes & elaborate 

a common strategy for the rehabilitation and 

restoration of destroyed and damaged 

cultural heritage sites in Gaza.”

 

Palestine’s Ministry of Culture has also appealed 

to the international community to protect the

vulnerable historical buildings in Gaza ------ 

amid the regime’s unchecked aggression.

 

“The crime of targeting and destroying archaeological 

sites should spur the world and UNESCO into action

to preserve this great civilizational and cultural 

heritage,” the Palestinian Ministry said in a 

statement recently.

 

The Geneva-based human rights group, Euro-Med Monitor, 

said Israel is “intentionally destroying” archaeological

 and historical monuments in Gaza, and “explicitly 

targeting Palestinian cultural heritage.”

 

“Destroying and targeting historical and archaeological 

sites may amount to a war crime under the Rome 

Statute establishing the International Criminal 

Court, and is a clear violation of The Hague 

Convention relating to the protection of 

cultural heritage during armed 

conflicts,” it noted.

 

 

The current population of Israel,

is 80% in favour of the complete

annihilation of the Palestinians.

 

I pray for the sake of your soul,

that you do not agree with this.

 




Thinkers Forum: 

How YOU are encouraged
to be NASTY

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Yemeni blockade of Israel 

exposes Arab regimes,

rattles Western 

imperialists

December 19th, 2:33pm

by Shabbir Rizvi

 

Perhaps the best pages of history are the pages where 

the oppressed are victorious against the oppressor, 

and able to turn the tide of power with 

poetic justice.

 

Within these pages, true colours are always revealed, and 

the resolve of each player is truly put to the test. And if 

history is truly written by the victor, then this chapter 

owes some pages to be authored by the incredibly 

brave people and resistance of Yemen.

 

In the wake of the Hamas-led resistance operation Al-Aqsa 

Storm (also known as Al-Aqsa Flood), Yemen has dared to 

go where no other Arab countries have (outside of the

 Islamic resistance in Lebanon and Iraq) - not only 

directly confronting the Zionist entity, but 

enacting a crushingly successful 

blockade in the strategic zone 

of the Red Sea. 

 

Any ship willing to conduct business with the Israeli regime 

in Yemen’s territorial waters has two options - turn around, 

or risk your ship being destroyed or taken by the Yemeni

 military (Ansarallah). 

 

One has to admire this act of poetic justice. Yemen, the 

country subjected to nearly a decade of US-Saudi 

blockade, enabled by Western states, which 

spawned the world’s worst humanitarian 

crisis in the Arab country - has now 

enacted a blockade of its own - 

squeezing the already 

depleting Zionist

 economy. 

 

Anyone familiar with the societal structure of the Zionist 

occupation can tell you that its economy is extremely

 vulnerable to external shocks. This.. is a regime that 

has only lasted as long as it has due to the political 

and economic support of the US capitalist class.

 

Billions of US taxpayer money is spent annually to keep the

 illegitimate entity afloat. Meaning the Zionist occupation 

has to ensure it is justifying this staggering investment. 

 

For the US ruling class, Israel acts not only as a colonial 

military outpost but as a corridor into Asia. They need

 Zionist cooperation to facilitate the trade of goods 

coming in and out of the region, facilitating 

billions of dollars of goods annually. 

 

Yemen has decided that it will not tolerate Israeli 

trade --- while Gazan children and women are 

being mercilessly slaughtered every day.

 

Starting in November, the Yemeni military began to seize 

Israeli-connected ships - starting with the seizure of the

 “Galaxy Leader.” Outside of ship seizures, other ships 

were subject to drone, rocket, and gunboat attacks -

 including the US Navy destroyer USS Carney. 

 

Israeli-occupied port of Eilat - its third biggest - has 

effectively been shut down amid Yemeni rockets 

and drones, and its blockade in the Red Sea. 

Traffic at the port is reportedly down 

by 85%. 

 

This is no small blockade. Global shipping companies are 

thinking twice about dealing with the regime. Hong Kong 

shipping company OOCL has halted all trade with the

 Israeli regime. Maersk... one of the biggest global 

shipping companies, has also decided to pause 

operations, joining a few other companies. 

Other shipping companies have also 

followed suit.

 

Initial projections estimate billions of dollars of trade has 

been impacted. Yemen’s blockade is driving the cost of 

goods up and increasing the amount of transport time.

 

Some Israeli-linked ships have even decided to go around 

Africa into Asia, adding anywhere from two to three 

extra weeks of shipping time. 

 

And most importantly, the economic impact caused by the 

crippling blockade is creating serious political pressure. 

British Petroleum on Monday announced it would stop

 operations using the Suez Canal, due to the 

Yemeni threat.

 

Mere hours after this announcement, UK Labour Party 

leader Keir Starmer joined UK Prime Minister Rishi 

Sunak in calling for a “sustainable ceasefire” in 

Gaza, effectively breaking from the US line.

 

Yemen is forcing the world to divest from the regime 

in Tel Aviv or suffer major economic consequences.

 And it's working. 

 

Now, Zionists and its US backers are tapping into their

 regional partners. The very countries that sought to 

break Yemen - the UAE and Saudi Arabia - are now 

creating a “land bridge” trade route with the 

Zionist entity, as per reports.

 

Though this is more costly and slower, the same 

resources are now passing from the UAE into 

Saudi Arabia and Jordan in order to reach 

the occupied territories.  

 

The 2000-kilometre path is already being put to the test, 

with a reported 10 trucks already taking the path from 

Dubai to the border of Israeli-occupied territories. 

 

This is a clear attempt to circumvent the Yemeni blockade. 

The Jordanian leadership quickly moved ------ to deny the 

existence of such a “land bridge” ----- as it is a shameful 

accusation - however, it is indeed a willing participant

 in the trade of goods with the apartheid regime. 

 

The treachery of these Arab regimes is another betrayal of 

the Palestinian people. These same countries waged war 

on Yemen’s independence movement, and now they are

 participating in the war against Palestinians by aiding 

the Zionist enemy.

 

Yemen has forced these regimes

--- to show their true orientation. 

 

Even more tellingly, the Saudi regime has assisted the US 

and Israeli regime in blocking Yemeni missiles and 

drones, with its air defense systems. Rockets 

meant for the port of Eilat were reportedly 

shot down by Saudi missiles, protecting 

not only Israeli goods..... but also 

US warships. 

 

The Gulf monarchies insist that they demand “regional 

stability” ---- while allowing the Zionist regime to 

conduct open genocide in front of the world. 

 

However, the US is not satisfied with a land bridge. Some 

goods cannot be transported through the land bridge, 

and it is pricier to switch between sea, land, then 

back to sea when transporting goods from the

 US to Asia, for example. 

 

On Monday, December 18, US Defense Secretary Lloyd

 Austin announced “Operation Prosperity Guardian” - 

a ten-country coalition that would fend off the 

“Yemeni threat” in the Red Sea.

 

It’s clear that the blockade is putting economic pressure 

on the US - the operation’s name says it all. But can the

 coalition, which includes Bahrain (adding another 

country to the list of Arab nations stabbing 

Palestine in the back), actually stop the 

Yemen-created blockade?

 

Not without risking a full-scale regional war. 

First, Yemen is more than capable of 

defending itself. It fended off a 

Saudi-led coalition for ten 

years, which used US 

weaponry and 

logistics.

 

It can certainly -- defend its own territorial 

waters and skies against invading forces. 

 

Second, the coalition threat is a serious step up the 

escalation ladder --- one that would have serious

 consequences for US forces and allies that

 are unwelcome in the region.

 

Last week, Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza

Ashtiani, issued a statementL: declaring that any 

attempt by the US to form a coalition that 

disrupts peace in the region -- “will be 

faced with tremendous problems."

 

"Nobody can make a move in a region where

 we have predominance,” he asserted.

 

In recent months, Iran has had several encounters 

with US naval boats that attempted to encroach 

its territorial waters. This comes as a result of 

US military ships posing a threat to Iranian oil 

tankers and other ships - resulting in Iran 

tightening security within its 

territorial waters. 

 

Hypocritically, the same country that decries 

Yemen’s blockade, also openly participates

 in the piracy of Iranian oil!

 

The US-led coalition is foolishly risking a regional war. 

Ultimately, this would not be in the US key interests - 

and the popularity of Biden's administration would

sink even more ------ even with it being at an 

all-time low.

 

The threat of the coalition as of now

 is just policy on paper.... but if 

materialized --- could yield 

catastrophic results.

 

The United States is already the main protagonist in the

 Gaza genocide. By supplying bombs that drop on Gaza 

every day as well as political backing, it cannot wash

 its blood-stained hands.

 

But if it insists on going the extra mile and pulling itself

 into a regional war over a trade route, then all bets 

on peace --- are off.

 

The attacks on US military bases would escalate. US ships 

would be targeted. US citizens and ambassadors would 

have to be evacuated. And trade that has already 

come to a screeching halt would be prolonged

 further. All on the eve of an election year.

 

The reality is that Yemen has the imperialist West right 

where it wants it. Either end the barbaric aggression 

on Palestinians in Gaza.... or face economic and 

political ruin. 

 

It is very rare in times like this that peace sells
-
 but is the US buying? Time will tell. 

 

Shabbir Rizvi is a Chicago-based political analyst 

with a focus on US internal security and

 foreign policy.

 

(Original source --- PressTV --- which does

not necessarily concur with the opinions

expressed in this article.)

 

You have to admit - don't you? - that this
makes 
extremely interesting reading!

 



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‘If Christ were born today ---- he would 

be born under rubble, Israeli bombing

Published On December 7th, 2023

(al Jazeera)

 

All the Palestinian churches have cancelled Christmas

 festivities this year, and one church in Bethlehem 

shares its pain.... through iconography.

 

Bethlehem's Lutheran Church decided its Christmas 

nativity scene would reflect the reality of children 

living and being born in Palestine today. 

 

Bethlehem, the occupied West Bank. The churches of 

Palestine: have announced the cancellation of all 

festive Christmas celebrations, in an expression 

of unity with Gaza and rejection of the ongoing 

aggression against Palestinians, limiting
them
 to masses and prayers.

 

In Bethlehem, the Lutheran Church decided that its

 Christmas nativity scene would reflect the reality

 of children living and being born in Palestine 

today, placing the symbolic Baby Jesus in

 a manger of rubble and destruction.

 

It is a poignant representation of the suffering of Gaza’s 

children who find themselves buried under what is left 

of their own homes, victims of the relentless Israeli 

bombardment.

 

“If Christ were to be born today,” Reverend Munther 

Isaac said, “he would be born under the rubble 

and Israeli shelling. This is a powerful 

message we send ---- to the world 

celebrating the holidays.”

 

The true meaning of Christmas

 

For Isaac and other church leaders, this was a way

to convey a message reflecting the birth of Christ, 

the messenger of justice, peace and dignity 

for humanity.

 

Christ was not born among the conquerors or those 

with military power, he said, but in an occupied 

country, which is what Palestine was 2,000 

years ago.

 

“Bethlehem is sad and broken. We are all in pain about 

what is happening in Gaza, feeling helpless and 

overwhelmed by our inability to offer 

anything,” he said.

 

Um Bishara, a mother of four, told Al Jazeera she was

surprised to see the nativity scene with Baby Jesus 

in the rubble on Sunday.

 

Weeping, she had to sit down as the significance of the 

display hit her and dedicated her fervent prayers to

 the children of Gaza, praying that they find 

peace and safety.

 

A devout woman, Um Bishara hopes the prayers of the 

Holy Land’s faithful at Christmas --- can stop the pain

 and killing, replacing them with hope and peace.

 

Forgetting the Palestinian Christians

 

Two weeks ago, Isaac delivered a letter from the churches

 of Bethlehem, a city of significant religious importance,

 to the US administration in Washington, DC.

 

The letter urged US President Biden, the US Congress and 

heads of US churches to apply Christ’s message rejecting 

injustice and called for an end to the genocidal war

 in Gaza.

 

“Some people in the West...... forget the existence of 

Palestinian Christians. This war affects everything 

Palestinian, whether Muslim or Christian. It is our

 responsibility now ------- to raise our voices as a 

nation ------ to stop this war,” Isaac said.

 

Continuing, he explained how saddened he was by several 

conversations he had in the US... where he was told that 

Israel’s assault on Gaza was justified as self-defence. 

 

However, he added, the thousands of children and

 innocents killed daily, and the churches and 

hospitals being bombed ---- do not figure in 

their calculus.

 

He knows the struggle to bring about change will be long

 because the Palestinian struggle is not only this war 

but a deeper struggle to affirm the legitimacy of 

Palestinian existence.

 

Anton Nassar, principal of the Dar Al-Kalima Lutheran

School, said Bethlehem is sad and in pain this year 

....but it has not lost hope.

 

He explained that while the nativity scene represents 

the reality of Palestinian lives, it also reflects hope 

as the infant Jesus is born in the rubble, a new 

light amidst pain.

 

He said, “We believe in the existence of hope 

and the hope of the birth of Jesus in the 

city of peace, the holy city.

 

“This is what is reflected in this painting ---- placed in the

church -- where we pray for a just peace in our country. 

We pray for an immediate cessation of the genocidal 

war on Gaza - and for the people of Gaza to enjoy a

 peace built on justice.”

 

“Christmas is in the heart,” Nassar said. “We pray 

and invoke Jesus to be born again in our lives, 

our country, our churches, and our schools, 

so that we can live in peace and stability 

and achieve our independent state 

with its capital, Jerusalem.”




No-one who calls themselves Christian would 

stop struggling and caring for the people in 

Palestine --- and would attempt to stop it. 

 

Ask yourself - if you have even attended one 

demonstration - or sent even one email,

tweet or text to your local councillor 

or MP --- (even if he is... a willing 

''Friend of Israel'' - and a Tory 

in a red jacket). 

 

Because if you haven't ------ you are

NOT a Christian --- but a hypocrite

who is literally taking the Lord's

name in vain.

 

Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the name of 

the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD 

will not hold guiltless anyone who 

takes his name in vain.”

 

What do you think?

Too vain to reply?




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FACTBOX: Patrushev... discusses 

national unity and long-standing 

conflict ------ with the West

November 4th, 1:27pm (TASS) 

 

On National Unity Day, Russian Secretary of the Security 

Council, Nikolay Patrushev, spoke on the historical 

significance of protecting Russia’s sovereignty 

in the long-running conflict with the West.

 

National Unity Day

 

- National Unity Day represents the Russian people's 

triumph over internal and external challenges 

through unity and coherence.

 

- During the Time of Troubles, Russia was on the verge of 

losing its sovereignty, but its people "united, defended

 their own country and state," drove out invaders and 

traitors, reestablished authority, and embarked on 

a path of independent development.

 

- This was made possible by the tremendous spiritual 

uplift of the country's multinational people, "whose 

statehood has always been based on three pillars 

- unity, faith, and a strong, vertical power."

 

Age-old conflict

 

- Europe has long wanted to destroy the Russian state, 

which has manifested itself in attempts at "political

 intrigue, economic enslavement, and 

direct aggression.

 

- Almost all of Europe has participated in aggression

 against Russia, from the German Knights to the 

Nazis in the twentieth century.

 

- Russia has always been a "bone in the West's throat," 

obstructing its hegemonic goals while representing 

a powerful civilizational alternative.

 

- Western Russophobic ideologues devised schemes to 

bring Russia to its knees, which served as the basis 

for the Western conspiracy to destroy the country.

 

The new Time of Troubles in the 1990s

 

- The eventful 1990s became the "new Time of Troubles," 

when the existence of the Russian state was once 

again threatened.

 

- The collapse of the USSR emboldened the authorities 

of the United States and other Western leaders, who 

believed that they could destroy Russia ---- by 

dividing it.

 

- In the 1990s, Western advisers flocked to Russia, 

attempting to create turmoil by "encouraging 

separatism, imposing debt bonds and 

onerous international obligations. 

The West was counting on 

creating turmoil ---- and 

establishing external

control over Russia.

 

- The West also used additional levers of pressure, 

such as NATO's aggressive push to the East, 

support for extremism and extreme 

religious groups, and "a wave of 

defamation of the Russian 

Orthodox Church and 

traditional Islam.

 

- As a result of the ''radical'' reforms imposed by the West,
the country's standard of living declined, unemployment
increased, industry, agriculture, transportation, and the
financial system --- were destroyed, and the military-
industrial complex effectively ceased to fulfill 

its primary function of providing advanced 

weaponry to the armed forces.

 

- In the 1990s, international terrorism -- posed a significant 

threat to Russian sovereignty, while Western governments 

hypocritically called the terrorists "fighters for freedom

 and democracy.''

 

Challenging the West

 

- After becoming president in 2000, Vladimir Putin focused

 his efforts on stabilizing the country's internal life and 

restoring constitutional order.

 

- As a result of the president's policies, strong systemic 

anti-crime measures have been implemented, and the 

number of criminal acts has decreased by more 

than a third, since 2000.

 

- In the early 2000s, Putin saw a multipolar world order as

 the solution to many international problems. His famous 

Munich speech was devoted to the idea that a unipolar 

model was not only unacceptable, but generally
unattainable in today's world.

 

- In August 2008, the West tested Russia's strength by 

igniting the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. As a 

result, the country reformed its army ---- and

introduced new types of weapons.

 

- However, the West did not relent - as a result of the 

Washington-engineered coup in Ukraine in 2014, 

supporters of neo-Nazi ideologies came to 

power in Kiev, from where they promptly 

launched a genocide against 

the Russian people.

 

Fighting neo-Nazism in Ukraine

 

- Despite Western sanctions and pressure, Russia could

not tolerate the atrocities committed by Ukrainian neo-

Nazis and supported the demand for the reunification 

of the millions of inhabitants of the original 

Russian territories.

 

- Ukrainian officials and their Western backers are 

increasingly resorting to blatant terrorist tactics 

to terrorize the population and damage Russia.

 

- Ultimately, Kiev officials will have to answer for attempts

 to annihilate the Russian people in Donbass, as well as 

for the deaths of Ukrainians in a fratricidal war.

 

- Ukrainian neo-Nazis will be tried in an international 

court for attempting a provocation by detonating

 a "dirty bomb".

 

- There are reasonable forces in Ukraine. They 

are suppressed, but they are ready to fight 

the neo-Nazi regime.

 

Sanctions war

 

- The West launched an unprecedented economic 

war against Russia, but its blitzkrieg failed.

 

- Western censorship is working hard to eliminate stories

 about Russia's good development trends. "The Anglo-

Saxon media deliberately ignore the obvious fact 

that Russia has been able to ensure its military,

 economic and food security.

 

- A large number of unjust sanctions have been imposed 

on Russia, but the country is dealing with them. The 

economy has recovered and has already 

exceeded the level of 2021.

 

- The Russian economy has demonstrated its stability
and its 
ability to develop gradually in the face
of global economic 
uncertainty --- and
the imposition of restrictive 
economic measures.

 

Multipolar world against the "new order"

 

- The West intends to create more hotspots near Russia,
similar to Ukraine, but Moscow will not be deterred.

 

- Washington, along with Russia, China and India, will 

become just one of several poles in the new 

multipolar world order, but Europe is 

unlikely to be able to claim....

 even that.

 

- Russia, under Putin, has offered a civilizational

 alternative to the West that is gaining traction. 

At least 25 countries have expressed a desire 

to join or cooperate with BRICS.

 

-- Russia prioritizes the development of relations 

with its nearest neighbours, especially Belarus,

 through the Union State.

 

- Moscow is in contact with Baku and Yerevan

 to normalize relations, and a peace treaty is 

being drafted.

 

- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared

 that Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijani territory....

 under the influence of the West.

 

Remembering history

 

- While the West tries to rewrite history, Russia treats

 it with care and..... does not allow it to be lost.

 

- Future generations must know the truth and remember

 that it was Russia that overcame fascism at the cost 

of nearly 30 million deaths of its people.

 

- Amendments to the Constitution in 2020 restored the

 supremacy of national law and established laws on 

the security of the country's borders and territories.

 

- The support of the majority of the population for the

 President's plans in the 2020 referendum, created 

the basis - for Russia's future prosperity, stability, 

security and good living conditions for its people.

 

 

Well done, Russia - your country is now

respected again by 80% of the world

and also by millions in the so-called

''democracies'' of the West.

 

When and if you start calling

each other Comrade, again,

you will have returned on

your path, perfectly!

 

I always wanted the merging

of genuine Christianity with

communism, and believe in

your ability to achieve that.

 

May all our readers work

and pray to achieve this.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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US not merely complicit but 


architect and mastermind 


of Israel’s Gaza genocide


by Mohammad Hashim


October 31st,  1:35pm


(PressTV)


 


As the chorus for an end to the Israeli regime’s genocidal 


campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip grows louder, it is


 becoming increasingly clear who the real protagonist 


and mastermind is.


 


While the overwhelming majority of countries voted in 


favour of the humanitarian truce in Gaza during the 


UN General Assembly session last week, the US 


and some of its vassal states, opposed


the resolution.


 


The vote laid bare which side Americans and their allies 


were on – the side of occupation and apartheid.


 


It came days after US President Joe Biden dashed off to 


Tel Aviv in a show of support for the Israeli regime even 


as Israeli warplanes continued to pummel densely-


populated civilian areas in Gaza.


 


On the eve of Biden’s visit, an Israeli warplane targeted a 


hospital in northern Gaza, killing more than 700 people, 


including patients and those who had taken refuge 


at the hospital, after being displaced.


 


Biden refused to condemn the Israeli regime, rather 


blamed the “other side” for the bombing, parroting


 the Israeli narrative. He had previously also


 peddled the Zionist lie about children 


being beheaded.


 


During the whirlwind trip, he even described himself as 


a “Zionist” and repeated a line he infamously said as a


 senator in 1986: “If there were not an Israel, we’d 


have to invent one.”


 


Biden, however, isn’t the only American batting for the 


occupying regime and preventing efforts aimed at de-


escalation. Many current and former US officials 


have come out openly in support of the regime.


 


Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State who was one of 


the first foreign officials to land in Tel Aviv following


 the events of October 7, has made a series of 


not-so-diplomatic statements in recent days.


 


In an interview with NBC last week, the top US diplomat 


said that Israel should “already be devising a strategy”


 of who rules the besieged Gaza Strip after Hamas is 


removed from the scene.


 


He was only echoing what Israeli Premier Benjamin 


Netanyahu said earlier about the “elimination of 


Hamas” being the defined goal for the regime 


in its latest genocidal campaign in the 


barricaded territory.


 


A former US military official, Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, 


speaking on MSNBC on Sunday, said the US is likely to 


“directly intervene with air and naval strikes” --- if the 


regime’s existence is threatened.


 


"I would suggest to you our support of Israel will be 


absolute, and if we see Syrian military intervention, 


active Iranian military intervention, we'll go to war," 


McCaffrey said on the show.


 


The unconditional and uncritical support for the Israeli 


regime from the top-tier US past and present 


leadership has prompted many pundits to 


suggest that Washington -- is the key 


player in this war.


 


It’s not merely complicit in what’s unfolding in the 


besieged Gaza Strip, but it is the engineer, the 


architect and the main mastermind of this 


genocidal campaign against the people 


of Palestine.


 


As Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed 


Ali Khamenei said in a speech last week, the US is a 


“definite accomplice” of the Zionist regime and its 


hands are drenched in the blood of the oppressed.


 


“Actually, it is the US that is somehow managing the


crime that is being committed in Gaza. The US ---


is the one that is managing things,” Ayatollah 


Khamenei remarked.


 


These words carry tremendous weight and establish the 


fact that the regime in Tel Aviv is remotely controlled 


by Washington as both need each other to carry 


out destabilizing activities in the region.


 


It’s a well-established fact that the Zionist killing 


machine is funded by Washington -- including 


over $3.8 billion annual military assistance 


the US provides annually to the regime to 


purchase weaponry.


 


In recent weeks, there have also been reports 


about two US aircraft carriers being 


dispatched to the region, a move 


basically meant to provide 


military cover to the 


vulnerable entity 


in Tel Aviv.


 


All these developments suggest beyond doubt that 


the United States basically owns this war that is


 increasingly looking unwinnable for the 


‘weaker than spider web’


 Israeli regime.


 


Even though Biden’s deputy Kamala Harris insists that 


Washington has “no intention” to deploy combat 


troops to the occupied territories, reports 


suggest US boots are already on the 


ground there.


 


There have also been reports about the US secretly


 expanding its military base on the occupied land


 near Gaza, which again points to US complicity 


and a key role --- in what’s unfolding in Gaza.


 


Intercept reported this week that the Pentagon awarded a


 multimillion-dollar contract to build its secret base deep 


inside the occupied territories, just 20 miles from Gaza, 


code-named ‘Site 512.’


 


The classified base will include what the report called


 a “life support facility” for the dying regime.


 


“Though President Joe Biden and the White House insist 


that there are no plans to send U.S. troops to Israel 


amid its war on Hamas, a secret U.S. military


 presence in Israel already exists,” the


 report stated.


 


As Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian Leader’s senior advisor,


 stated on Monday, the Israeli regime will not even last 


one day without the support of the United States and 


European countries.


 


So it becomes clear that the occupying regime cannot


 go ahead or sustain any military aggression without 


Washington’s green light as well as political and


 military patronage.


 


In the case of the ongoing bombing campaign in the 


Gaza Strip, which will eventually lead to the demise 


of the illegitimate regime. the United States is not 


only complicit, but the mastermind.


 


Mohammad Hashim is a political and


 media analyst focused on West Asia


 


(The views expressed in this article ---- do 


not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)


 


 


Israel is often described as the US'


''attack dog'' in the Middle East.


 


If you had a distant relative who sent a


dog to where you live --- that beseiged


you --- and periodically killed your


children - what would YOU do?


 


 


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The catastrophe in Gaza
Ceasefire Now!

by Tatiana Belova

October 21st, 10:24am 

 (Vesti.ru)




Rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered 27 

tons of humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip. 

These are, first of all, extremely necessary food and 

medicines. Russian humanitarian aid was handed 

over to representatives of the Egyptian Red 

Crescent Society to be sent to the 

Palestinian enclave. 

 

The situation of Gazans is catastrophic. This

is especially true ---- for access to water.

 

The Palestinian civilians found themselves in unbearable

 conditions. According to the latest UN report, Gazans 

now have access to at best 3 litres of water a day

 instead of the minimum 50 litres.

 

The Gaza Strip is practically cut off from the rest of the 

world. Water and food are sorely lacking. For bread –

 stampede and queues. A video of Palestinian 

children searching for food, in the rubble
of 
their homes, has spread across 

social networks. 

 

Power was cut off in Gaza for nine consecutive days.

 Hospitals are on the verge of collapse. Due to the 

lack of light, surgeons are forced to suspend 

operations. Some people... have to work in 

the dark. 59 medical institutions were hit,

 26 were seriously damaged. At least
16 
health workers were killed and
over 20 
were injured.

 

The situation with the water supply, is particularly

deplorable. The water crisis has been developing 

in Gaza for decades. The reason for this is the 

depletion of the underground aquifer and the

 regular blockades that Israel arranges for 

the region.

 

Residents of the enclave are forced to drill and dig wells 

to get access to water. According to the Palestinian 

Water Authority, there are 10,000 wells in Gaza, 

2,700 wells for the agricultural sector and 

7,000 private wells drilled by residents 

without a license.

 

"The whole problem -- is that there are extremely specific 

soils. And these soils are seriously saline. Accordingly, 

if the well is legal ------ it is still being cleaned and 

desalinated. And if the wells are illegal, let's 

just say... that the water from them
is 
desalinated exclusively by 

artisanal means," explains 

Sergey Demidenko, Dean 

of the School of Political 

Studies at the RANEPA 

Institute of National

Economy and Public

 Administration.

 

Many desalination plants were destroyed after Israeli 

strikes. As a result --- Gazans are forced to drink 

brackish water. It has exceeded the indicators 

of sodium, chlorine, and nitrates. Such water
---- 
is dangerous for health, especially

for children. 

 

And it is also teeming with various infections. The region 

has experienced regular outbreaks of cholera and 

typhoid fever before. Now, amid the destruction 

of critical infrastructure --- doctors expect a 

surge in cases in the Palestinian enclave.

 

"There are a lot of biological threats. The list --- is huge. The 

most banal intestinal infections-shigellosis, salmonellosis,

E. coli. In fact they are banal only at first glance because 

in the absence of control, or effective treatment, they
provide a high mortality rate, especially in children. 

Cholera --- in principle, there were outbreaks. This 

is what everyone expects with the current state. 

It is not a fact that it will necessarily happen,

but the risks ------ are very high" --- warns 

Nikolai Kryuchkov, an immunologist.

 

To prevent a catastrophe, Russia proposed a humanitarian 

resolution on Gaza and Israel at the UN Security Council 

earlier this week. However, it was rejected. The US,
UK, 
France, and Japan --- voted against it.

 

"Humanitarian access must be granted immediately. We call

 for an early ceasefire and the opening of corridors for the

 delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the affected areas 

of the enclave and an exit of civilians, for an immediate 

end to violence against civilians, regardless of their

place of residence," stressed Vasily Nebenzya, 

Permanent Representative of the Russian 

Federation to the UN.

 

However, the other day things got off the ground a little. 

Egypt, has agreed to open the Rafah crossing to send 

humanitarian aid to residents of the Gaza Strip. 

 

On Friday, about 200 trucks piled up near the checkpoint.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres even arrived in

 Rafah to track the delivery of the first humanitarian 

supplies to the Palestinian enclave, on the spot.

 

However, it is obvious that the humanitarian catastrophe 

in Gaza can be stopped - only after a ceasefire.

This, is 
what Russia is calling for.

 

 

Don't look away !
Write, march,
fiight, pray...

Just don't do what the Pharisee did
--- as Jesus taught us all --- in the
parable of the good neighbour.

Don't ''cross over to the 
other side of the road.''

What do you think?




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RS: The US would do better to enlist 

the support of Russia and China

 to resolve the conflict in

 the Middle East

October 20th, 2023 

(source: Responsible Statecraft

retold by InoTV)

 

With their authority and influence in the Middle East, 

Russia and China could help the US achieve a 

settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict 

--- and prevent its spread throughout the 

region, writes Responsible Statecraft.

 

 If the situation escalates further, there is a danger that the 

ongoing armed confrontation will draw Washington and

 Moscow into fighting on opposite sides, and China 

will provide assistance to Russia.

 

The conflict in the Middle East - poses two serious threats to

 the United States. First, it is a deadly threat to Israel, which

 may arise as a result of a joint attack on it by Hamas, 

Hezbollah and Iran (especially if Russia helps it), and

 the resumption of the intifada. 

 

Secondly, there is a danger that such a regional conflict will 

draw the United States and Russia into fighting on opposite 

sides, and China will provide assistance to Russia, 

writes Responsible Statecraft.

 

Preventing both situations is crucial for both the US's own

 security and Israel's, which largely depends on China and 

Russia helping to contain their partners in the region in 

exchange for Israel's restraint in the Gaza Strip.

 

The most likely route to this double jeopardy --- would be to 

launch a full-scale Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, 

for which Hamas is almost certainly prepared and which it 

may well have originally intended to provoke. The invasion

--- will inevitably involve prolonged urban fighting and 

massive civilian casualties, leading to widespread 

outrage in the region. 

 

This may trigger a military response from Hezbollah, which 

in turn will put massive pressure on Iran to force Tehran 

to support its Lebanese partner.

 

The northern front between Israel & Iran-backed Hezbollah 

could also well extend into Syria, drawing Russia or even

 Turkey directly into the fighting. Neither side is looking 

for a direct clash with Israel --- because the Hamas 

attack, has already caught Iran off guard, Russia

 is completely engrossed in the Ukraine conflict, 

and Turkey will lose the leverage it uses to 

maneuver between the US, EU, Russia, 

and regional players ---- south of its 

borders. However, circumstances

 may force these States to make 

choices... that they would
prefer 
to avoid.

 

Choosing between China and Russia will make it easier for 

the United States to enlist Beijing's help. China has the 

most to lose from an expanded regional conflict that 

could threaten access to its oil reserves, drive up 

energy prices.. and disrupt international trade,
on
 which the country's economy depends. 

 

In addition, China could also benefit from working with the 

United States to contain the crisis and stabilize the region, 

bolstering its prestige on the world stage and reassuring 

the US, which fears that Beijing intends to "destabilize"

 the international "order."

 

Washington will not want to give the leading role in the

 region to China - even though China is already playing 

such a role regardless of the US desire, as evidenced

 by its support for Saudi-Iranian rapprochement. 

 

Successful cooperation with China in the Middle East would 

mark a return to previous US statements that Washington 

hopes Beijing will become a "responsible stakeholder" 

on the world stage, rather than an enemy.

 

The situation is more complicated with Russia, as it has 

good relations with both Israel and Iran, and has fought 

alongside Hezbollah in Syria. In addition, the level of

hostility and distrust.... that grew long before the 

Ukrainian conflict between the USt and Russia 

is off the scale. It is obvious that Russia is 

strongly tempted to create problems for 

the US ---- and take advantage of the 

situation --- to strengthen its ties 

with Iran, the Arab world, and 

countries of the Global South 

--- at the expense of the US.

 

Fortunately for the United States, Moscow also has reason 

to worry about the deepening conflict in the Middle East. 

 

First of all, Russia has long been concerned about the issue 

of Islamic terrorism. After the events of September 11, a

 strong sense of unity of interests with the US in the 

fight against terrorism emerged in Moscow. As a 

result of this perception of a common threat, the 

West's policy in Libya and Syria was met in 

Russia not only with rage, but also with 

bewilderment. Faced with the obvious 

danger of Islamist extremism and the 

terrible example of the war in Iraq, 

Russian analysts could not under-

stand.. how the West could have

followed a course ------- aimed at 

destroying the Libyan & Syrian 

states -------and expanding

opportunities for the 

spread of religious 

terrorism.

 

The resumption of at least limited cooperation with Russia, 

in the fight against terrorism --- is both one of the ways to a

 possible broader settlement and is extremely necessary in

 itself, because the current conflict, is sure to increase the 

terrorist threat to the West. Terrorist attacks have already 

begun in Europe. The United States also needs to resume 

negotiations with Russia on the future of Syria, as the US 

strategy to overthrow the political regime has long failed.

 

Neither Russia nor China has sufficient leverage to prevent

 Hezbollah from opening a northern front with Israel - if the 

Israeli military launches a full invasion of the Gaza Strip. 

 

However ------- Beijing and Moscow probably have enough 

influence to guarantee Tel Aviv that Hamas supporters 

will not take part in the clashes in exchange for some 

measure of restraint on the part of the Israelis.

 

 The United States should enlist the support of Russia and 

China, and then it will be easier to resolve the conflict in 

the Middle East, Responsible Statecraft concludes.

 

 

Some chance? No chance!

What do you think?

 

 

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How Palestinian resistance 

gained upper hand with its

strategic military operation

October 17th, 1:39pm

by Julia Kassem

 

The Israeli regime’s humiliating withdrawal from Gaza 

in 2005, placed the coastal strip at the centre of the 

illegitimate entity’s wrath as Gazans rejected the 

comprador authority that ruled the West Bank, 

marking a reversal and upheaval of the
plan
 of Zionists.

 

After that, Gaza was subjected to a brutal blockade, 

depriving it of clean water, strictly limiting its food, 

and every once in a while shelling the world’s 

largest open-air prison.

 

Before the Tel Aviv regime launched its genocidal aerial 

bombardment campaign, it was caught by complete 

surprise on the morning of October 7, 2023, when 

the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement 

launched the ‘Al-Aqsa Storm’ operation.

 

Following the barrage of rockets that pounded the occupied

 territories, Hamas’s Izzidin al-Qassam brigade fighters 

broke through the regime’s highly-fortified fence and 

ambushed bases in Israeli-occupied Beit Hanoon 

(called Erez by the occupation) border crossing, 

the Zikim base, and the Gaza division

 headquarters at Reim.

 

Within a few hours, the Palestinian resistance fighters had 

already captured 35 Israeli military personnel, killed 

dozens, and captured vast swathes of occupied 

towns. They dragged out senior Israeli regime 

commander Nimrod Aloni --- responsible for 

planning operations against resistance 

groups - in his undergarments.

 

Almost immediately, the resistance eliminated the entire 

Israeli battalion responsible for overseeing, monitoring 

and surveillance of the besieged Gaza Strip.

 

This knocked out the occupation’s intelligence capabilities 

to the extent that PM Benjamin Netanyahu himself had no

 clue about it even hours after the operation, and Israeli 

units failed to respond - let alone inform the public -
for 
at least 6 hours.

 

The information then revealed --- that one of the bases 

ambushed by the resistance was a publicly unknown 

one - and not only did the Palestinian fighters know 

where the base was, but were able to specifically 

target and destroy the communications 

infrastructure there.

 

It was entirely the work of Palestinian resistance - despite

 a Wall Street Journal article claiming the operation was 

carried out with the help of Iran - an erroneous lie, 

especially the reference to “Hezbollah 

security sources”.

 

Iran’s United Nations office dismissed the claim, while

reaffirming the Islamic Republic's unflinching support

for the Palestinian resistance --- and the 

surprise operation.

 

The lie was later retracted by the Pentagon, issuing 

a statement that there was no evidence of Iran’s 

involvement, but already, it was clear that Iran 

was also a target --- likely at the request of a 

desperate regime in Tel Aviv, who realized

that its security, like its impenetrable 

wall, was completely broken.

 

The Palestinian resistance was victorious not because 

of any co-incidence or luck --- but because of its 

strategic vision and military prowess, which 

is lacking on the other side.

 

The Palestinian resistance’s operation, which came in

 response to daily atrocities against Palestinians - as 

well as the repeated desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque 

by regime forces and settlers -- exposed not only 

chinks in the regime’s military apparatus -- but 

also the complete absence of strategy in the 

Zionist entity ------ so it had to resort to 

propaganda and false narratives.

 

As the threat of a ground invasion becomes more

 pronounced, the Zionist entity finds itself at a 

crossroads: either to back down and accept 

defeat ----- or move ahead with a ground 

invasion ----- and face the wrath of 

all fronts of the resistance axis.

 

The latter scenario almost ensures the Zionist entity’s 

crushing defeat - both in terms of being pulled across

two fronts as well as facing Lebanon’s Hezbollah 

resistance movement, which has grown 

considerably stronger... since its

 thumping victory over Israel 

in 2006.

 

The prospects of an Israeli defeat are particularly high -- as 

the events that unfolded on October 7 reveal. The regime’s 

lack of strategy pushes it into the fold of ideology and 

cruel, sadistic idealism, producing its “tactics” (if you 

can call them that) of shock-and-awe terror and 

intimidation, of mass genocide of Gazans, to 

produce civilian intimidation - devastation

- where military victories cannot be 

matched up.

 

Despite the Palestinian resistance’s superior intelligence 

capabilities and strong command of strategy, the Zionist 

entity could drum up nothing more intelligent than a 

propaganda campaign - equating the Palestinian

resistance, particularly Hamas - to the Daesh

terrorist group --- alongside other orientalist 

tropes aimed at dehumanizing Palestinians

--- to justify horrific war crimes and mass 

murder, carried out in the absence of 

a strategy.

 

The Palestinians -- were projected as bloodthirsty savage 

men with appetites for rape and murder who had nothing 

better to do than to target scantily-clad white settler 

women and murder children.

 

These tropes, present in different forms during the Al-Aqsa 

Storm operation (also known as the Al-Aqsa Flood), were 

quickly debunked.

 

The most notorious of these Zionist lies was that 40 babies 

were beheaded by Hamas in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza on 

October 10. The lies were debunked over and over 

again, (with the Zionist entity adding insult to 

injury in tweeting an AI-generated image of 

a burned “baby”) but the damage --- in 

invoking a sensationalist reaction

 to orientalist tropes --- stuck.

 

Israel used it not just to justify its aerial bombardment of 

civilians in Gaza, but also -- to manufacture consent for 

such a campaign amongst Americans, whose support 

is so critical for Tel Aviv to even consider launching 

its ground offensive, and whose public has grown 

more hesitant to pour more money for wars 

abroad - especially post-Ukraine.

 

On October 13, the Israeli regime demanded North Gaza’s 

nearly 1 million inhabitants evacuate to the south of the 

territory, warning them of an incoming, unforgiving 

aerial bombardment campaign. The order even 

applied to hospitals that were teeming with 

critical patients.

 

Gazan authorities immediately slammed the warnings as 

psychological warfare, with Hamas leadership urging 

citizens not to fall into Zionist schemes

 “to create another Nakba.”

 

Hamas pointed out in an English-language telegram 

statement that targeting hospitals was a violation 

of international law. Yet Israel pressed harder in 

forcing a mass evacuation - or at least making 

it look like they had warned Palestinians 

before their brutal annihilation.

 

When terrified Palestinians heeded the threatening orders 

and traveled south - the humanitarian corridor became a 

target for the regime, which rained bombs on numerous 

convoys, massacring and injuring over 200 civilians, 

mostly women and children.

 

In the short term, the regime has sought to wipe out Gaza 

of not its resistance, but of its inhabitants, first by aiming 

to establish a security belt from the North of Gaza before 

moving in to wipe out Gaza of its entire population, tear 

through underground tunnels, and washing away its 

crimes by reinstating the illegal occupying 

settlements (“Gush Katif”) removed as 

part of the occupying entity’s 

withdrawal in 2005.

 

These campaigns of terror and mass murder serve a 

nefarious displacement project - one that would see 

Gaza’s two million inhabitants dead - or, in the long 

term, pushed, permanently displaced, into Egypt’s 

Sinai to live in tents (and forever panhandle from 

the liberal wing of Global Zionism as begging

 recipients of paltry “aid”), as recurrent 

Israeli proposals have indicated.

 

Just as Daesh’s forced displacement of Syrians and Iraqis 

from the region’s oil-rich north enabled trillions in US oil

 extortion to take place, the forced exodus of 

Palestinians, squashes out any hope for 

Palestinian sovereignty over land and 

resources - including an estimated 

$15 billion in offshore oil wealth 

in the occupied Palestinian 

maritime boundary.

 

Like Daesh, the Zionist entity functions outside of any 

legal or humanitarian standards or laws, be it

 religious or liberal-secular.

 

Like Daesh, the Zionist entity invokes indiscriminate 

campaigns of mass murder and violence, to 

cleanse the population and uphold an 

ever-expanding ethno-state.

 

Like Daesh, the Zionist entity upholds its reign of terror 

through supremacists, a twisted ideology that 

disregards vision for nihilistic dogma.

 

And like Daesh, the Zionist entity carries out its genocidal

campaigns essentially to the benefit of the West, with 

whom it finds itself in collusion with chaos-inducing 

means to plunge Palestine and the Arab world into

 a reactionary, servile end.

 

Yet like Daesh, the illegitimate regime’s genocidal goals 

executed with a lack of a constructive vision and 

harnessed by death and destruction - come amid 

a waning US hegemony ----- that Israel is 

completely dependent upon. So the 

future looks particularly bleak
for 
the regime.

 

On the other hand, the resistance axis, following the latest 

developments, clearly holds the upper hand in this battle 

– a battle that will end in the annihilation of the 

apartheid regime.   

 

Julia Kassem is a freelance writer, having contributed

to Detroit's own Riverwise, Against the Current, 

and nationally syndicated outlets such as 

Counterpunch, Mintpressnews, 

and TruthOut.

 

 

Truly, some amazing insights.

I don't think the Palestinians

are going to lose - and tens

of thousands of Israelis

now leaving Israel --- 

seem to agree.

 

What do you think?

 

 

_____________________________________



What the Communists are fighting for
A decent youth policy 

October 14th, 2:56pm

(Press service of Stalingrad 

Regional Committee of the 

Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation) 

 

Meeting of Komsomol activists of the 

Southern Federal District opened 

in Volgograd.

 

On October 13, a gathering of Komsomol activists from the 

Southern Federal District, started in Volgograd. Opening 

the forum, Tamara Golovacheva, First Secretary of the

Stalingrad Regional Committee of the Communist 

Party of the Russian Federation... addressed 

young delegates, from the Astrakhan and 

Rostov regions, the Republic of Crimea,

 the city of Sevastopol, the Krasnodar 

Territory, Adygea, and the Donetsk 

and Luhansk People's Republics: 

 

"On behalf of....... the regional Committee of the Communist

Party of the Russian Federation, I would like to welcome 

you to the heroic - and unruly - Stalingrad land. Your 

Komsomol rally -- is held in the year of the 80th 

anniversary of the Victory at Stalingrad, and 

October is crowned by another date - the 

105th anniversary of the only political 

and mass organization in the world,

the All-Union Leninist Communist 

Youth Union.''

 

''In a difficult time for our country, during the years of the Civil 

War and foreign military intervention, no one then realized 

what lies ahead for young people.. what they have to do,

 what the main task is to fulfill. This task was voiced at

 the third congress of the Komsomol in October 1920, 

where Vladimir Ilyich Lenin told young people that 

they need to learn ----- that you can become a 

communist only if you enrich your memory 

with knowledge of all the riches that 

humanity has developed. Learn 

and work. Build new cities, 

railways, and factories.''

 

''During the years of the struggle against the Nazi invaders, 

ten million Komsomol members ------ went to the front.
3.5 
thousand of them received the title Hero of the 

Soviet Union. Among them, were our Stalingrad 

heroes: Nikolai Serdyukov, Mikhail Panikakha, 

Sasha Filippov, Yakov Pavlov... and 

many others.''

 

''The legendary Komsomol tribe is alive today, it continues to

 work and grows stronger - together with the history of the

 country under the leadership of the Communist Party.'' 

 

''I wish you fruitful work at the Meeting, and with your 

Komsomol enthusiasm and energy, always keep up 

with the party, fight and win."

 

During the Gathering of Komsomol activists, participants will 

listen to lectures on the history of the Communist Party and 

the Komsomol, take part in a seminar on journalism, learn 

how to conduct propaganda work, and discuss the

prospects for the development of the LKSM 

and the country as a whole.  

 

 

''Knowledge of all the riches that 

humanity has developed.'' Wow!

 

Have you taken a look -- at the

mass media and social media

in your country, today?

 

What did you learn?

 

 


________________________________

 



Bloomberg: Russia and China will 

benefit from the war in Gaza, and 

the West will have to answer for 

"double standards"

(source: Bloomberg

retold by InoTV)

October 13th, 2023 

 

A war in the Middle East can cause serious damage 

to the power and authority of the West, and the 

only winners in the war in Gaza may be 

Russia and China, according 

to Bloomberg.

 

The two countries' positions on the Israeli-Palestinian

 conflict, differ, creating an even greater rift in the 

current world situation. Too many countries 

around the world accuse Israel of illegally 

occupying Palestinian land - continuing 

settlement expansion, and oppressing

 the Palestinian people. 

 

The moral necessity of the creation of Israel after World War 

II was not recognized even by the remote countries of Asia 

and Africa, let alone the Middle East: most of them still do 

not agree that the Palestinians were deprived of property 

and punished for the crimes of European countries.

 

But - as Bloomberg notes - it is not just Israel's attempts to

normalize relations with its Arab neighbours that are now 

under threat. A prolonged and widespread conflict in the

 Middle East "will drain the West's resources in relation

 to Ukraine," which "were already scarce and subject 

to domestic political opposition in the US and other 

countries." Moreover, little will remain of the Biden 

administration's ambitious efforts to counter 

China's growing influence in the Middle 

East, whether it's a peace deal 

between Saudi Arabia and 

Israel, or a proposed 

economic corridor

 linking India....

 to Europe. 

 

According to the US newspaper, the war in the 

Middle East has already undermined all the 

efforts made by the West.

 

Moreover, even if the struggle is confined to the Gaza Strip, 

it will subject to more international scrutiny... what the 

human rights organization, Amnesty International, in 

its report calls the "double standards of the West" 

--- in the field of human rights in the world. 

 

The US authorities did not answer the question put to them 

by the Palestinian activist Mustafa Barghouti: "Why does

the United States support Ukraine in the fight against 

the so-called occupation, while in the Middle East 

they support the invader who still continues to 

occupy us?"

 

As Bloomberg notes, it is precisely the rash actions of the

 West and its ambivalent policy towards other countries 

that play into the hands of Russia and China. 

 

According to the publication ---- "China and Russia will only 

benefit from the pictures of death and destruction in Gaza, 

caused, among other things, by US-made bombs."

 

 

Some good points there.

Meanwhile, children die.

Sick of it... aren't you?

 

 

__________________________


 

British commandos train Ukrainian 

saboteurs to undermine Russian

nuke plants — FSB

 October 11th, 9:31am (TASS) 

 

The British special operations personnel, trained Ukrainian 

military intelligence groups for subversive acts at Russian 

nuclear power plants, Russia’s Federal Security Service 

(FSB) Director, Alexander Bortnikov, said at a meeting 

of the Council of CIS Security Agencies and Special
Services Chiefs, that opened under 
his
chairmanship, on Wednesday.

 

"In August this year --- the Federal Security Service

 apprehended members of a Ukrainian subversive

and reconnaissance group. Operational and 

investigative measures - have established 

that the personnel of the British special 

operations forces ------ trained the
saboteurs 
and planned
their operations.'' 

 

''The group was tasked with carrying out subversive acts

 against military facilities, oil, transport and critical

 infrastructure -- and also against nuclear power 

sites, in particular, the Smolensk and Kursk 

nuclear power stations," the FSB
chief said.

 

Earlier, similar subversive acts were attempted
against 
the Leningrad and Kalinin nuclear
power plants,
 Bortnikov said.

 

"In all, over 20 explosives planted at electric power

transmission lines of nuclear power plants - were 

neutralized as a result of counter-saboteur work.

Their detonation pursued the goal of disrupting 

the technological process of the operation of

 nuclear power plants," the FSB chief said.

 

As a result of the saboteurs’ subversive acts, the operation 

of the 2nd power unit of the Kursk nuclear power plant 

was halted ------ in an emergency shutdown, 

Bortnikov said.

 

"These acts by the Ukrainian military intelligence and its

 British instructors, should be qualified as nothing else 

but nuclear terrorism," the FSB chief stressed.

 

"A question arises: is London aware of the reckless nature

 of actions by its special services? What do these insane

 persons ultimately count on? The point is that by their 

actions they raise the terror threat to a higher level," 

Bortnikov said.

 

As the FSB chief pointed out, "this requires measures from

 the international community - to work out fundamentally 

new approaches --- in the fight against terrorism, its
 
ideological inspirers, sponsors, and 
perpetrators,"
the FSB chief said.




I'm talking to the UK special services now.
Have you realistically looked at yourself
and seen yourself --- as a terrorist?

If you have - how does it make you feel?



___________________________________



Gitmo detainees continue to be 

tortured by CIA ----- physically, 

and mentally: Attorney

by Syed Zafar Mehdi

October 4th, 11:18am

(PressTV)

 

Torture has always existed at Guantanamo Bay in different

 forms --- and the inmates there continue to be tortured 

physically and psychologically, says a US-based 

human rights attorney.

 

In an interview with the Press TV website, Alka Pradhan, 

who has represented Guantanamo Bay detainees as

 well as victims of US drone strikes, described 

various forms of torture prevalent at the 

notorious US detention facility --- also 

known as Gitmo, in southeast Cuba.

 

“In the early days, it took the form of beatings and forced 

nudity, starvation and force-feedings, and other terrible

 techniques,” said Pradhan, referring to the 

institutionalizing of torture at Gitmo.

 

“Now, decades of arbitrary detention, and lack of family 

visits and medical care ------ including botched or 

substandard procedures ------ carried out by 

poorly qualified staff ----- continue to 

torture these men psychologically 

and physically.”

 

Pradhan, one of the leading human rights lawyers in the US, 

is currently Human Rights Counsel at the Guantanamo Bay 

Military Commissions. She was previously Counter-

Terrorism Counsel at Reprieve US, where she

 represented several Guantanamo 

Bay detainees.

 

She also conducted advocacy and litigation on behalf of

 civilian victims of US drone strikes in Yemen and 

Pakistan and has advised the US government 

on compliance with international 

legal obligations.

 

Last week, Pradhan was invited to the European Parliament 

to speak on Gitmo human rights abuses amid growing calls

 from human rights advocates to shut down the notorious 

US detention centre.

 

She is an attorney representing Ammar al-Baluchi, an Iranian 

citizen, who has suffered high-degree torture at the hands 

of the CIA and even denied medical care by the 

White House.

 

“Ammar, an Iranian citizen, was brutally tortured for 3.5 years 

at the “black sites” - the CIA’s secret prisons all over the 

world - before he was rendered to Guantanamo Bay, in 

September 2006,” Pradhan told the Press TV website.

 

“According to CIA records, CIA personnel used him as a

 human experiment, bashing his head against a wall 

over and over again for hours ----- to obtain their 

interrogator certifications. They also tortured 

him using water, shackling his wrists over his

 head, beatings, forced nudity, and forced 

starvation. For most of his time at the 

black sites, he was sleep-deprived, 

first with ear-splitting music, and

 then with 24/7 fluorescent 

lights,” she hastened

 to add.

 

Ammar, the US human rights attorney said ----- is 46 years old 

today and suffers from multiple brain injuries because of CIA 

torture as well as severe post-traumatic stress disorder

 (PTSD), the inability to sleep normally and cognitive 

decline, denied proper medical care by the 

US government.

 

“They will not allow medical histories to be taken that discuss

 the causes of his ailments (torture), the DoD (US Department 

of Defense) will not allow independent doctors to treat him, 

and according to the Chief Medical Officer, they do not 

have the ability to provide complex medical care or 

do proper surgeries here,” she said.”

 

“Despite entreaties, the White House and DoD have absolutely

 refused to either implement a proper medical and torture

 rehabilitation program here or conduct humanitarian 

transfers of the remaining men to places where 

they can receive the care they need.”

 

Pradhan also spoke about the Guantanamo military

 commissions set up by the US government that 

have only exacerbated the miserable 

conditions of Gitmo inmates.

 

These military commissions, she said --- in a conversation

with the Press TV website, were built --- to “benefit from 

CIA torture, while hiding as many details of the torture 

program as possible.”

 

“The US government made a conscious decision after 9/11

 to torture men abroad instead of bringing them to court 

for prosecution. Once they could no longer hide them

in secret prisons, it was too late to prosecute them 

in real US courts because of that torture,” 

Pradhan said.

 

“The Military Commissions Act - was written to allow the

 government to use torture-acquired evidence (the bulk

 of their evidence against these men), but also to 

prevent them ----- from giving the defense the 

information we require about exculpatory 

or mitigating factors, like the men’s 

torture in CIA black sites,” 

she added.

 

The US-based attorney said the US government
has “continuously invaded attorney-client 

privilege --- with listening devices in our 

meeting rooms and the FBI attempting 

to place an informant on one defense 

team”, noting that the corruption in

 the military commissions ---

 “precludes any justice.”

 

On why the US government chose a detention facility

 in Cuba, away from the mainland, to detain people 

after the 9/11 attacks, Pradhan said the decision 

was taken, so that the US “exercises complete 

control” and international and domestic laws

 do not apply.

 

“To this day, the US refuses to apply the Constitution 

in the military commissions, or the full provisions of 

Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to 

the remaining detainees. And the detainees 

themselves, have no real legal remedies - 

they are not allowed to file lawsuits, in 

the United States, and no country will

sanction the US -------- for its illegal 

treatment of these men,” 

she stated.

 

The international calls for the closure of the notorious 

detention facility have grown louder, but the
Joe 
Biden administration, like previous 

administrations..... has adopted

 the policy of dilly-dallying.

 

Pradhan said the strength of the US propaganda campaign 

around Guantanamo at the beginning, “labeling all of the 

men here the “worst of the worst” and categorizing 

them all as some sort of combatant against the 

United States, has proven impossible 

to reverse.”

 

“Despite the fact that no one should ever have been held at 

Guantanamo, that most were sold to the US for bounty

 payments, and that only a handful have ever been 

charged, most Americans still believe that the

Guantanamo detainees, are all terrorists,” 

she told the Press TV website.

 

“President Obama --- had the ability to tell the truth about 

the men at Guantanamo, even when Congress stopped

him from closing the facility --- but he did not. The 

enduring misinformation about the detainees, 

means that many countries do not want to 

accept them --- and that Congress has 

banned any transfers of the men

 to US territory.”



and US citizens wonder why
their country ------ is hated!

What - do you feel
about ''Gitmo'' ?




______________________________________




 


Zionists’ Hatred on the Rise: 


Jews... Spit at Christian 


Worshipers in Al-Quds


October 4th, 1:05pm


(al Manar)


 


Orthodox Jews spat at Christian worshippers in the Old City 


of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) anew on Wednesday, amid a rise in 


incidents targeting priests and pilgrims in the holy city.


 


Israeli media reported that occupation police arrested 


five Jews “on suspicion” of spitting at Christians, in 


an attempt to show, that the Israeli government 


exerts efforts to confront such provocations.


 


Video shared on social media showed a group 


of Orthodox Jews spitting as they were 


walking through the Old City.


 


The Jerusalem Post cited N12 as saying that the brother 


of MK Simcha Rothman, Rabbi Natan Rothman, led
the 
procession this morning, during which,
the 
provocation took place.


 


It added that the rabbi “did not commit the act


 himself, but rather, his students who were 


with him.”


 


Wednesday’s provocation, followed a spitting incident 


during the so-called Sukkot holiday celebrations on 


Tuesday, as well as another, on Monday.


 


Spitting at Christians “Ancient Jewish Custom”


 


At the same time, the so-called Israeli National Security
Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, said in an 
interview: “I still
think spitting at Christians, 
is not a criminal case.
I think we need to 
act on it through instruction
and 
education. Not everything justifies
an arrest.”


 


Speaking to Army Radio, the minister in charge of police


 added: “It is deserving --- of every condemnation. 


It should be stopped. I asked Rabbi Dov Lior, 


he said it was immoral and wrong. We’re 


against it. But let’s stop slandering 


Israel. We’re all brothers, we’re 


all of the same people.”


 


Before entering politics, Ben Gvir in the past 


justified spitting toward Christians, as 


“an ancient Jewish custom.”


 


Source: Israeli media


 



Not everyone wearing a smile
is friendly... we are all too
human... too frail.

But should this news article
have even been printed?

al Manar, in my opinion,
has gone too far here.

What do you think?




__________________________




A bill for two: why Europe is being

 urged - to seek a solution to the 

crisis in Ukraine amid declining

 support from the United States

October 3rd, 10:16pm

by Alexander Karpov, 

& Elizaveta Komarova

(RT.ru)

 

The EU should start working as soon as possible to establish

a cease-fire and truce in Ukraine against the background 

of declining support for Kiev from Washington. This was 

stated by Bundestag deputy, Sarah Wagenknecht.

 

"Instead of approving billions for military supplies and 

now bearing the costs of this 'proxy war' for the US - 

the EU should have finally thought about the needs 

of its citizens ------- and called for an immediate 

suspension of hostilities!" the politician said.

 

She stressed that Brussels is making dubious conclusions

 against the background of the recent adoption of the 

budget in the US, from which financial assistance 

for Kiev was excluded. 

 

According to Wagenknecht, in this context, the promises 

of the head of EU diplomacy... about long-term support 

for Ukraine "for €5 billion annually" are "impossible".

 

Wagenknecht recalled that the EU, unlike the US, allocates 

huge funds for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees, 

and it is necessary to invest money, not in weapons, but 

in the restoration of Ukraine.

 

Recall that the EU's chief diplomat, Josep Borrel, made a 

proposal in August - to create a military assistance fund 

for Ukraine for 2024-2027, from which, up to €5 billion 

will be allocated to Kiev, annually.

 

After the meeting of the foreign Ministers of the EU countries, 

which took place on October 2 in Kiev, Borrel said that the 

allocation of €5 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2024, 

has not yet been agreed, but Brussels hopes to reach 

a consensus, before the end of the year.

 

Waning support

 

At the same time, Western media reported a weakening of

 Western support for Kiev. In particular, this was reported 

by the newspaper Politico, which refers to diplomatic 

sources in the EU.

 

The message that the US and Europe will support Kiev 

"no matter what," is beginning to sound emasculated.

 

The newspaper notes, that Kiev depends on Western

 assistance not only in the military sphere, but also 

in terms of financing the authorities. According to

 the budget forecast for 2024, Kiev expects to 

receive about $42.8 billion from its foreign 

partners, while a significant part of these 

funds should come from the US, 

writes Politico.

 

In June, Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, said 

in an interview with Politico, that the US should "step in"

and provide Kiev with assistance --- "at least for the 

medium term." However.... when asked whether 

the decision of the US Congress to exclude 

aid to Ukraine from the budget will affect

this,  Marchenko's representative 

declined to comment, the 

newspaper reports.

 

Recall that Republicans in the US House of Representatives

 managed to achieve the exclusion from the draft budget 

of the item on the allocation of aid to Kiev.

 

US President Joe Biden approved this budget on October 1,

 but then said: "Under no circumstances can we allow US

 support for Ukraine to be interrupted."

 

In addition to financial support, the West's ability to
support Kiev militarily, is also weakening. Thus,
Politico cites the
 words of European officials:
that EU countries can no 
longer supply Kiev
with weapons from their own 
reserves,
without threatening the security of

 the community.

 

"We cannot continue to supply (weapons. - RT) from our 

own stocks… We have already given everything that 

was possible without threatening our own security," 

the newspaper quotes the source as saying.

 

Also, Politico quotes the words of General Stephane Millet,
chief of staff of the French Aerospace Forces, who said

that in Europe they cannot "constantly give and 

observe how the number of systems is 

reduced, in favour of Ukraine."

 

A similar situation is observed in the US. So, the AP

news agency published a letter from the Pentagon 

to Congress --- which states that the US defense 

department is running out of funds to replace 

weapons sent to Ukraine, which led to a 

forced slowdown in the supply of 

some units.

 

In addition, the Pentagon's financial controller, Michael
McCord, told leaders of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate that only $1.6 billion remained of the 

$25.9 billion allocated by Congress, for the 

replenishment of weapons stocks 

...that went to Ukraine.

 

Political setting

 

Sarah Wagenknecht's statement reflects a fairly broad 

position that is widespread in Germany and other EU 

countries, political analyst Ivan Konovalov noted 

in a conversation with RT.

 

"This is a fairly common position for German politicians. 

In fact, in Germany, with the exception of a number of 

representatives of the ruling coalition - there are not 

so many supporters of continuing the conflict. Most 

people understand that the situation is objectively 

negative --- and the German economy is facing 

some very difficult days. There is only one 

way to solve this problem: to stop 

Germany's participation in this 

adventure on the territory of 

Ukraine. And, to do this the 

EU should start working 

to establish a truce

in Ukraine" ---- the 

expert explained.

 

At the same time, the West will not abandon its plans

to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, using the 

Ukrainian conflict for this purpose, Ivan 

Konovalov added.

 

"For the US, this is a serious political attitude that they

 imposed on a significant part of Europe. But it is

 impossible to do this, they are beginning to 

realize it, so now Western politicians are 

driven by a banal desire to save money. 

The US, has destroyed the European 

economy and gained control over it 

and achieved economic benefits -- 

through a scheme using Ukraine. 

Europe is in a serious crisis, it's

obvious, so we see similar 

statements from various 

politicians" --- the 

expert said.

 

However, the support of Kiev will not

be stopped in one day, Ivan 

Konovalov stressed.

 

"The US foreign policy is very sluggish, they will 

continue to move along the already laid anti-

Russian track. But gradually they will have 

to do it. When they really start to abandon 

the toxic Ukrainian project, when this is 

expressed in real political decisions, 

then everything will end --- for the 

Kiev regime. But so far, the US

continues to move by inertia, 

although there are already 

problems.... with military 

assistance for Ukraine, 

now it will only be for

an emergency. This 

--- is the first call," 

the expert said.

 

In Europe, they understand that the Zelensky administration

exists solely at the expense of material and political 

support from the US, said Alexander Mikhailov, 

head of the Bureau of Military-Political 

Analysis, in a conversation with RT.

 

"If you remove the support of Washington, there will 

benothing left of Zelensky and this whole company, 

without Western weapons and money ---- they will 

not last even a few weeks. The most far-sighted 

politicians in the West, are beginning to adjust 

their positions in advance and change course 

against the background of the results of the 

Ukrainian counteroffensive. Everything that 

Kiev promised did not materialize, and the 

flow of supplied weapons decreased. In 

addition, Ukrainian ultra-nationalism is 

very inconvenient for the West, which 

was clearly demonstrated by the 

''incident'' ...in the Canadian 

Parliament," the source 

stressed.

 

Western countries have already invested a lot of money

 in Kiev, but now the desire to maintain such a level of 

spending is clearly declining, Alexander 

Mikhailov stressed.

 

"All this was very pathetic in the first months of last year, 

when everyone was running around with staged 

provocations, shaking different photos and 

calling on everyone to collectively give 

the last shirt to Ukraine. But now, all 

this.... has already been resolved 

---- since the Western audience 

very easily changes its idol," 

the expert explained.

 

Zelensky continues to ask Western countries for billions 

in funding, to give Kiev the last tanks and planes, the 

political scientist added.

 

"Once given, the second time too, but these requests 

continue and at the same time are accompanied by 

derogatory comments - what Zelensky's entourage

 is famous for. Here, any normal head of state and

politician will think about how promising such a 

partnership is. Zelensky still has a "roof" in 

Washington, but this is also, not forever," 

said Alexander Mikhailov.

 

The US obviously wants to remove Ukraine from its 

balance sheet and shift further responsibility for 

the fate of Kiev, to the EU, the expert believes.

 

"Washington will narrow military aid to Ukraine, transfer 

it to the maintenance of the EU and will force Kiev to 

create a new negotiating group --- closer to the US 

presidential election in 2024.'' 

 

''With the counteroffensive, everything is already clear: 

armaments are running out, and the West, in its own

 interests, wants to freeze this story as soon as 

possible," the source concluded.

 

 

So, if the plan was, to attack Russia

and after achieving that, to attack

China, what happens now?

 

What do you think?

 

 

_________________________________________


 

L'actualité: the US media are silent
about Nazism in Ukraine....

to please the authorities

October 3rd, 2023 

(source: L'actualité 

retold by InoTV)

 

The scandal with the Ukrainian Nazi that broke out in Canada

has made many people think about extremely unpleasant 

questions, writes L'actualité columnist, Raphael Jacob, 

a researcher at the University of Quebec in Montreal 

in the field of strategy and diplomacy. 

 

The main question is whether the accusations of Vladimir 

Putin, who at the very beginning of the SVO pointed out

Nazism flourishing in the ranks of the Ukrainian army,

turned out to be true. However, not only the answer, 

but the very need to raise this question, requires 

Western media... to add more nuances to their 

texts, while they are determined to present

 the conflict in Ukraine as a struggle of 

the bad against the good.

 

With few exceptions, this approach has completely

 subordinated the public space of the main donor 

of the Kiev regime - the United States. In the US

culture, information has become a commercial 

product & local media have long appreciated 

the financial benefits --- of simplifying 

complex situations. 

 

Reducing multidimensional stories to ones that are easier 

to digest... is considered a smart approach by media
conglomerates to "sell" their tastes to a wider 

audience. This is especially true, when the 

nuances can raise ambiguous questions

about nationalism.

 

As Raphael Jacob reminds us ---- the biggest triumphs of the

 United States and reasons for national pride are the victory

 over Nazi Germany in World War II and the victory over the

 Soviet Union in the Cold War. In both cases, Americans 

can claim that they were, as the saying goes, "on the 

right side of history." But what will become of this 

hitherto unshakeable conviction - if we open their 

eyes to the fact that in order to defeat the former, 

the United States collaborated with the latter,

 and then defended the former, in the fight 

against the latter?

 

US films and TV shows show the bravery and sacrifice of US

 soldiers in the fight against the Third Reich, but almost do 

not pay attention to their largest ally in the fight against 

Hitler — the Soviet Union. At the same time, the USSR 

lost 100 times more citizens than the United States, 

and it was Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz 

in 1945. 

 

At the same time, very few Americans know ---- that after World 

War II, their government deliberately granted asylum to some 

of the perpetrators of the Holocaust, after the whole world 

learned about the concentration camps at the Nuremberg 

trials. The reason for this decision is that many of those

 granted asylum, including in Ukraine, promised to 

weaken the new enemy - the Soviet Union.

 

Modern Ukrainian nationalism has its roots in Nazism and

 neo-Nazism. Caught between the two warring countries, 

some Ukrainians, who wanted to get rid of Stalin, 

supported Hitler. 

 

The US government ----- considering Russia a threat that is more

 difficult to contain, decided to cooperate directly or indirectly

 with Nazi groups. In the 1940s and 1950s, this meant 

providing support and protection to leaders of 

ultra-right Ukrainian movements, such as 

Stepan Bandera ------ who massacred 

hundreds of thousands of Jews 

during the Holocaust. 

 

In the last decade, cooperation with Ukraine has meant the

 creation of hundreds of nationalist groups that are now 

fighting at the front in uniforms with swastikas and 

other Nazi symbols. As the author of the article 

notes... the US government does not want to 

support such groups, but at the same time 

it is aware of what its money is being 

spent on.

 

In one of the rare articles published in June... The New 

York Times openly admitted that the situation created

considerable discomfort among the major US media. 

 

Most decided to completely ignore the problem and not print 

photos of Ukrainians with Nazi symbols. The demonstration 

of such "gray areas" requires relying on the ability of 

readers to think, but at the same time sets up high-

ranking representatives of the US Department of 

Defense against these publications. 

 

Nevertheless, media groups... would only benefit from a 

comprehensive presentation of various political crises, 

including the Ukrainian one, with special attention 

to nuances. This would put an end - to the toxic 

accusations ---- of a loss of trust between the 

country's population and the largest media 

holdings, L'actualité columnist Raphael

 Jacob concludes.

 

 

Put an end to the billions spent on brainwashing? 

It'll take more than a nuance, and, in the case of

Canada and those countries like the US and UK, 

whose people still live in cartoon world, it'll 

take handing over thousands of nazis..... 

to finally face justice.

Another thing, let's explode the myth
that a ''researcher'' at a College in
Canada is so privileged as to be
in a free, knowledge based
environment, when he or
she will cross red lines
of officially tolerated
dissent ------ at their
peril, in actuality! 

 

What do you think?




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CBC News: How did the Ukrainian Nazis 

settle in Canada? ------ after a scandal

in Parliament.. Ottawa is called on 
to disclose military documents

September 27th, 2023 

(source: CBC

retold by InoTV)

 

After the scandal with the appearance in the Canadian 

Parliament of a member of the SS division "Galicia" 

Jaroslaw Gunka - Ottawa is required to disclose 

wartime documents in order to establish how 

many of those who joined the Nazis.... 

eventually settled in the country, 

reports CBC News. 

 

According to the channel, Canada allowed dozens of 

soldiers of the division, including Gunka, to settle in 

a country where they were not charged with 

war crimes.

 

For Yaroslav Gunka, this moment of applause 

was the reason for reckoning with history.

 

WITOLD DZIELSKI, Polish Ambassador to Ottawa: 

This person should not be in the public eye, 

should not be in the Canadian Parliament.

 

Poland has said it is taking steps to extradite Gunka, 98, 

because he served in a Nazi unit during World War II.

 

WITOLD DZIELSKY: He needs to be brought tojustice.

 

The SS Galicia Division consisted of Ukrainian volunteers 

who had decided to join Hitler's forces to fight Soviet 

Russia. Gunka himself, studied in Munich.

 

DOMINIQUE AREL, Head of the Department of Ukrainian

Studies at the University of Ottawa: You can only 

imagine .....what a political indoctrination it is 

when you are trained in a Nazi environment. 

That is, they were exposed to unfiltered 

Nazi ideology.

 

After World War II, dozens of soldiers of the Galicia Division

 were allowed to settle in Canada. The country's decision 

has been criticized - for decades. In 1986, the federal 

commission found that -- "mere membership in the 

Galicia Division is not sufficient for prosecution",

 and "charges of war crimes have never been 

supported by evidence". Earlier, Gunka 

spoke out in defense of his military 

past calling it a struggle.. for the 

independence of Ukraine.

 

EFRAIM ZUROFF, Israeli historian: They can't come and say, 

"We are heroes, we fought for freedom." This is complete 

nonsense. Members of the Galicia Division fought for 

the victory of the Third Reich. And the Third Reich 

was the most genocidal regime in the history 

of mankind.

 

Efraim Zuroff claims that Canada was too 

weak... by letting in too many SS soldiers.

 

EFRAIM ZUROFF: Why should they have 

the right to move freely --- to a great 

democratic country like Canada?

 

This is just one of the questions that many Jews are 

currently puzzling over. Some Jewish groups - are 

calling on Ottawa to reveal wartime documents 

to find out how many of those who fought for

 the Nazis ended up settling in Canada.

 

Ellen Mauro, CBC News, Toronto.

 

Air date: September 27, 2023.

 




Britain also took in thousands 

of nazis --- after World War 2.

 

Doesn't it make you feel

ashamed, to know YOU

live in a land where
justice --- 
is just
a game?

 

(apologies to Robert

Zimmerman..... for

using his words!)


____________________________________





"Salaries of over 4.5 million people 


will grow": Russian government 


approves increase in minimum 


wage ------ by 18.5% in 2024


by Vladimir Tsegoev &


Ksenia Chemodanova


September 22nd, 6:57pm


(RT.ru)






Starting from January 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Russia 


will increase by 18.5% and exceed 19.2 thousand rubles. 


This decision -- was made by the Government on behalf 


of President Vladimir Putin. In addition, the Cabinet of


 Ministers approved the draft federal budget for 2024-


2026. It is assumed that over the next three years, 


the state treasury's expenditures will exceed the 


amount of revenues, & this difference is to be 


covered by borrowing. According to the 


government ----- when forming the 


document, the main priority was 


to fulfill the social obligations 


to citizens & the instruction 


of the head of state.






Let's explain that the minimum wage sets the minimum salary 


level that a full-time employee can receive. In addition, this


 parameter is used to calculate temporary disability 


benefits, as well as maternity benefits.






In accordance with the Constitution of Russia, the minimum 


wage cannot be less than the subsistence minimum (PM) of


 the working-age population. Now this amount is on average 


15,669 rubles in the country. Authorities use it to assess 


the needs of citizens when providing various state 


support measures, such as monthly payments to


 low-income families with children.






Now the minimum wage exceeds the amount of PM by only


 4%. However, in 2024 the difference will have to increase 


to 17%, and in the future the authorities plan to raise this


 bar above 30%, as previously stated by the head of the


 Ministry of Labour, Anton Kotyakov.






''Just three or four years ago, we lived in conditions where the


 minimum wage was lower than the subsistence level. The


 first criterion that the government's actions were focused 


on was bringing the minimum wage to the level of the


 minimum wage of the working-age population. To 


date, this bar has been passed, we do not stop at


 it, we are moving further," the minister noted.






Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma 


Committee on Labour, Social Policy and 


Veterans' Affairs:






"The minimum wage, is a standard that all employers must


meet. In practice, the salary of any full-time employee in 


the country cannot be lower than this mark. Tariff grids


 in the real sector of the economy are expected to be 


revised. At the same time, unemployment and 


maternity benefits will increase. In general, 


the measure should lead to an increase in 


consumer activity --- which will have a 


positive impact on the development 


of the economy and GDP growth 


rates," she stressed.






After the meeting, the government approved the draft federal


 budget for the next three years. As Mikhail Mishustin noted, 


when forming the document, the authorities proceeded


 from the need to fully fulfill all obligations to the 


Russians and the six priority tasks set by 


the president.






"This means --- expanding foreign economic cooperation with


our promising partners from friendly countries, and improving 


the necessary mechanisms for this, including transport and 


payment components. Plus --- strengthening technological 


and financial sovereignty, advancing the construction of 


transport, municipal and social infrastructure --- as well 


as improving the welfare of citizens, ensuring national 


savings, protecting motherhood and childhood, and 


supporting families with children," he explained.






According to Mikhail Mishustin, the authorities tried to


 minimize the difference between revenues and 


expenditures of the treasury, as much as 


possible, and plan to cover it mainly 


through borrowing.






 However, the current size of the deficit is not critical for the 


economy, says Alexander Abramov, Head of the Laboratory


 for Analysis of Institutions and Financial Markets at the 


RANEPA Institute for Applied Economic Research.






"Usually, the deficit is financed by issuing government bonds.


 Such a measure does not lead to serious consequences for 


financial stability, if there are no significant fluctuations in 


interest rates. Moreover, even the current situation, when 


the Central Bank tightens monetary policy, is also not 


critical. In addition, the government traditionally lays 


down a conservative budget ----- with low oil prices. 


This is done, so that there is a reserve, and space
for maneuver," Abramov explained.






It should be noted that in the three-year budget, the 


authorities.. include the cost of oil in the amount of 


$60 per barrel. At the same time - according to the 


forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, 


in 2024-2026, quotes will be around the $70 mark.






As part of the implementation of social obligations to citizens,


the government is going to increase funding for medical care 


in the regions by 13.5% in 2024. As Mikhail Mishustin noted,


this is necessary - to expand the availability of treatment for


citizens -- to ensure the salaries of doctors & other medical
personnel at a level not lower than that established by the 


presidential decree. Separate resources are provided, 


for medical rehabilitation..... including for Russians
who have been ill with coronavirus.






"Next year, we will allocate over 130 billion rubles to provide
high-tech assistance not included in the basic compulsory 


health insurance program. Also, residents of each of the


 Russian regions will continue to have the opportunity 


to receive it free of charge --- in federal medical 


institutions. This will cost about 214 billion 


rubles," Mishustin added.






In addition, within the approved budget, the authorities 


are going to allocate more than 1 trillion rubles for the 


provision of medicines for certain categories of 


citizens. Another 430 billion rubles will be 


spent on providing medical care to 


people suffering from cancer.






At the same time, payments of a single allowance to
pregnant women in need and parents with children 


under 17 -- will continue. In the next three years, it 


is planned to allocate 4.4 trillion rubles for these


 purposes --- which will allow supporting over 


10 million families, every month.






In turn, the budget will allocate about 1.6 trillion rubles for 


the provision of maternity capital. It is expected that over 


4 million families will use these funds in three years. In


 addition, 482 billion rubles are provided for improving


 the housing conditions of Russians with children, 


and over 100 billion rubles are provided for 


supporting low income citizens under 


the social contract program.






Significant funds will also be allocated for the construction 


and repair of schools, road maintenance, upgrading the


 infrastructure of land-based electric transport and 


the development of regional airports. Also, 


industry will receive additional funding.






"An important priority of the government's work - is creating 


modern industry. The bill provides for over 2.7 trillion rubles 


to support civil industry. This will support such industries 


as the automotive industry," Finance Minister Anton 


Siluanov said, during the meeting.






The government is also going to allocate --- a grant of over 5
billion rubles to the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation.
This, as Mishustin noted, will provide support to veterans
of the SVO and their relatives, - including assistance in 


medical rehabilitation, employment, training, plus 


providing the necessary legal assistance.






Head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim
Reshetnikov says, after a decline of 2.1% in 2022, the 


volume of Russian GDP will increase immediately -- 


by 2.8% in 2023, and in 2024 it will add 2.3%.






"The main thing we see is that the economic growth trend will


 continue in 2024, 2025, and 2026... Over the entire medium 


term, the growth rate will be above 2%, which is generally


 normal in the face of a significant shortage in the labour 


market and all the restrictions in logistics, technology 


and other areas. Although, of course, we need to 


work on increasing the pace, " the head of the 


Ministry of Economic Development noted.






According to the agency's assessment, the dollar exchange


 rate will fall to 94 rubles by the end of 2023, and over the 


next three years it will be in the range of 90-92 rubles. 


At the same time, inflation may slow down to 4.5% in


 2024, and after that it should return to the target 


level of 4%.






"The presented forecast allows us to form a realistic budget


for the next three years. This forecast takes into account


the current dynamics of the economy, the economic 


policy measures being implemented, primarily in 


the development of the six priorities outlined 


by the president," Reshetnikov stressed.




I'd move to Russia, if I wasn't an
old twat ------- what about you?







__________________________________________


 


The rise of major labour unions in US --

shines a light on grim financial reality

by Shabbir Rizvi

September 18th, 1:28pm

(PressTV)

 

Americans are well aware of the value of the dollar, at least

when it comes to their own purchasing power at home.

If they didn’t know before, then they certainly

learned this year.

 

The year 2023 has so far marked rising costs of living 

for everyday items amidst a backdrop of massive 

government spending on the usual - war, 

policing, corporate bailouts

 and subsidization.

 

However, if you were to ask President Joe Biden about the 

financial state of the everyday American, he would say 

“Bidennomics is working” --- (although he may stare 

blankly at you and try to find a teleprompter first).

 

“Bidenomics” is Washington’s marketing term for the Biden 

administration’s business-as-usual plan ---- to convince 

Americans that the federal government is taking steps

to ensure their financial situation will improve --- aka

they are not doing anything new or substantial to

 address any crisis.

 

The plan vows - to “grow the economy from the middle out 

and the bottom up.” Again, this is nothing for a corporate-

friendly policy that prioritizes the profits of the elite.

 

Biden administration officials routinely champion the

 “success” of this strategy via social media and 

through administration-friendly journalists 

(corporate stenographers), but taking a 

closer look at these claims and figures 

reveals a more honest assessment of

the financial status of everyday 

Americans.

 

The reality is that rising costs of living are contributing

 directly to the record-breaking $1 trillion in credit card 

debt Americans have accumulated. American workers 

often have no choice but to resort to credit card use 

for necessities, due to higher prices for groceries, 

gas, rent and mortgage.

 

Another 40 million-plus Americans are set to resume student

 loan repayments in October after a nearly four-year pause, 

which will without a doubt exacerbate the country’s 

debt crisis.

 

Biden administration officials claim their initiatives are adding 

more jobs to the economy. These are often vague numbers

that are based on speculation.... rather than 

concrete evidence.

 

Furthermore, jobs are always being created - however, many 

Americans are working multiple jobs just to make ends meet. 

The quality of the jobs being created isn’t specified and with

 the implementation of automation, many of these jobs... will

be rendered obsolete.

 

Many Americans naturally will not accept these conditions.

 In fact, this year has seen some of the most striking (no

 pun intended) acts of laboUr resistance in recent 

American history.

 

Industries of different sizes and varieties have taken concrete 

steps to challenge these conditions, which are created 

primarily by American capitalist greed at the helm,

 leaving scraps for the majority of workers.

 

It is now without question that grim financial conditions have

 led to a new-found popularity of unionization efforts, and the 

unionization efforts themselves --- have led to massive wins 

for American workers.

 

For example, the Teamsters Union, one of the largest unions in

 the world, threatened to go on strike over the summer due to

 declining conditions in the workplace.... as well as 

stagnant pay.

 

The Teamsters, which represent UPS workers, could have 

shaken the US economy had the strike happened - as 

UPS serves hundreds of thousands to millions of 

customers and businesses, daily.

 

The demands ranged from hiring more workers (full and part-

time), increased wages, and even air conditioning in UPS 

trucks (which UPS initially refused to provide, despite

 the multiple record-breaking days of heat this year 

alone - a testament to unhinged capitalist greed).

 

Eventually, a favorable agreement was met - over 85%

 of Teamsters signed, ratifying a 5-year deal.

 

In post-pandemic America, many workers have begun to 

realize their own self-interests can only be achieved by 

workplace organization, not relying on this-or-that 

politician to bring any substantial change.

 

Many unions - from the Teamsters to Alphabet workers to

 teachers unions such as the Chicago Teachers Union - 

held firm on their demands throughout the COVID-19

 pandemic and achieved favorable results.

 

Now, their success is inspiring waves of different 

unionization efforts ------ across the country.

 

Perhaps the most popular recent example of this is 

the Starbucks workers union. Starbucks is owned 

by billionaire Howard Schultz but his employees 

often work in degrading conditions.

 

Working for minimum wage or sometimes less and relying 

on customer tips to get by, many Starbucks employees 

(or “Partners”) have now moved to unionize their local 

stores demanding fair pay and benefits.

 

What was seen as a nearly impossible battle to win at the

 start of the first Starbucks unionization effort is now 

seen as fairly common - over 300 Starbucks stores 

are now unionized, and counting.

 

This has not come easy. Union-busting activities are fairly 

common, and the National LaboUr Relations Board has

 reported hundreds of union-busting activities, and 

often cannot do anything to act against the mega-

corporations seeking to stifle employees asking 

for basic wages and protections.

 

Adding to this is the fact that Joe Biden and his administration 

- on paper - claim they support workers’ unions and their right 

to organize, however, in practice ------ that is not happening.

 

Take for example a statement where Joe Biden hopes the 

United Auto Workers union can reach a favorable 

negotiation with the “Big Three” automakers in 

he United States. It implies that the Biden 

administration... is hopeful for favorable 

negotiations between the two parties 

and that they can resolve the issue 

without federal intervention.

 

However, the Biden administration is no stranger to crushing 

strikes - as one can recall when Biden signed a bill to put an 

end to the railroad strike.

 

Striking railroad workers had reasonable demands - the ability

 to take sick days and schedules that would permit them to

 spend time with their families, without fear of owner 

retaliation or punishment.

 

The railroad companies refused to budge, and as the holidays 

neared and the threat of mega-corporations being unable to 

turn over a profit began to materialize, the Biden 

administration swooped in and blocked the 

strike, without substantially addressing 

the oppressive attendance policy.

 

Interestingly, this desperate move from the Biden

 administration was also an admission of the 

immense power unions hold. Had the strike 

materialized, the entire economy could 

have been halted - right before a 

major holiday season.

 

Now, with the United Auto Worker strike, unions are directly 

addressing the Biden administration’s hand ----- in policies 

that are impacting their work.

 

Refusing to endorse Biden for president right before a heated 

election season, the UAW president is challenging the Biden 

administration to “earn the Union’s support,” while

 simultaneously demanding that the workers not

 be left behind in the administration’s plans 

for a major shift to electric vehicles.

 

As one can see, the paper policy and the practiced policy 

are two different things within the reality of the American

 political system - especially when it comes to the

question of organized laboUr.

 

On paper, every politician - from Democrat to Republican -- 

wants the union endorsement. However, when substantial

(and just) demands are made --- that contradict the 

demands of corporate donors, the politicians 

have a major tendency to back the 

corporate multi-millionaire to 

multi-billionaire demands.

 

Regardless, unions are making a huge comeback in the United 

States - and the renewed laboUr struggle is very much tied to 

the declining financial health of the everyday American and

 the public realization of just how far American capitalist

 greed can go. 2021 saw ---- just below 120 confirmed

 laboUr strikes.

 

As of September 2023, there are close to 250 strikes ---- 

composed of over 600,000 workers across various 

industries and specialties. The growing trend 

suggests that the laboUr struggle is just 

getting started.

 

As economic realities remain uncertain and Americans

 are forced to choose between which corporate 

representatives will lead the nation next year 

- one thing they can always count on is that

 there is strength --- and power --- in 

unified numbers.

 

Shabbir Rizvi is a Chicago-based political analyst 

with a focus on US internal security and 

foreign policy.

 

(The views expressed in this article ---- do 

not necessarily reflect those of Press TV)

 

 

Good to see US workers uniting 

to win. What do you think?

 




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SwebbTV --- Russia will defeat the 

West in the proxy war in Ukraine, 

and in open confrontation

September 11th, 2023 

(source: SwebbTV 

retold by InoTV)

 

The collapse of the Ukrainian army is only a matter of time, 

but the US --- will never allow its formal defeat. For this

reason, the Ukrainian conflict will escalate into an

open war between the US and Russia, but the 

West will lose in it, analyst Lars Bern said 

in an interview with SwebbTV. 

 

According to analyst Lars Bern, the Western powers "have no

chance" - partly because Russia has much greater industrial

potential. The West cannot defeat Russia with conventional 

weapons, so the conflict will turn into a nuclear phase.

 

In this case... Moscow will use its 100-ton intercontinental 

missiles with nuclear weapons, each of which is capable 

of destroying entire countries. "The Russians --- have 

absolutely grotesque weapons, that they can use

against the West," the expert explained.

 

Bern claims that the US prestige is at stake in the events 

in Ukraine, so they will never recognize the victory of 

the Russians, over Kiev. However, the Ukrainian 

Armed Forces will have to surrender, as their

"highly hyped in the media" offensive, with 

the use of Western weapons "completely

failed", and the Ukrainians "achieved 

nothing" on the battlefield, writes 

SwebbTV.

 

As soon as the Western media think that they see even the

 slightest success on the part of Ukraine -- they hype it as 

a big success, although it may not be at all. This is done
purposefully to ensure that the supply of weapons and

 the armed conflict continue. Ukraine succeeds only

 in the propaganda war in the West, because Kiev 

has already lost on the battlefield, 

SwebbTV notes.

 

It has already reached the point that Ukraine is running out 

of men, and now women have to enlist in the ranks of the 

Armed Forces of Ukraine. Nevertheless, Bern believes 

that, in addition to Ukraine, the Russian Armed 

Forces are "on the verge of disarming the

 entire NATO," which could lead to an 

open war between the US/NATO 

and Russia. 

 

According to the analyst, "the proxy war between 

Russia and NATO --- is already underway" and 

hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives 

were sacrificed during it.

 

Nevertheless, even in an open war between the West and 

Russia, the Russians will win. According to Lars Bern,

 the Western powers --- will be the first to resort to 

nuclear weapons, since this is the only way to 

try to "save face". 

 

In addition, Russia has hundreds of tons of intercontinental 

ballistic missiles capable of carrying up to 15 nuclear 

warheads. "A single charge of Sarmat can wipe out

 the whole of Great Britain or France," Byrne 

warned in an interview with SwebbTV. 

 

A possible nuclear conflict will be existential for Russia, 

and Russia will respond ------ with these weapons.

 

Recently, the former Prime Minister of Sweden, and now 

the leader of the opposition Social Democrats party, 

Magdalena Andersson, said:: "We can't let Russia 

win this war." Bern sharply criticized the 

politician's words -- emphasizing that 

Andersson's words, automatically

lead to an all-out nuclear war ---- 

which she does not understand

 and which scares the expert, 

since "such people" 

rule Sweden. 

 

The analyst believes that Swedish politicians are so 

blinded by their hatred of Russia, that they do not 

notice the Nazi Kiev regime --- and carry out its 

mass support, SwebbTV summarizes.

 

 

Great article - if you live in the West 

and don't mind being irradiated.....
like your food is ------- courtesy of

just one of Margaret Thatcher's 

criminal decisions.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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"Engaged in mass and methodical 


extermination": FSB documents 


show Nazi crimes in Donbass


by Svyatoslav Knyazev, 


& Elizaveta Komarova


September 7th, 12:15am


(RT.ru)


 


On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Donetsk


from the Nazis ----- the Russian FSB released declassified


 documents of the Soviet state security agencies, about 


the crimes of the Nazi occupiers in the Donbass during


 the Great Patriotic War. 


 


The agency's website has published interrogation protocols 


of Nazi criminals, involved in the mass murder of civilians in


Donbass. They contain evidence: that the extermination of


the inhabitants of the USSR by the Nazis was planned and


methodical. Moreover, these crimes were committed not 


only by militants of special SS units, but also by 


Wehrmacht soldiers.


 


 From the published protocols of interrogations of German


 officers, it follows that the destruction of the inhabitants 


of the USSR was deliberately planned and based on the 


dogmas of Nazi ideology.


 


"Mobilize the attention of all operational personnel"


 


On September 8, 1943, the city of Stalino (modern Donetsk)


 was liberated from the Nazis. Donbass --- was under Nazi 


occupation for almost two years. According to the FSB 


of Russia, during this time --- the Nazis and their 


accomplices destroyed at least 174 thousand 


Soviet civilians and 149 thousand prisoners 


of war, in the Stalino region. 


 


One of the places of mass murder -- was 


the 4-4 bis mine in the suburb of Stalino.


 


The leadership of the Soviet special services set their


employees the task, of investigating the crimes that 


the Nazis committed in the occupied territories, as 


well as identifying and bringing to justice specific 


participants in these atrocities.


 


On January 24, 1944.... the directive of the Directorate for
Prisoners of War and Internees (UPVI)  -- of the NKVD of
the
 USSR: "On identifying participants in committing 


atrocities among prisoners of war" --- was issued, 


which ordered: "to mobilize the attention of the


entire operational staff of camps" to identify 


the participants in committing atrocities,
by 
operational and investigative means,


and document their criminal activities.


 


The Soviet secret services carefully checked prisoners of war


 who had previously served in the SD, SS, special security and


 punitive detachments, police, secret field gendarmerie,
Gestapo and concentration camps. As a result of this 


work --- evidence was obtained of atrocities 


committed against the civilian population 


not only by special SS punitive units, 


but also by Wehrmacht soldiers.


 


"No laws or regulations"


 


In January 1944, Soviet security forces, detained the Nazi 


collaborator Yuri Shcherbakov. He admitted that in 1941 


he evaded conscription into the Red Army... stayed in 


Stalino, and then joined the Nazis -- first as a police 


officer and then as an investigator of the auxiliary 


service of the SD --- which killed thousands of 


Soviet citizens. Materials of Shcherbakov's 


interrogation are published by the FSB.


 


Stalin's SD team and its auxiliary service, officially called the


 "Security and SD Service" for the general district of Stalino,


 which had its branches in all major industrial centres of 


the Donbass, were engaged in the mass and methodical
extermination of Soviet people --- acting on the orders 


of the Hitlerite government... There were no laws, or 


regulations in the SD.. Soviet prisoners were loaded


 into special trucks and taken to the mine 4-4 bis 


"Kalinovka", on the outskirts of Stalino city, 


where they were shot, and the corpses 


were dumped into the shaft... Many 


thousands of Soviet citizens were 


thrown into mine 4-4 bis, shot, 


tortured, in interrogations, or


killed in the "death chamber"


-- Shcherbakov said, during


 the interrogation.


 


He also named some of the organizers of the mass murder of 


Soviet citizens. Among them were the head of the Security


 Service and SD for the general district of Stalino — 


Obersturmbannfuhrer Kurting, as well as his 


deputies Hauptsturmfuhrer Gertig and 


Obersturmfuhrer Graf, and the chief 


inspector of the SD team ---


Sturmfuhrer Siebert.


 


According to Shcherbakov, the SD officers, destroyed both 


Soviet patriots --- underground fighters and partisans, and 


ordinary civilians who had nothing to do with the fighting 


at all - from teenagers to the very old. The "investigation"


of their cases, was limited to torture and tortures. Thus, 


innocent people, were forced to confess to fictitious 


"crimes". The prisoners were beaten with fists, 


whips, chair legs, and trampled on them. 



Many could not stand the torture and 


died during the "interrogations". 


Even those who survived the 


torture, were unable to 


move on their own.


 


During an interrogation on October 7, 1947, former Wehrmacht


lieutenant, Wolfgang Paul Lesner, stated that, as a member of


 the Hitler Youth, he was brought up in a spirit of hatred for 


the Slavic peoples: "Even at that time, it was preached 


among young people that Germany should become a 


"Great Germany", its borders in the east, should be 


in the Caucasus, that the Aryan race ---- must be


dominant throughout the world... the Hitlerite 


government ------ intensively prepared the 


population - and especially the youth - 


for a war of conquest, in the spirit of


loyalty to the Fuhrer and hatred of 


the Slavic peoples, which was a 


confirmation of the mass 


destruction of the 


Slavic people."


 


Lesner also said that the German military, according to the


 orders of their command, had to show maximum cruelty


 towards the civilian population --- to kill, or deprive 


them of shelter.


 


He himself admitted that he took part in these crimes.


 In particular --- Lesner gave specific testimony 


regarding the mass murder of Soviet
citizens
 in occupied Stalino.


 


"On October 13, 1942, at approximately 12 o'clock in the


 afternoon, I was given the command by the company 


commander --- to leave with three trucks for the


 Oberfeldkommendatura of the mountains.'' 


 


''Upon arrival at the commandant's office, the cars entered the 


courtyard, where people were already under guard, subject to


 execution, as I later learned, there were 120 of them. We put


 the first batch to the wall of the mine yard, after which I went 


up to the machine-gun crew and, at the command of Captain 


Waer, I gave the order to the crew to open fire and shot the


 crowd of innocent citizens standing at the wall of the mine


 yard in long bursts, there was crying, some shouting, but 


the roar of the machine gun drowned it all. There were 


corpses and blood of people who were shot. Thus a 


machine-gun crew, under my command, shot 40 


people, whose corpses were thrown into the 


shaft of mine 4 bis by a special team led 


by Lieutenant Kind," the former Nazi 


officer said.


 


As Dmitry Surzhik, a senior researcher at the Institute of 


Internal Affairs of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 


told RT, in a comment, that the actions of German 


punitive bodies and troops in the Donbass, 


can be regarded as a manifestation 


of genocide.


 


"Representatives of all nationalities living in the Soviet


 Union, were subjected to total extermination in the 


Donbas," the expert noted.


 


According to him, the publication of declassified 


documents about Nazi atrocities in the Donbas,


 is extremely relevant today.


 


"The memory of the residents of Donbass ---- about the Nazi


 occupation is closely intertwined with the criminal actions 


that those who raised the ideology of Bandera and other 


Hitler's minions are doing on these lands, today. Today, 


Russian investigative agencies, like Smersh 80 years 


ago ----- face large-scale war crimes committed by 


Ukrainian security services.....  in the Donbas. In 


addition, the release of declassified documents 


is doubly important for us to realize: what a 


tough and bloody enemy, our ancestors 


defeated, giving us the opportunity 


to live," Surzhik summed up.




Please.. defeat these fascists
- only this time - defeat their
backers - these ''elites''
behind the curtain.






_______________________________



Often symbolically: in Germany,

they are persecuted for 

supporting the SVO

September 6th, 10:01pm

by Semyon Boikov

(Izvestia.ru)

 

Public displays of solidarity with Russia — in the form of

 statements or wearing certain symbols ----- in Germany 

can lead to harassment by law enforcement agencies,

Michael Adam, a lawyer for the human rights 

organization VADAR, told Izvestia.

 

 A similar problem was also discussed at the Russian

 Embassy in Germany. In addition... the diplomatic 

mission noted that attempts to put pressure on 

Russian journalists and domestic media 

working in Germany... continue. 

 

A similar situation exists in other EU countries, including 

the Baltic Republics and the Czech Republic. Local 

human rights activists report that public support 

for the SVO is fraught with fines --- or even 

expulsions from the country.

 

With German precision

 

Russian diplomats recorded the largest number of complaints

 from Russian-speaking citizens living in Germany about

 discrimination on national and linguistic grounds in the

 first months after the start of the SVO in Ukraine. 

 

It was mainly about threats, insults, mobbing in educational 

institutions, dismissals, property damage, freezing or 

closing bank accounts, refusal to provide services,

including medical ones, the Russian Embassy in 

Germany told Izvestia.

 

''The issue... is not completely closed. Public displays of 

solidarity with Russia's policies, whether in the form 

of statements or demonstrations - car rallies - 

sometimes provoke an intolerant reaction 

from local authorities --- including law 

enforcement agencies. We continue

 to record attempts to put pressure 

on Russian journalists & domestic

 media working in Germany," the 

press service of the diplomatic 

mission added.

 

Residents of the Federal Republic of Germany who publicly

 express support for the SVO, as a rule --- fall under the 

violation of Article 140, of the Criminal Code of the 

Federal Republic of Germany (Approval of crimes)

 which provides for a fine or imprisonment for up 

to three years, a board member of the 

Association for the Prevention of 

Discrimination and Isolation of 

Russian Germans and Russian

-Speaking Fellow Citizens in 

Germany (VADAR), lawyer 

Michael Adam.

 

''In my cases, fines were imposed, and I objected to this. The 

demonstration of the Z symbol on Facebook (owned by the

 Meta company, which is recognized as extremist and 

banned in the Russian Federation) or a positive 

statement about the beginning of the SVO in 

Ukraine... the authorities used as a reason
to 
impose a fine. They regarded this as 

"approval of aggression contrary 

to international law," the 

lawyer said.

 

According to Adam, he was able to challenge the court's 

decisions. In his argument, the lawyer referred to 

international law. He stressed - that only the UN 

Security Council can define the armed conflict 

in Ukraine as "Russian aggression". However, 

no such decision was made at the Security 

Council level. However, in some cases it 

was not possible to win the case... 

because the court brought new 

charges ---- under other 

criminal articles.

 

"For example --- people were charged under article 86 

of the Criminal Code, which prohibits the distribution

 of Nazi symbols in public places," he explained.

 

More than 140 cases were initiated in Germany on the fact of 

supporting the SVO. In most cases, people were persecuted 

just for using the letter Z. One of the most high-profile

 incidents was the case of a citizen of Ukraine, an 

activist of the Russian-speaking community,

 Elena Kolbasnikova. 

 

She was charged under Article 140 of the German Criminal 

Code and fined €900. A woman was convicted for publicly 

speaking out in support of Russia in 2022.

 

However, different regions of Germany have their own laws

 regarding Russian symbols. So... in Cologne and Frankfurt 

am Main on May 9, not only the symbols of the USSR, but

 also Russian flags --- were allowed. And in the German 

capital, the supreme administrative court canceled 

the permission to demonstrate the flags of the 

Russian Federation on Victory Day. However, 

Berlin residents ignored this ban... at their 

own peril and risk.

 

''Despite the ban, both the Soviet banner and Russian flags

 were raised, by native Germans and compatriots. And we

 were able to create a live St. George's ribbon in Treptow 

Park on May 9. But this is now considered a civil feat. 

Because domestic intimidation, turns into outright 

harassment on the Internet," Vladimir Sergienko,

 a local human rights activist and president of 

the Russian PEN Centre, told Izvestia.

 

"I don't see any negative trends in relation to Russian artists"

Singer Dmitry Ulyanov - about the situation in Western
theatres, shouting at si Bekar and Shalyapin's 

Russianness. At the same time, German 

lawmakers continue to tighten the 

Criminal Code. 

 

Last year, lawmakers amended the Criminal Code to impose a

 three-year prison sentence for publicly "approving, denying,

 or grossly downplaying" genocide, crimes against 

humanity, or war crimes.

 

Izvestia sent a request to the German Interior Ministry 

with a request to comment on cases of harassment 

for approving the SVO.

 

Harassment in other EU countries

 

However, Germany is far from the only country that is being

 persecuted for supporting Russia. The gaps are mainly

faced by residents of Eastern European countries. 

The Baltic republics have very strict legislation.

 

Thus, the Lithuanian parliament last year equated support

 for Russian actions in Ukraine - with "public approval of

 international crimes." Previously --- article 170 of the 

Lithuanian Criminal Code applied only to "approving, 

denying or belittling crimes committed by the USSR 

or Nazi Germany against the Republic of Lithuania 

or its inhabitants." Its violation provides for 

imprisonment.... for up to two years.

 

A similar situation has developed in neighboring Latvia. Last 

year, the Sejm approved fines for public display of the letters 

Z and V. An individual will have to pay up to €350, a legal 

entity-up to €2.9 thousand. In addition, the country has 

a criminal article... "on the public justification and 

glorification of war crimes and crimes against 

peace", which is equated with the SVO.

 

Latvian human rights activist Janis Kuzins told Izvestia

- that many Russian compatriots are being persecuted.

 

''They just want to expel Russian citizens — there are many 

of them in Latvia. They make it so that they can't pass the 

state language exam," Kuzins said. ''I myself paid a fine of 

€2 thousand for saying something "wrong" to the Russian 

media. I had to negotiate with the prosecutor's office. 

They said it was either jail or a fine. I decided to find 

the money. Plus... I'm on probation for a year.''

 

"Today in Latvia we have to fight for the right to be 

Russian" Russian Ambassador to Riga Mikhail 

Vanin - on visa restrictions, the fight against

 the Russian language and the demolition 

of Soviet monuments.

 

The situation in Estonia is no less difficult. In this country, too,

 in 2022, a law was passed banning symbols associated with

 the SVO. For its violation, the fine for individuals is €1,200 or

 they will be arrested, and for legal entities-a fine of up to 

€32 thousand. A local human rights activist, speaking on

 condition of anonymity, told Izvestia that public support

 for Russia or its own actions is criminally punishable

 in Estonia.

 

''Even thoughts are punishable, not to mention statements,

 publications, or events. The authorities believe that it is 

necessary to respond harshly to any activity that splits

 the cohesion of society ---- around the adopted anti-

Russian sanctions. The atmosphere of fear and 

silence does not contribute to the growth of 

legal protection of people who have a 

different, but not negative opinion 

about Russia," he said.

 

Speeches in favour of Russia in the Czech Republic are also

 criminalized. For this -- you can face a prison term of up to 

three years. Support for Russian actions in Ukraine in the

 Czech Republic falls under "approval of a criminal 

offense committed" and "denial, approval, 

justification of genocide."

 

There is a well-known case of a Czech citizen Jakub Jaszek.

 In the spring of this year, he took part in a rally, in clothes 

with the image of the letter Z and the emblem of the PMC 

"Wagner". Yashek was given a six-month suspended 

sentence with a two-year probation period -- for 

"denying, approving or justifying genocide".

 

 In addition, he was ordered to pay a fine of 12 thousand

 kronor — about $570. The sentence also provides 

for a ban on his stay in Prague --- for a year.

 

 

Sorry - no discussion on this - 

you sickening criminal !

 

 

______________________________


  

 

GT: Vietnam war veteran tries to stop

 the US from repeating the nightmare

 with cluster munitions in Ukraine

September 1st, 2023 

(source Global Times

retold by InoTV)

 

US veteran Mike Burton, who himself participated in 

bombing -- and witnessed the tragic consequences 

of the mass use of cluster munitions, by US forces 

during the Vietnam War --- now seeks to prevent a 

repeat of this nightmarish experience in Ukraine. 

 

As a retired US Air Force officer told the Global Times, 

his participation in the massive bombing of Laos half

 a century ago is still a source of the most painful 

memories and a reason for regret.

 

During the Vietnam War, the United States actively used

 cluster bombs to launch airstrikes on various targets 

in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. During the period 

from 1964 to 1973, the United States dropped 

millions of tons of shells and bombs on 

these countries, of which about 80 

million tons did not explode. 

 

Laos has suffered the most from this, which can be called 

the country that has suffered the most bombardment per

 capita in history, the article says.

 

Now many fear that Ukraine, which has already received

many cluster munitions from the United States, may 

become a new victim, sharing the tragic fate of 

Laos, writes Global Times. Burton also shares 

these concerns and tries to take measures 

to prevent such a development. 

 

Now he heads the organization Legacies of War ("Legacy 

of War"), which intends to conduct a campaign in the 

United States next year to ban landmines and 

cluster munitions.

 

The mission of this organization is to raise awareness 

about the history of bombing during the Vietnam War 

and the damage it caused. In a recent interview 

with the Global Times, Burton stressed that he 

regrets the use of cluster bombs in Laos, and 

stressed that Ukraine should not want to 

experience such a nightmare as well, 

since the consequences will be 

disastrous for both the people 

of Ukraine and the people of 

the United States...... for 

decades to come.

 

The retired US Air Force officer ---- also called on the US 

government to show more discretion and responsibility 

when deciding how to allocate the $800 million aid 

allocated to Ukraine. The White House's 

previously announced decision to 

include military aid and supplies 

of cluster munitions to Ukraine 

in this package caused public 

condemnation, the Global 

Times notes.

 

Each cluster munition... can contain hundreds of smaller 

munitions, which, when launched by aircraft, rockets or 

cannons, are dispersed in the air, causing damage and 

causing a large number of casualties over a wider 

area, the article explains. However, they do not 

have a guidance mechanism.

 

 Even more worrying is the fact that if these bombs fall on 

wet and soft ground and do not detonate on impact, 

a significant portion of them may turn into 

unexploded ordnance.

 

Such projectiles are capable of exploding later at any time 

if they are exposed to any external force or changes in 

the environment. And this can happen... even several 

decades later, if they are not all found & neutralized.

 

 During the massive US bombing of Laos, many villages and 

even entire valleys were destroyed, and countless civilians 

were killed, Burton recalled, in an interview with the 

Global Times.

 

According to him --- he joined the US Air Force in 1962 

and was assigned to the 56th Air Commando Wing in 

1966. The main task of this unit then was to stop 

the influx of people and supplies coming from 

the northern part of Vietnam to the south 

through the "Ho Chi Minh Trail", which 

almost completely passed through

 Laos, Burton explained.

 

"As I recall, Laos was generally bombed, every 8 minutes, for 

24 hours a day, for nine years," said the retired US Air Force 

officer. In addition to the aerial bombardment, after

 intense battles, a large number of unexploded 

shells... also remained in the ground. The 

surface of the earth was simply littered 

with countless bombs, of all types, 

from cluster and artillery shells

 to hand grenades, 

Burton noted.

 

According to his estimates, 30% to 40% of cluster munitions

 did not explode during their fall. And he was very nervous

 himself, because he realized that the bombs dropped by 

the pilots indiscriminately fell on rice fields and other 

places where people might be. 

 

"We estimate, that there may be up to 80 million individual 

projectiles scattered all over the land, and some of them 

will never be eliminated," Burton warned.

 

According to available data, cluster munitions have a higher 

destructive power than conventional ones, and since the

 Second World War - they have already caused the death

 of from 56.5 thousand to 86.5 thousand civilians. The 

US military actively used cluster munitions during
the 
wars in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, 

Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

 This resulted --- in significant damage to infrastructure in 

these countries, as well as numerous civilian casualties 

and injuries, the Global Times reminds.

 

The bombing during the Vietnam War.... became widely known

 only through congressional hearings in 1971 and subsequent 

media reports. However, the true extent of the destruction

 and disasters caused to the people of Laos by this 

"secret war" is still largely unknown to the US

 public, the article says.

 

According to Burton, he witnessed tragic incidents both on

 the ground and in the air, and returned from the war "with

 very bad feelings about what we had done --- and what

 happened there." Often, small unexploded ordnance 

was accidentally picked up by children who lost 

their arms, legs, eyesight, or even their lives,

 as a result.

 

"I saw this destruction with my own eyes from the air and on

 the ground. I have seen Lao children and adults with their 

limbs torn off, no eyes, and their faces disfigured by the

 explosion of untimely detonated ammunition. Our 

decision to drop cluster bombs on Laos also 

caused a flood of refugees fleeing death 

to head to the United States," Burton 

told the Global Times.

 

This year marks 50 years since the last US bombs were

dropped during the Vietnam War. However, this period

is still a source of the most difficult memories for 

Burton. The US veteran told reporters how he

suffered both mentally and psychologically,

trying to cope with the burden of his guilt 

after returning from the war.

 

For 14 months, he underwent a special therapy course

 organized with the assistance of the US Department 

of Veterans Affairs. "Many of the young people who 

returned were later addicted to alcohol and drugs, 

and suffered from fits of anger. Statistics on 

Vietnam veterans are pretty poor --- from 

suicides, to broken marriages, broken 

families, and the like, " Burton said.

 

"I am very sorry about the time I spent in the war; I try not

 to think about many things," the veteran also admitted in

 an interview with Global Times. According to him, he 

seeks to make amends by all means and actively 

advocates for preventing the recurrence of 

such tragedies in the future.

 

In 2022, Burton returned to Laos and felt a deep sense of

 sadness as he looked out of the plane at this land pitted 

with many giant craters. "The wounded earth is a 

reminder of America's deadly mistake, a 

reminder of the lives we have taken 

and the ancient landmarks we 

have wiped off the face of

the earth," he said.. in an

interview with reporters.

 

According to the Lao Government, less than 10% of the

 country's unexploded ordnance has been found and 

neutralized so far. This is a very tedious, time-

consuming and dangerous job, said Burton, 

who was also personally involved in it 

in 2022. 

 

In addition, he founded the Committee for Immigrants and

 Refugees, which provides assistance and support to 

various groups of migrants and refugees from all 

over the world.

 

In general, about four dozen human rights organizations 

have publicly opposed the supply of US cluster 

munitions to Ukraine. They warn ------ that 

numerous unexploded cluster munitions, 

even many years after the end of the

conflict, will pose a significant 

threat to the population and 

cause huge harm to many 

civilians, the article says.

 

In early July of this year, the Ukrainian authorities assured 

Washington, that they would not use cluster munitions in

populated areas. However, once these bombs are used, 

no one will be able to give a clear answer about 

whether such a promise was strictly fulfilled,

experts emphasize.

 

"Probably, weapons manufacturers are already standing at the

 door of the Pentagon and saying: hey, we are here with a new 

contract that you need to sign, just sell all our supplies to 

Ukraine. But I want to stop them from doing that," 

Burton explained.

 

In his opinion, if the US authorities still continue to supply

 Kiev with cluster munitions, then they should sign a 

public document stating -- that they undertake to 

compensate for the consequences, after the 

end of the conflict -- and will take lifelong 

care of all adults and children who will 

become disabled, due to the use of 

such weapons. 

 

"And I want us to take responsibility for this," 

the veteran concluded, in an interview with 

Global Times.

 

 

Aahh.... repentance. Good.

But better to stop doing it.

 

 

_______________________________




 "Victory is Russia's

 return to its roots"
by Ksenia Krikheli

August 20th, 10:01pm

(Izvestia.ru)
 

Philosopher Alexander Dugin - about the most important clash

 with the West in history, the terrorist nature of Kiev and the

 real murderers of his daughter.

 

The real customers of the murder of Daria Dugina, who died

 during the terrorist attack on August 20 last year, should be

 sought in the leadership of Western special services, says 

philosopher Alexander Dugin. After the victory of Russia, 

there will also be organizers of other terrorist attacks 

committed by Kiev, he is convinced. 

 

The true victory for our country will be the process

 of returning Russia and the Russian people to 

themselves and their roots, Dugin said, in
an 
interview with Izvestia.

 

 During the conversation, the political scientist assessed 

the scale of the civilizational conflict with the West, 

gave an explanation of the actions of Ukrainians 

in Europe and named the conditions for 

completing the SVO.

 

"For me, the nightmare keeps repeating itself"

 

A year has passed since the tragedy. Dasha is not forgotten, 

streets are named after her, and a university named after 

her has appeared. How did you live this year? What has

 it changed for you? How have you changed?

 

''It is very difficult for me to talk about this topic. I've

never been in such a state in my life as this year. 

This is no longer called life, and nothing can

replace Dasha either as a daughter, or as 

a person. For me -- the nightmare that 

happened a year ago, on August 20, 

at the festival "Tradition", repeats 

and repeats. The people who 

wanted to hurt me... got

 their way.''

 

''I'd rather be killed a billion times over. I'd give anything to get

in that car myself. It doesn't go away, and it probably won't. 

Nothing and no circumstances will ever be able to

compensate for this loss, will not help to come

to terms with it.''

 

''I remember this female killer... who came up to me a few
minutes before the murder with her daughter. She took 

a picture of us and said that she had come from 

another city to listen to my lecture. This 

cynicism, this endless cruelty of the 

enemy. I honestly didn't expect
it 
to be like this.''

 

''I was ready to die -- and I am still ready to die -- for a just
cause. I believe that soldiers who fight for their country,
for their faith, for their country, for their people, they
should be 
ready to die. Yes, their death is always
a tragedy.'' 

''But such a cynical murder of a daughter in front 

of her father, the murder of a girl who did not 

take part in any military operations -- never 

called for reprisals, against those who are 

our civilizational enemies.... called in her 

interviews and speeches to understand 

the enemy, to understand women from 

that side... There is something 

satanic in this.''

 

''I was giving a lecture on the devil in history at the festival.
Just imagine, the devil sat and listened to my lecture and

 then he killed my daughter. I do not know — you can 

probably die and experience terrible suffering 

without ever approaching this nightmare, 

which I would not wish on anyone. 

I said how I felt. I can't say any 

routine phrases about Dasha 

being a great person.''

 

''People put up monuments to her, paint pictures, compose 

poems, compose music, listen to it. We.. have published 

her diary, and the book "Eschatological Optimism" will

be published soon — this was Dasha's main idea. We

are preparing the third book... from her articles and 

speeches, decoding her lectures. It will be called 

"The Russian Frontier" - practically her will, 

although, of course, she was going to live

 for a long time and stood at the origins 

of her existence. I am very grateful to 

the people who do not forget Dasha, 

who pray for her, remember her, 

study her ----- discover her for 

themselves. But, it is a drop 

in the ocean of what it was

....and what it should 

have become.''

 

"The Ukrainian idea itself is pure terrorism"

 

In the realities of 2023, statements are already being made

at all levels, that Ukraine is a terrorist state. I remember 

Mikhalkov's film "Sunstroke", where his hero says: 

"How did it happen and when did it happen?"

 

''The Ukrainian idea itself - that is, Ukraine as an idea of a

separate, independent state is a terrorist idea. This was 

not a good Ukrainian state ---- and then it turned into a 

terrorist one. The Ukrainian idea, has a property only 

in hatred for Russians, for Great Russians. In Poland, 

for example, hostility to us has historical roots once 

the Poles were an independent state --- sometimes 

even more successful - in the Kremlin during the

Time of Troubles, as we know, there was a 

Polish garrison.

 

But we have no such history of relations with the Ukrainians. 

Simply because Ukrainians are a part of us. And now the 

idea of terrorism, has emerged in some of our people. 

Although we are brothers --- and we live in the same 

state, we actually won these lands from the same 

Poles, Austrians, and Turks. And this nation is a

brotherly one - we liberated it. He lived in the 

same place where he had lived, only freely, 

without masters ------ because a brother 

cannot buy his brother out of slavery.''

 

''Ukraine became a terrorist state even before its appearance.

The Ukrainian idea itself, is pure terrorism, the embodiment 

of hatred, racism, unfounded hostility to one's brothers, the

revision of all historical episodes, the creation of an

absolutely false, fictional, monstrous, aggressive,

mythological story.'' 

 

''The emergence of the Ukrainian state, meant the
beginning of terror - and it was inevitable. Sooner
or later, the Kiev
 regime would have turned into
the terrorist entity that 
it is now. In 1991, we
created this terrorist enclave 
with our
own hands.''

 

''The time has come, and this contagion of terrorism has

 spread from Western Ukraine to Central Ukraine, then 

partly to Eastern Ukraine. The fact that we have not 

countered this for 30 years, in fact, puts this blame 

on us too. You can't say: "Here they are — bad". 

 

''From the very beginning, when they started talking about

"independent Ukraine" — everything, at that moment it 

was necessary to send troops, because then what we 

see now will happen. There will be atrocities, terror, 

violence, genocide ---- of those they consider

their enemies.''

 

''Ukrainian statehood must cease to exist. It cannot be

anything other than a terrorist one. And if we set our

selves the task of denazification & demilitarization, 

then we can only achieve this by establishing full 

control over this land. Above our land, where 

Ukrainians have always lived freely. And 

this is their soil, this is their homeland. 

We are not encroaching on this home

land. We are attacking the terrorist 

ideology that prevails there.''

 

"We are a different civilization"

 

You have repeatedly said that the SVO is one of the largest

 attacks on the collective West in the history of Russia.

Have we made any progress in this offensive? And 

how far do we want to go... and can we go?

 

''We really entered into a conflict - a civilizational conflict with

the West. It is no coincidence ---- that our president said that 

we are opposed to Satanic civilization. The modern West
is 
a civilization of Satan. Never before, has Western 

civilization attacked us --- so directly. The French 

were abandoned.. but then the British were not 

on Napoleon's side. Hitler was abandoned, but 

America and Britain were not on his side. That

is, the West attacked us in parts, and now it 

is attacking us globally and frontally. And 

that is what makes this conflict perhaps 

the most important in history. Because 

this is a clash with the Western entity, 

which today is really becoming open, 

totalitarian, Satanic. Anti-human —

 in the full sense of the word.''

 

''As for how far we can go...  Despite the fact that we oppose

 the West, we do not directly threaten them. And the borders 

of the Lviv region and Galicia will stop us, we will not go

 further. They will stop it if it is not already a full-fledged 

pan-European conflict with us, if NATO troops are not 

sent there. But we can and must, reach the western 

border of Ukraine. This is our trait. If we don't reach

that border, we will die. We cannot stop somewhere 

in the middle, somewhere in the territories that we 

have liberated. Or somewhere near them. Half 

measures won't work anymore. In 2014, we 

decided on half measures — and here's 

what we got.''

 

''Any truce concluded before the complete liberation of
Ukraine is a catastrophe, irreversible and final. And

the victory in Ukraine is a fundamental opportunity 

for us to be a civilization ---- historically, a Russian 

Eurasian civilization. If we hesitate - it will be the 

end of us. The odds in this case are not equal. 

We have everything at stake. For the West, 

this is a struggle under the slogan "to 

have or not to have." And for us — 

"to be or not to be."

 

''And after that, the West will not go anywhere -- because 

Ukraine is a bargaining chip for it. He'll lose a pittance. 

We risk losing everything, in this confrontation. In this 

respect, I think this is just the beginning. Our victory

 in Ukraine will be the beginning of a different

 relationship with the West.''

 

Is this what you call a clash of civilizations?

 

''Yes, this is a real clash of civilizations. The world was

already heading for this clash, but it could have been 

gradual if there were rational pragmatists like Trump 

instead of extremist forces like Biden and globalists

 in the West. I think we could have come to a clash 

of civilizations in a much milder way. We could find 

some kind of modus vivendi. [way of life, living]''

 

''At the same time, we still do not recognize Western values,

and no matter how universal, unique, and exemplary they 

may be, we reject this. We have different values, we are 

a different civilization.''

 

"Victory cannot be the result of a reaction"

 

You have a theory of the victory party that will help Russia 

win. In your opinion, what should be done to achieve this?

 

''It seems to me that now to win -- you need a strategic

dimension, strategic depth. We, our government, our 

authorities, the military - are always responding, 

constantly catching up with the processes that 

someone else is starting. That is, we are 

reacting -- our policy is reactive. If we 

had not been provoked by NATO and

the Ukrainians to this conflict, we 

would not have started it of our 

own free will.'' 

 

''This means that we only intuitively approach the 

fact that we are an independent civilization, that

we actually considered ourselves part of the 

Western world --- until recently.'' 

 

''It was just that some aspects of it were unacceptable

to us, some conditions we rejected, but, in general, 

we considered ourselves... a Western civilization. 

Our elite, at least. The people don't. And not the 

patriots, not the victory party. But the elite - no,

no, and again, in their minds, in their ideas, 

goes over to the side of the West.''

 

''And so, we don't have the strategic depth of planning. We 

are responding. We are attacked — we fight back, we are

insulted — we get into a conflict, we are insulted — we 

respond. When the conflict has already begun — and 

not before it - we begin to carry out measures to 

mobilize society, to raise patriotic awareness. 

Its been going on for a year and a half, and 

we are still afraid to let it enter the 

consciousness of our society,

pretending that nothing 

is happening.''

 

And yet, what is strategic depth?

 

''This is when we go to our goal, not paying attention to what 

is imposed on us, having our own internal civilizational 

agenda. When it doesn't matter whether we agree with

the West now --- or not. We will go towards this goal in 

any case, we must have strategic plans in the work 

of the government, in building the army, in the 

economy, education, upbringing, culture, and

art. That is what victory depends on, right 

now. It cannot be achieved...... by purely 

technical means. Victory ---- in the 

situation we are already in --- can 

never be the result of a reaction. 

Even the most effective one. 

This is the concept 

I propose — the 

victory party.''

 

''Victory is an internal concept. Victory is the return of
Russia, the Russian people, the Russian state, and 

Russian culture to themselves, to their roots. Of 

course, it will be achieved and achieved on the 

fronts at any cost. I have quoted many times 

a wonderful Serbian poet who said: "I give 

my life for you, my Fatherland. I know 

what I give and what I give for." So 

we need to know what people are

 fighting for now.''

 

''And in no way should our people, returning from the front

as invalids, feel alien & incomprehensible in a peaceful 

collective. We have a front & a rear. And nothing else

...no peaceful life. It seems to me, that the idea of 

preserving normality is a false goal. We — our 

hearts - need to be rebuilt in a new way.''

 

"Both of them believe that Russia is weak"

 

You read the news and get the feeling that Kiev's terrorist 

actions are beginning to irritate the West — Zelensky is

 increasingly being "exposed" for his methods. Do you

 think this is really true, or is it all part of the 

same game?

 

''I am convinced that Ukraine does not have any special 

methods, they operate under the direct supervision of

 Western special services. They don't do anything 

without consulting the decision-making centres 

in the Anglo-Saxon world. But there is more 

than one centre.'' 

 

''In the West itself ---- there is, for example, a more moderate

faction that believes that Russia is already in fact defeated
and it is not necessary to anger it, provoke strikes and any
other harsh actions on our part. They believe, that these 

kind of audacious terrorist antics do nothing to achieve 

long-term goals. They believe that, by giving us such 

irritating terrorist jabs --- Ukraine will not achieve 

results, that is, it will not be able to destroy us.''

 

''And there are those in the West who believe that we have not 

just lost, but collapsed altogether & demonstrated weakness. 

The withdrawal from Kherson, grain deals; all this is seen by 

the radical wing of the West as our complete defeat. And so

they are pushing the Ukrainian terrorist regime... to launch

more and more strikes - believing that we will not respond

 in any way, that we are ready for a truce.''

 

''That is, there are two "parties" there: one radical --- which 

pushes Ukrainians to terrorist actions, and the other more 

moderate, which scolds them for the sake of appearance. 

This is a pure performance. And.. the Ukrainians are only 

an instrument of this globalist war. Kiev in this story, as

 an independent subject, simply does not exist. There 

are two decision-making centres outside of Kiev.''

 

Are we talking about those "geopolitical chess games" that 

you have repeatedly mentioned before? Is there a division 

in them into black and white? Conditionally to those who 

believe that Russia is weak, and to those who believe 

that Russia can respond?

 

''Both of them believe that Russia is weak. Only some believe

that Russia is very weak and therefore it can be finished off, 

while others believe that it is weak, but - in agony - it can

suddenly use some resources, means - nuclear weapons 

and so on. That is, some are more radical, others are

less radical. But everyone --- is against us.''

 

''There is, of course, a third pole, but it is not the centre of
decision-making in the West. For example, people like 

Trump who don't care about Russia. They are not for 

Russia, they don't like us either, but they believe 

that there are other problems...  besides us. 

Therefore it is irrational to set themselves

the task of destroying Russia - at any 

cost, and it does not correspond to 

the interests of the global West. In

 their opinion - this can be done, 

but absolutely not in this way, 

not now and not --- in the 

first place.''

 

What is the significance of this third pole?

 

''You can't underestimate it. Just now... it is under attack in

the States themselves. These are traditional Republicans, 

these are the so-called paleoconservatives, that is... old 

conservatives who believe that Russia is not in charge.'' 

 

''There are neoconservatives - these are former Trotskyists 

who became supporters of hyperliberalism.... because of 

Trotsky's hatred of Stalin, Trotskyists for Stalinism, and

 the Soviet period. They have shifted their beliefs --- to 

the new geopolitical environment --- and are the core 

of our most radical opponents.'' 

 

''And the paleoconservatives.. take the position that it's not

about Russia - at all. There are many other problems that 

the West must deal with. These... are the three decision

-making centres. Now, of course, our radical opponents 

and moderates set the tone, but such indifferent ones

--- they, practically, do not exist in the West.''

 

The "fifth Column - is a piece on the chessboard

that the West is moving against us" Do we have 

such centres?

 

''There are also three centres on our side of the chessboard. 

One centre is the traitors who, together with our radical 

opponents, dream of Russia's immediate defeat. As a 

matter of fact, this is a "fifth column" that has long 

escaped and simply works for the Kiev terrorist 

regime, for the Western special services. But 

until recently, they were part of our political, 

cultural, and intellectual elite. These were 

respected people who appeared on all 

channels, were experts, published 

their books and set the tone. We 

can not say... that these are 

some kind of marginals.''

 

''They are simply part of our establishment, but only now 

have these people revealed themselves - as radical 

opponents of Russia, our people, and everything

 related to our culture, civilization, and values.''

 

''They didn't become like this after the beginning of the SVO

------ they always were. We have many athletes, politicians, 

cultural figures, and oligarchs just like that. Someone has

already made this Nazi pro-Ukrainian coming-out, that is, 

said that he spat on Russia. The "fifth column" is one of

the pieces on the chessboard, that the West is moving

against us. This is an opportunity to influence our 

chess --- from the inside out.''

 

''There is a second force — those who consider Russia part 

of the Western world would like to conclude an immediate 

truce with the West on any terms, but are loyal to Putin. 

Such people understand that this is impossible. They

 represent "sleepers". This is part of the elite, which 

does not directly rebel against the government, but

 is ready to do so at any time, if there is at least 

some chance.''

 

Is the second power less dangerous?"

 

''It's a very dangerous current. Yes, these people are not open

 enemies. Yes, they are now saying that they are for the SVO, 

for Russia, but they are doing everything to prevent us from

 concentrating all the necessary resources - to mobilize 

society, to win. They are, in fact, a kind of centre of 

sabotage - invisible, indirect. They say: "Yes,

 Vladimir Vladimirovich! Give us this

assignment, and we will be the

first to execute it. Just don't 

give it to this one.. because 

it's not the same. Just give 

it to me and I'll do it!" 

 

''And then begins the coordination of the task with the

interests of the West --- their own personal interests. 

Sometimes they overlap, and the mobilization of 

our society is sabotaged.''

 

''But there is a third figure. This is the victory Party, this is the

people, this is the president, these are patriots. I liked how

someone wrote in one Telegram channel: Narod-front. 

That is, the people and the front are now one. This is

us. We are both the people and our Russian warrior.

That's one thing now. This victory party is certainly

 led by the President and his truly civilizationally

 loyal associates. Not all of our elite is rotten, 

there are absolutely convinced carriers of 

the Russian spirit.''

 

''The most important thing is that he stands on this side of the 

victory party, but historically he has got such an elite, and he

 is trying to manipulate it somehow. He himself said that a 

different elite is needed — from the people who are at the

 front, from the front that is among the people. That is, 

from the mobilized. Putin said bluntly: people will 

come with their own freedom, and they should 

be the ruling elite -- and not those who found 

themselves in it, during the most decadent,

 treacherous periods of our recent history.''

 

"The fool was admitted to the society of gentlemen"

 

''Russophobia has become one of the signs of modern history. 

Recently in Kiev, for example, they decided to ban the font 

"Izhitsa", because it is of Russian origin.''

 

''Russophobia in Kiev has already crossed all borders. I
don't think even just watching the pigs go berserk, is
worth it. Imagine: a person is in a psychiatric clinic,
he is a 
maniac, he has a seizure. Are we going to
watch 
him gnaw on the battery - with his teeth,
scratch 
his face, yell something unintelligible? 

There is something pathological about 

watching this scene.''

 

''Unfortunately, we can't introduce a cure and stop the

black postmodern spectacle that represents the 

shameful, shameless rage of this Nazi regime. 

But it's also unhealthy, to explore its details.

Let's just win in the end and be done with it. 

Let's forget it like a bad dream and not think 

about these perversions anymore. We'll just 

start building a healthy, normal society, in
a
 healthy direction.''

 

What is the real purpose of Ukraine in this conflict?

 

''I think that we are deeply mistaken when we believe 

that Ukraine sets itself the goal of restoring its 

territories, sovereignty or strengthening 

its statehood.''

 

''It had all this - before the conflict began. There was full 

control over the territories. There was a national state.

Russia did not attempt to kill it. And suddenly at some 

point, Ukraine — at least this part of the obsessive 

Ukrainian Nazis — begins to do everything to stop 

being so. So that Crimea secedes, so that the 

Donbass rises up, so that we send in troops 

and liberate two more regions that voted 

with pleasure to become part of the 

Russian Federation.''

 

''There is some logical discrepancy here. If we are dealing

 with nationalists who want a strong national state, they 

should have gone towards this goal. But here it's the 

other way around. They had a national state with 

Crimea, Donbass, Kherson and Zaporizhia. And 

the actions of the nationalists, which were 

supposed to strengthen the government, 

led to the fact that these territories do 

not exist. There are no other peoples.

The industry is destroyed. The 

question arises: do we 

understand correctly, 

what Ukraine wants?''

 

''Does Freud have a phrase Was will das Weib? — What does 

a woman want?" And all of Freudianism is built on trying to

 answer this very complex, fundamental question. What 

does Kiev want? This is definitely not a national state, 

because it is its policy that has led to destruction, 

destruction, undermining, dismemberment. 

And will lead to its end.''

 

Then what do they want in Kiev?

 

''The answer occurred to me ---- that they had fallen into the

pursuit of success, a nation of clowns, a nation of buffoons
who only needed attention. They need to be talked about,
shown and invited to - high-level meetings. And for this 

fame and popularity, they are ready to give their state, 

their people ------ their society. That is, it is a kind of

hypertrophied desire for success. And everything 

falls into place. Why - do people choose a clown? 

Because only clown people can choose a clown.''

 

''How does Ukraine behave? She goes to great lengths to

 court the applause of either side. That is --- it suits any 

antics, any performances, any actions. And there is no 

real, far-reaching goal — state building, the return of 

Crimea, the establishment of Kiev's power over the 

eastern territories - already our lands - and even 

more so, an attack on Russia, this goal is not 

worth it!''

 

''Ukrainians just want to call attention to themselves, and 

I must say that they are getting their way. It is only 

necessary to change this goal-setting, and the 

logic of the behaviour of the Kiev regime 

becomes completely clear.''

 

''We are dealing with such crazy actors who are ready to do 

anything just to be applauded and helped, just to be loved.

 And when someone gets bored with them, they come up 

with new tricks and do it quite inventively. If this trick is

 war, they go to war, to murder, to torture. That is, it is 

a bloody circus.''

 

''That is why they are now throwing a huge amount, of what 

they are already beginning to say is meat into the counter-

offensive. Why do they process Ukrainians? Because it 

draws attention to this bloody fog. If you look at how 

the president of this country, even when he was a 

fairly harmless ordinary comedian, starred in a 

video, participating in a homosexual dance on 

stilettos in leather underwear, it becomes 

clear: he can change into anyone, can 

play any role.''

 

''But that's what other Ukrainians do, too. When they come to 

a Western country, they organize a performance. For what? 

Just to get some attention. Thus, we are dealing with a 

crazy clown. With the people who became the people

 of crazy clowns.''

 

Here you can recall, not Mikhalkov,
but, for example, "Joker".

 

''I think that the authors of "Joker", who made this film, just 

decided to project this figure on the whole country. In order

 to humiliate them, and through them to humiliate us, to kill 

us, to engage in this monstrous dialogue with this 

absolutely crazy society, which is ready to 

sacrifice everything for a photo, for 

applause, for likes, for attention, 

including its own country.''

 

''No one has ever heard of any Ukraine before. Only, perhaps, 

some ethnographers knew. And so, the Ukrainians decided

to make themselves felt. Yes they have attracted attention.
And they are very happy --- when their president travels 

around the world, sits, hugs with the leaders of the 

Western world. In fact, this is a terrible thing — 

the fool was allowed into the society 

of gentlemen.''

 

''There is such a cruel Anglo-Saxon entertainment ---- dinner

with an idiot. When a group of people, of more or less the 

same social level, invites someone deliberately stupid, to 

dinner and they all sit there, pretending to have ordinary

conversations. But one of them is a complete idiot. And

he doesn't know... he's an idiot. This gives others a 

special perverse, anti-humanistic pleasure. They 

systematically abuse a person. Cold, consistent

--- not spontaneous. They are preparing this 

humiliation, making it out. As well as
what 
Ukraine is involved in.'' 

 

''The idiot was invited to the higher realms to behave as he 

behaves. And everyone likes it. But when the idiot leaves

-- people exchange impressions about his intellectual 

qualities --- and then pay tribute to him, behind his 

back. A cynical practice, in my opinion. But the 

Ukrainians want it: well, well, let the idiots, if 

only we were invited to this dinner.''

 

Why, in your opinion?

 

''It's not about money, you know. There are different ways to 

make money: you can kill Russians, you can kill yourself,

 you can sell organs, you can set up some businesses, 

you can build something. As a result, you can steal 

something. In other words, money can appear in 

different ways.''

 

''We should not reduce the explanation of the behaviour of

Ukrainians to the desire for money. They want attention.

They want applause and glory. The idea of profiting

from war, from the suffering of others, and from 

your own, is probably present in this, but... it is 

not the dominant one. This is very important 

--- otherwise, we will not understand them.''

 

''By the way, here's the mistake. We thought, that their fate 

was corruption. And their fate is clowning. Bloody. This is

really a society that has really gone mad. Here, we say it 

as a metaphor. But they don't really fool around. They're 

sick. And the way they fight, is a real obsession. We're 

dealing with obsessive clowns.''

 

"To find the real killers, even
taking Kiev is not enough"

 

Concluding the conversation, I would like to return to the

 topic, with which, we started. Has there been any 

progress in the investigation of the terrorist 

attack against Dasha over the past year?

 

''The investigation... is underway, but the case was solved

almost from the very beginning. A Ukrainian terrorist on

the assignment of Budanov (head of Main Intelligence 

Directorate of Ukraine) carried out a terrorist attack 

then disappeared - her accomplices helped her. 

Small performers, partially found, there are 

courts. The case continues. Another 

question is that the success in its 

completion will be the capture of 

Kiev, for example. Then we can 

really talk about the triumph 

of justice.''

 

''And indeed, it will be really possible to raise the question:

 who and from whom specifically in the West received

 carte blanche for this, which of the special services

 helped? The question is not about the performer.''

 

''If you make fake license plates and passports - while being a

police officer, if you transfer information about the movement

of my car - or Dasha's car - to Ukrainian terrorists ---- at
their request - for money, then you are participating in
a terrorist 
attack. But this is a completely different
responsibility. We 
need to get to our customers.''

So far, we can see a chain 
of performers, but they are
still only switchmen. Even 
Budanov, is a switchman,
because it is not in his 
competence - to make such
radical decisions. 
This is a much higher level of
responsibility. 
Therefore --- the New York
Times, almost 
immediately --- hastened
to disown it: 
they say the Ukrainians
did 
everything themselves.''

 

''They also tried to disown the explosion of the gas pipeline,

 the attacks on the Crimean Bridge. But it is quite obvious: 

to find the real culprits, the real killers, even taking Kiev
-
 is not enough.''

 

''Many people write to me: "It's a pity that we didn't avenge

 Dasha!" But you see, even if the performer is found, tried 

and executed, there will still be no justice. First of all, 

Dasha is priceless. There is no price that can be paid 

for this horror to be balanced --- in any way. But 

secondly, there are people who know: they 

were the ones who sacrificed her, they 

gave the order. And we'll find them 

sooner or later.'' 

 

''Specific customers and real killers, of course, are 

located outside the territory of Ukraine, in the 

leadership of Western special services, 

Western political instances. We will 

find them. In the meantime, the 

preparatory stage.''

 

 

The West has manufactured this rope

and as its neck feels the noose 

tighten... some will feel pity.

 

What we could do, is repent.

 

 

______________________________

 


While Ukrainians --- die on the frontlines, 

Zelensky is lobbying US financial firms

August 20th, 11:59am

by Shabbir Rizvi

(source: PressTV)

 

As the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia dwindles

 to a screeching halt, failing to achieve its objectives, 

many questions are being raised about the former 

Soviet republic’s future.

 

Will the Kiev regime concede defeat? Will Ukrainian President 

Volodymyr Zelensky fight Russians.. until the last Ukrainian? 

How much of Ukrainian land will actually remain Ukraine's?

 

The question of disputed territory is a sensitive topic. NATO 

military alliance officials are even floating the idea of giving 

up significant Ukrainian territory to end the war and usher 

in peace, an idea that may have been unimaginable prior 

to the Ukrainian counteroffensive. 

 

Although one can speculate back and forth about what land 

will become Russian and what land will stay Ukrainian, 

something far more sinister is happening beyond the

 public eye of what will happen to the territory that 

remains Ukraine. 

 

While media pundits are busy tracking the territorial losses

 and gains Ukraine is making, the Kiev regime is meeting 

with American financial firms to sell off Ukrainian land

 and infrastructure.

 

Even before Russia’s “military operation” completed its first

 year, Zelensky had been meeting with various American 

investment firms in order to “rebuild Ukraine.”

 

To the uninitiated, “rebuild Ukraine” sounds like a completely 

logical and legitimate initiative in the wake of a devastating 

war. However, Zelensky hasn’t been meeting with any 

average firm.

 

He has been actively preparing the ground... for New York-

based investment firm BlackRock to take over significant 

swaths of Ukrainian finances, primarily playing a leading 

role in advising Kiev on how to handle its post-war 

investments and funding.

 

BlackRock is a notorious “investment management” firm 

that has worked closely with the International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to hyper-privatize public

 assets, land, and infrastructure.

 

The world’s largest “asset manager”, it manages trillions 

of dollars in assets across the West and even acts as an

 advisor to European banks. Naturally, it is also involved 

in lobbying Western officials, essentially dictating and 

creating policy for its own benefit. 

 

However, with NATO encroaching east, it is expected that 

countries would surrender their public institutions even

 further to Western capitalists as they embrace 

neoliberal policies.

 

It is in recorded history ---- that, during Ukraine’s 2014 

Maiden Coup, the United States was closely involved.

 

The then US Assistant Secretary of State Victory Neuland 

was directly on the ground supporting the fascist 

overthrow of the neutral Ukraine government

 for a pro-Western one.

 

Later, a leaked phone call revealed that Neuland was 

picking and choosing which Ukrainian officials were 

best to enter the new coup-installed regime.

 

It’s no surprise that Ukraine was headed towards a long road 

of privatization - supporters of the new regime even burned 

down a trade union building --- with people inside.

 

To this day, the victims have not seen

 justice - as the perpetrators are free. 

 

Now, under the guise of war, the Kiev regime has taken

significant steps to further bear the rotten fruits of the

Maiden Coup. Zelensky’s wartime powers have 

allowed him to ban all opposition parties.

 

In August of 2022, Kiev ratified “Law 5371,” which strips 

all labour protections – impacting around 70 percent of 

Ukraine’s workforce. 

 

Many neoliberals would argue that it is necessary to maintain

 control of Ukraine’s exports during the war, but the law was

 first introduced in 2021 and could not be passed then 

due to trade union opposition.

 

Adding to it is the fact that Zelensky and his inner circle

 were notorious for their corrupt financial affairs.

 

Prior to the war, it was revealed by the Pandora Papers that 

Zelensky and his allies had swaths of money ....hidden in 

offshore bank accounts. This money could not be traced 

to them, and ignoring the fact that Zelensky’s allies

 were involved, local institutions would find it 

difficult to trace how they obtained it.

 

With trade union power dissolved and opposition parties 

out of the way, the Kiev regime moved to  auction off

 their state enterprises. 

 

It is important to note that there were multiple attempts 

to auction off some of the same assets, prior to the 

2022 military operation, to no avail.

 

The investment wasn’t as attractive to American capitalists 

because there were still many hurdles - primarily legal - that 

would make Ukrainian state assets an attractive investment.

 

With labour unions and political opposition away, foreign

 penetration will now ...not only become easy, but even 

competitive, and therefore profitable - not only for the

 American capitalists but for those who would 

eventually benefit from lobbying for money - 

Zelensky and Co. 

 

The foreign aid given to Kiev to fend off Russians also does 

not come without a price. While the US sees fighting 

Russians as money well spent, Washington still 

expects an extra return on investment.

 

Highlighted in the National Recovery Plan are various figures 

that address auctioning off state investments, paying back 

IMF loans, and opening the country to foreign penetration.

 

Firms like BlackRock will play a key role in ensuring 

every last available asset is sold and privatized. 

 

Zelensky has taken Ukraine to the natural conclusion of

the US-backed Maiden Coup. A once neutral country

 now turned into a vassal state of the US, Kiev has

 not only sacrificed thousands of Ukrainian men 

on the altar of US imperialism, it has --- quite 

literally --- sold the entire country to

 US capitalists. 

 

With multiple meetings between BlackRock, JP Morgan, and 

other investment firms to “rebuild Ukraine,” the fate of the

 country - no matter what it looks like after peace is 

reached - will be up to the ruling class of the 

United States.

 

Zelensky, instead of searching for peace, is actively acting

 as a salesman while thousands of his countrymen are 

being slaughtered on the frontlines. 

 

He was even quoted as saying that this situation is “the 

greatest opportunity in Europe since World War Two,”

 in reference to the incoming post-war investment.  

 

Very little stands in the way for Western capitalists to swoop 

in -- and hyper-privatize what is left of Ukraine post-invasion

- with BlackRock at the forefront, advising Ukraine’s foreign

 investments and labour opposition completely eviscerated.

 

Clearly, this was the pathway for Ukraine when the 2014 

coup regime announced its various intentions to fight 

off the labour movement. 

 

For the corrupt lot in Ukraine and the financial ruling class 

in the US, the Russian military operation provided a 

unique opportunity to become richer and filthier.

 

All it cost was the mere price of hundreds of thousands 

of lives lost and a country that was once sovereign to 

become a playground for the US financial class. 

 

As peace brokers devise a plan on what the new borders of 

Ukraine will likely look like, one thing is for certain - the 

new face of Ukraine within its borders... will be 

completely made by and for Western elites.

 

Shabbir Rizvi is a Chicago-based political analyst with 

a focus on US internal security and foreign policy.

 

(The views expressed in this article do not 

--- necessarily --- reflect those of Press TV.)




These views do reflect a growing 

number of people's though.

What --- 
do you think?




 

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Russia's Central Bank controls 

the situation with the ruble, 

madness is observed

 only in the West

August 16th , 2023

(Source - Redacted

InoTV translation) 

 

The dollar is up 60 percent against the Russian ruble, which

has been gaining strength -- since the start of the conflict in

Ukraine. So what's going on? We were told that everything 

is fine with the ruble, but now it seems that this may not 

be entirely true. Therefore, we would like to get an 

expert opinion on this issue.

 

If you keep an eye on these things, usually a dollar has cost 

about 80 rubles in recent months. And this week it jumped

 over the mark of 100 rubles, and then fell just below

 a hundred. The Russian Central Bank held an 

emergency meeting this week and raised 

the interest rate from 8.5 percent 

to 12 percent.

 

Redacted correspondent Mike Jones lives in Russia,

 follows East-West relations and will tell us more 

about this issue. Thank you so much for

 joining us.

 

MIKE JONES, Redacted correspondent: 

''Always a pleasure.''

 

So, what is it? A complete economic

collapse, or can you give us 

some context?

 

MIKE JONES: ''No, not in Russia. This is very closely

monitored by the Russian Central Bank. Madness is

observed in the West. Both Politico & economists,

who, apparently, do not understand the Russian 

economy at all. The Russian Central Bank has 

decided to raise this interest rate. And it is 

worth remembering that they have not 

changed rates since September last 

year, from the level of 8.5.

 

''I will just quote the Central Bank's statement, they are very

straightforward about some of the factors that influenced 

their decisions. For example, ''...when oil prices rise, the 

ruble strengthens, which reduces the risk of over

heating of the economy. And when oil prices fall,

the ruble weakens, which plays into the hands 

of domestic producers, by increasing exports 

and stimulating import substitution.''

 

''Only this quote -- gives a good idea of the past year in
Russia and why the ruble was allowed to reach such
a level. But when it got to a hundred --- that's what
seems to have
 triggered the so-called emergency
meeting at the 
Central Bank. The West took it
as a panic, they 
are sure that the ruble
is falling rapidly.

 

''And this is not the case. Even if you go to the sitexe.comand

 if you follow the ruble, you will see that the decline is gradual 

and steady. The drop happened in March 2022, and there was

 an obvious drop. As we know, oil prices have played a major 

role. All these Western articles somehow do not mention 

the restriction of oil prices.

 

''We heard about it, and then it, somehow, disappeared from

the news. Why? I suspect that around mid-July, Russian
oil, 
or more precisely Urals crude, was trading above
the 
agreed price limit of $ 60.''

 

Limiting the price of the oil --- you mentioned. This is meant 

when the European Union decided: "Yes -- we will continue 

to buy Russian oil, but we will introduce price restrictions."

And Russia said, " Well, it doesn't really work that way." 

Is that what you're talking about?

 

MIKE JONES: ''Let's look at India. The Financial institute of

 Kiev is now accusing them of inflating the cost of supplies 

in order to circumvent these measures. I would not want to 

pay too much attention to oil, because of course, Russia is 

already called a gas station masquerading as an economy.

 

''One of the big changes, and I've already discussed it with 

Clayton, was the grain deal. Since 2014 and the first 

wave of sanctions, which were a good lesson for 

Russia, it has withstood. Until 2014, Russia was 

an importer of food products. Fast forward to

 today, Russia is already an exporter of food.

 

''It exports, of course, grain and animal feed to Africa, and 

Egypt is one of the major buyers. Of course, this affects 

the price of agricultural feed, which increases this 

influence in Western economies ....and in the 

reaction of the West.

 

''The point is, that a weakened ruble means that Russia 

receives more rubles from exports. It's the same with 

food and oil. This was in the interests of Russia, but 

now, as the Central Bank admitted, it has reached 

the point where the domestic industry can no 

longer expand --- to meet the requirements 

of consumers.

 

''As a result, imports are already growing, which, 

they admit, has driven up inflation. Hence the 

measure --- that should handle this through 

the interest rate.''

 

 
That's reassuring... what do you think?



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You can not pardon: the US 

Ambassador to Australia 

allowed the transfer of

Julian Assange to his

homeland ----------- if 

he admits his guilt

by Alexander Karpov

August 14th, 10:01pm

(RT.ru)

 

The US' Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has 

suggested that a potential plea deal could allow 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return

 to his homeland.

 

 Kennedy added that the conclusion of such an agreement

 ultimately depends not on diplomats, but on the position 

of the US Department of Justice, but a solution is 

"absolutely possible." 

 

Earlier, the head of the US State Department, Anthony

Blinken, said that the question of Assange's future, is 

very sensitive for Washington. Political analysts note

that the talk about the likely extradition of Assange 

occurs ------ against the backdrop of the political 

rapprochement between the US and Australia... 

but the WikiLeaks founder is unlikely to return 

to his homeland as he caused too serious a

damage to the reputation and national 

security of the US.

 

"In fact, this is not a diplomatic issue, but I think it is 

absolutely possible to find a solution," Kennedy

 said, in an interview with Australian media.

 

Endless Trial

 

Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while on 

a visit to Canberra, said that the question of the future

 fate of the WikiLeaks founder --- is very sensitive

 for Washington.

 

"Mr. Assange has been charged with very serious criminal 

acts in the United States in connection with his alleged 

role in one of the largest breaches of classified 

information in the history of our country," 

Blinken said, after talks with the 

Australian leadership.

 

In turn, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said 

that his government will continue to seek the release 

of the WikiLeaks founder.

 

"We remain very firm in our opinion and consistent in our

 statements to the US government, we will continue to

 seek his release," TASS quoted the head of the 

Australian cabinet as saying.

 

The statement of the US ambassador about the possibility 

of extradition of Assange to his homeland --- caused some

 optimism among supporters of the WikiLeaks founder --- 

and a number of Australian politicians.

 

So, Assange's brother, film producer Gabriel Shipton, believes

that --- in this way --- Washington is looking for a way out of a

situation, in which all the facts of corruption and crimes of 

the US authorities will again be announced in the court to

which Assange will be tried, upon extradition to the US.

 

"This suggests that they do not want this story to develop 

in American courts, especially during the electoral cycle. 

Therefore ---- the US leadership is actually looking for an 

opportunity to distance itself from what is an extremely, 

extremely controversial prosecution that violates 

media freedom," Shipton said, in a conversation

 with Sky News Australia.

 

According to him, if Assange is indeed extradited to Canberra, 

he should be released immediately, as he has already spent 

enough time in prison.

 

And Australia's Shadow Immigration Minister, Dan Tehan, 

said Canberra would welcome an end to the prosecution 

of Assange, but the final decision on this issue, remains

with the US Department of Justice.

 

"The most important thing, I think, is that we should take into

account.. their justice system and processes. But, at the 

same time, if it was possible to achieve the completion

of this incredibly long case, then we would all be 

only for it," the politician said.

 

Recall - that Washington began the prosecution of Assange 

in 2010, when hundreds of thousands of documents were

 published on the WikiLeaks portal, including those 

related to the actions of the US army in the Middle 

East and other controversial steps of Washington, 

which were hidden from the public, under the 

pretext of protecting national security.

 

In 2012, the journalist lived in the UK. Fearing extradition to

the US, Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy, in 

London, where he applied for political asylum. In 2019, the 

then President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, announced that 

he was denying the journalist political asylum and 

depriving him of his Ecuadorian citizenship.

 

After seven years of isolation in the diplomatic mission, 

the WikiLeaks founder was arrested and imprisoned

 in London's Belmarsh prison.

 

Washington has been seeking Assange's extradition to 

the US for more than four years, where he faces a 

prison sentence of up to 175 years on 

18 charges against him.

 

In turn, Assange's defense team is trying to prevent his
extradition to the US authorities. In 2022, a UK court 

blocked the extradition of Assange --- granting the 

appeal of his lawyers. However, this decision 

was later reversed, and the British Interior 

Minister, Priti Patel, approved the 

extradition of the WikiLeaks

 founder to the US.

 

In June of this year, the wife of Julian Assange announced 

that her husband would use the last opportunity to block

 his extradition to the US, through a UK court.

 

"A blow to reputation"

 

The statement of a US diplomat about a possible 

deal, indicates that the US has begun to realize

the reputational harm from the prosecution of 

Assange, political analyst Malek Dudakov 

noted, in a conversation with RT.

 

"The Americans are quite aggressively trying to get Assange

 extradited to their justice system. However, the talk about a

 deal with justice shows that the United States is aware of 

the reputational losses caused by attempts to send to life 

imprisonment a person who is obviously persecuted for

 political reasons and suffered for disclosing the facts

 of war crimes," the expert explained.

 

However, the option of a deal in which Assange will be

 returned to his homeland and then be released,

 does not seem realistic today, Dudakov added.

 

"The ideal scenario would be Assange's admission of guilt 

and return to Australia, maybe under house arrest or

 restriction of freedom, but I'm not sure that this 

is realistic," the source said.

 

The main problem with implementing such a scenario is the

 fact that Canberra is not an equal partner of Washington 

and has no leverage on it, but can only ask the United 

States to meet it halfway, the political scientist said.

 

"There is a certain rapprochement between them, 

but Australia is not a player of such a level, that 

itcan bargain with the Americans in something. 

Canberra can voice its wishes, but in the end,

Washington will do as it sees fit, given that

now Australia is largely dependent on the 

United States in the military sphere," 

Malek Dudakov commented.

 

In turn, Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute

 for Humanitarian and Political Studies, believes that the

 WikiLeaks founder will sooner or later be extradited 

to the US and spend the rest of his life in prison.

 

"Assange will never be returned to Australia. After some 

time, he will be extradited to the United States. This will 

not happen immediately --- another appeal will be 

considered, and during this time he will remain 

in a UK prison," the expert stressed, in an 

interview with RT.

 

The US wants to punish Assange significantly, as he 

caused damage to their reputation and the national

 security system, Bruter explained.

 

"Assange cannot be released, his actions are categorically 

unacceptable ------ from the point of view of the US political 

establishment, and he must be demonstratively punished. 

If he is released and speaks freely with the media and in

public, it will be a blow to Washington's reputation as a 

global hegemon. It turns out that a certain private 

person can tear off the covers from the secret 

affairs of Washington and he will not get 

anything for it. It is very important for 

the US, that all such individuals are 

punished in the most severe way. 

The situation was similar... with 

Snowden, only he disappeared 

beyond the reach of American 

extraterritorial justice," the

 political scientist noted.

 

No charges have been brought against Assange in 

Australia, and no court cases have been opened, 

so his transfer to Canberra would effectively 

mean his release, Bruter said.

 

"For the United States, this will be a significant political 

defeat. While he is in a British prison, this is not such a 

crucial moment for Washington — they know that the 

British authorities will not release him. In addition, 

London gives the whole process legitimacy, 

pretending that there is some kind of 

objective judicial procedure, with 

appeals and their consideration. 

But they won't let him go to 

Australia ---- even though 

Washington & Canberra 

have recently become 

.....very close," the 

expert concluded.

 

 

Everyone playing games.

The US ---- according to

world polls, is already

the most hated state

in the world. If.. they

continue destroying

this journalist they

will just be hated

a little bit more.

 

Let us keep sending pleas through

our representatives - and pray for

a miracle... or can YOU think of

a solution?

 

 

____________________________


 
IMF varnishes the 

“Kosovo picture”

August 11th, 10:52am

https://en.news-front.info/

 

The servants of the New World Order have long been trying to 

lure mankind into their fictional reality. For this purpose, they 

use the media & international organisations -- through which

they spread total lies (mixed with a drop of truth, of course).

 

Serbian Kosovo is a perfect example of the lies of the

 globalists. The creation of a 'state' in the place of a 

region almost taken away from the Serbs is a poor 

solution. That is why behind the political decision

 the economic card is played -- a way to convince

 the whole world of the stability & attractiveness 

of the region. However the political verbiage or 

simply --- lies uttered by the globalists, should 

be studied, not even by masters of linguistic 

juggling, but by psychiatrists. 

 

Gabriel Di Bella --- a representative of the International 

Monetary Fund team, believes that the EU’s restrictive 

measures against Kosovo may become an obstacle 

for foreign investments (!) in the region. Di Bella (a 

truly telling surname for Russian ears) said that 

“recent events in four northern municipalities 

..have led to limited economic and financial 

co-operation with the unrecognised state”.

 

So, your eyesight has not failed you. Di Bella is talking about

 some kind of investment in a failed state called Kosovo. In 

the very “Kosovo”, which for the last decades was built on

 the blood and suffering of Serbs, against all principles of 

international law. The very same “Kosovo” that is run by

 terrorists and bandits who have made their fortunes by

 seizing Serbian property, trafficking in drugs, human 

beings.. and human organs. The very “Kosovo” from 

which Albanians themselves are fleeing en masse

because economic life in the region is simply 

unbearable --- precisely, in the Serbian 

municipalities … Obviously, Di Bella 

is fulfilling the task of varnishing 

the “Kosovo picture”, perhaps

not least, in order to use the 

money of the same IMF.

 

The report of the working group presented by Di Bella 

states that “macroeconomic conditions in Kosovo 

remain favourable” and adds that “inflation

continues to fall and budget revenues

 are rising”. 

 

We can state that the IMF official was writing a fairy tale for 

his superiors, and the beautifully drawn report pursued 

goals in a different, fictional, globalist reality. 

 

Meanwhile, Pristina itself is not lagging behind the “sanctions

players” and prohibits the entry of lorries with Serbian goods 

into its territory, creating a real humanitarian disaster in the 

north of the region (not only in the north). And, naturally, 

an economic catastrophe. But Di Bella prefers to paint 

a different picture to his addressees (the leadership 

--- or ordinary citizens of Western countries?):

 

“In a challenging global environment, macroeconomic

conditions in Kosovo have remained favourable so 

far in 2023. Growth remains robust, inflation 

continues to fall, and the current account 

deficit has started to narrow,” he says 

in no uncertain terms. No comment.

 

Di Bella is brazenly lying about any personal income growing

 at a “healthy rate.” Rather, the population’s incomes are 

falling at an unhealthy rate, causing the same population 

to flee from the region to Europe, where they can at 

least find work. But the “cherry on the cake” is the

IMF official’s conclusion that there are still minor 

problems in unrecognised and almost perfect, 

economically attractive Kosovo:

 

“But instability and rising global tensions in northern Kosovo 

remain risks to the outlook that, if they materialise, could 

contribute to political problems,” Di Bella concludes.

 

After this phrase you can call a psychiatrist, because it is

 obvious, because the “risks of tension” in the north of 

Kosovo have long since materialised and do not seem 

to be planning to subside. Political problems, in which

 the USA and EU are actively involved, happened long 

ago and their existence is acknowledged every day 

by the specified centres of globalists, thinking what

 to do with it all. 

 

What Mr Di Bella’s statements mean is not clear to the end. 

For whom he drew his report – also remains a mystery. 

 

Apparently, the habit of living a lie, convincing themselves 

and their environment, of its reality, trying to fish in 

troubled waters, through its projection, is a 

habitual state of the IMF staff. It will be 

possible to utilise the funds and 

get a promotion.

 

Vladimir Basenkov, Southern News Service




 

Can't wait for BRICS, etc, to replace

the IMF and all the other US driven

dens of filth and corruption!

 

Do you think?

 

 

__________________________________



United States of Africa Forming 

to Lead World Against U.S. 

and Allied Empire

by Eric Zuesse

August 10th

(SouthFront)

 

A potential United States of Africa is now in the early stages 

of formation, after a mutiny by Niger’s Presidential Guards

immediately expanded into a coup by Niger’s Army --- on 

July 26th and overthrew the country’s ‘democratically’ 

elected U.S.-and-French stooge - and very corrupt - 

President, Mohamed Bazoum. 

 

The Nigeran public immediately responded to this coup with

massive cheering demonstrations throughout the country, 

supporting as their liberators, the team that was freeing 

their land from the exploitative grip of the imperialists:

France, backed by America. 

 

Niger, like the other African countries that use the French 

franc as their currency, has been funding France’s

 Government and Niger’s own aristocracy, by 

means of a complex mechanism called 

“the CFA franc” which the CNN U.S. 

propaganda network, buried in

one of their news reports. 

 

Françafrique has often been criticized for perpetuating neo-

colonial practices. For example, few things have sparked 

more controversy than the Central African franc or CFA, 

a currency which is used by 14 nations in West and 

Central Africa --- including Niger.

 

Countries using CFA francs are required to store 50% of their 

currency reserves with the Banque de France, and the

 currency is pegged to the euro. While Paris asserts 

that the system promotes economic stability, 

others say, it allows France to exert control 

over the economy of the countries using it.

 

So, basically, whatever is shipped abroad by any of those

 countries, the proceeds, in effect, go 50% to France, 

and only the other 50% goes to Niger or the other 

source-country.

 

As the U.S. regime’s own Brookings 

Institution, earlier, obliquely put it:

 

''Some African economists consider the broader dependency

on European monetary policies as a restriction to growth

due to a hyper-fixation on inflation. However, African 

elites and wealthy individuals, the primary 

beneficiaries of the CFA franc zone 

configuration, support its

 continuation.''

 

The only beneficiaries are the individuals who control the

 international corporations — especially the ones that are

 headquartered in France and in America, and that have 

subsidiaries in the given African colony. As a scholar 

at the British aristocracy’s London School of 

Economics surprisingly admitted:

 

''The CFA franc also encourages massive capital outflows. 

In brief, membership of the franc zone is synonymous with 

poverty and under-employment, as evidenced by the fact 

that 11 of its 15 adherents are classed as Least 

Developed Countries (LDCs) -- while the 

remainder -- (Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, 

Congo, Gabon) have all experienced

 real-term economic decline.''

 

Finally, they maintain that membership of the franc zone is 

inimical.. to the advance of democracy. To uphold the CFA 

franc, it is argued, France has never hesitated to jettison 

heads of state tempted to withdraw from the system. 

Most were removed from office or killed in favour of 

more compliant leaders who cling to power come 

hell or high water, as shown by the CAEMC 

nations and Togo.

 

 Economic development is impossible in such 

circumstances, as is the creation of any 

political system ---- that meets the 

preoccupations of the majority 

of citizens.

 

In the subsequent days, after the coup, Niger entered into

 discussions with Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, which 

already previously had coups for freedom from their 

imperialist masters that the U.S. Government leads. 

 

Meanwhile, the U.S. regime’s efforts — which are being led

by Victoria Nuland, who masterminded the U.S. regime’s 

successful coup, that... in February 2014, grabbed and 

absorbed Ukraine into the U.S. empire, so to get it into 

NATO as the nearest bordering country from which to 

attack The Kremlin and decapitate Russia - only 317

miles away from Ukraine ------ appear, thus far, to be 

running into an unwillingness of the Governments 

near Niger to shed their peoples’ blood to invade 

Niger, whose public are determined to achieve 

freedom from their foreign exploiters, and will 

not give up short of a very bloody war  which

would embarrass the US & its ‘democracies’ 

and so strip away -- that ‘democratic’ mask 

the U.S. regime uses -- in order to fool 

publics everywhere.

 

On August 3rd, CNN headlined “Africa’s latest coup is a

headache for the West and an opportunity for Russia”,

 and pretended that the aggression here - and the 

opposition to democracy - came from Russia 

against the United States, instead of from 

the United States against Russia.

 

I have previously explained these events in my 6 March 

2023 “The Transformative Present Moment in History”.

 

Whatever the outcome will be from the current events in

Niger, it will be a part of that story, and maybe a very

important part of it. However, the time is too early 

to predict what that outcome will turn out to be.

 

 In any case, that story began in 1945, when the anti-

imperialist U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

became replaced by the pro-imperialist President 

Harry Truman, who shaped the post-WW-II 

international order, which has lasted till 

now, and which appears to be soon

 reaching its climax.

 

If Victoria Nuland will not be able to turn the screws against 

Niger’s new leaders in the way that her bosses, Antony

 Blinken, and, above him, Joe Biden, are hoping — nor 

to get ‘the free world’ to invade and conquer Niger as

 they hope — then a successful model will have 

become established which might be copied by 

other slave-nations, by means of which they, 

too, might likewise break away, and free 

themselves, from their imperial masters,

 the U.S.-and-‘allied’ (vassal-nation) 

empire: the U.S. aristocracy, and 

its foreign dependency ones. 

 

If so, it would terminate the hegemon’s hegemony. It would 

end the Truman-initiated global system (which aspires to

 conquer — absorb into its imperial web — all nations,

 and especially Russia and China). So: the stakes 

are huge in Niger now.

 

Investigative historian Eric Zuesse’s new book, AMERICA’S 

EMPIRE OF EVIL: Hitler’s Posthumous Victory, and Why the 

Social Sciences Need to Change, is about how America

 took over the world after World War II in order to 

enslave it to U.S.-and-allied billionaires. 

 

Their cartels extract the world’s wealth, by control of 

not only their ‘news’ media but the social ‘sciences’ 

— duping the public.

 

Ah, we hope and pray for
Africa's courage and
self- belief to win.

What do you hope
and pray for?

 


_____________________________________




 


Loyal: Germany invested millions


 in Niger — and Russia will get 


all the benefits


August 9th, 2023


(Original source: Loyal


--- translated by InoTV)


 


The Association of German Reservists in the pages of 


its magazine Loyal accuses the German government 


of having actually "overslept" the coup in Niger. As 


a result, millions of dollars of Berlin's investment 


in equipping and training the country's military 


police forces has disappeared, and Russia will


 now benefit from the fruits of German efforts. 


In addition, Berlin can not evacuate about a 


hundred of its military personnel from Niger.


 


It remains to be seen.. whether the Economic Community of 


West African States will be able to implement its threat and 


organize a military intervention to restore ousted President 


Bazum to power. Loyal magazine, however, notes that 


neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso, also ruled by the 


rebel military, "will regard the attack on Niger as an


 attack on their own countries" and promise to 


come to the aid of the new government of 


Niger. Algeria, which is influential in the 


region, called on the parties to refrain 


from military conflict, as "if it comes 


to this, it will mean a big war, and 


this ------ is the last thing that the 


poorest region of Africa needs."


 


Bundeswehr troops are stationed at the airport of the capital 


of Niger, which is a key base for supplying and withdrawing 


German troops from neighboring Mali. Almost a thousand 


German soldiers participated in the UN mission in Mali, 


but the new government in Bamako requires them to 


leave the country before the end of the year, which 


already meant a rush, and after the suspension of


the base in Niger became even more difficult. 


Even if the airport in the capital of Niger 


manages to find an alternative, there 


is still the question of almost 100 


soldiers in Niamey itself.


 


"If ECOWAS decides to implement its ultimatum and start 


fighting, then Niamey airport will be the first target for 


intervention troops, and the German camp is located


 right on the runway, next to the camp of our 


European partners," Loyal magazine 


reminds the German government. 


 


According to the data available to the magazine, German


 soldiers have not yet received threats against them —


 unlike the French, but they are "still trapped", and


 "the situation remains unpredictable".


 


For the author of the article, the main culprit of this situation


 is obvious: the German federal government, which did not


 organize the withdrawal of troops in time. The German


 Federal Intelligence Service also did not foresee what


 happened — "another not very nice page for German 


foreign intelligence," the magazine states. 


 


But an even greater responsibility lies with the German


 Foreign Ministry. "The Ministry of Defense wanted a 


speedy withdrawal (of troops from the region. — Ino


TV), but the Foreign Ministry feared that Germany's


 reputation as a reliable UN member in the world 


could be undermined." Now we can sum up this 


policy: "Those who wait too long are punished


 by the putschists."


 


Loyal also notes the mistakes of the German government in 


financial assistance to Niger, which focused on training the 


military and police. In Niger, Germany participated in the 


creation of a security force that can now be commanded


 by an illegal coup squad. With the help of the Germans,


 a military school was built in the country, a hospital 


for soldiers, German soldiers trained the special 


forces of Niger, which was fully " equipped with 


protective equipment, all-terrain vehicles, radio


 and night vision devices supplied from Germany."


 


 Millions of dollars of financial injections into 


military structures continued... until the 


beginning of the year.


 


"Russia will now fully benefit from the efforts made by 


Germany and the West to invest in Niger's security


 architecture," Loyal concludes. "The putschists 


led by General Tiani are openly pro-Russian, and 


Russian flags --- are flying all over the country, 


"which should" cause delight in the Kremlin, 


" which has consolidated its influence "in a 


very important region." 


 


In the case of Niger, it is "not only about access to minerals, 


especially uranium", but also about controlling "the most 


important route of refugees from Africa to Europe", 


which is "a means of exerting pressure on the 


West, the importance of which cannot be 


overemphasized". The author of the 


article is sure that Russia uses it 


as a lever of pressure in the 


conflict in Ukraine.


 


 


The Discussio Page is probably the


best place for this article - tucked


away and thus less likely to do


harm. What do you think?






 


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If you want.. an enervatingly

optimistic, in depth, article:

 

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/

sitrep-8123-the-hegemon-begins-to


++++++++++++++++++++++++++



How Orthodox Christianity 
is being 
destroyed in
Ukraine


August 4th, 9:33am


(RT.ru)


 


Zelenskyy’s godless regime wants to use the Feast 


of the Baptism of Russia --- to “unbaptise” it by 


destroying Orthodoxy, finally plunging the 


UOC into schism.


 


The facts of who and how is pushing the UOC to the terrible
 
sin of schism, which, in the words of St Cyprian of Carthage


 ''is not washed away even with martyr’s blood”, we try
to
 consistently set out. They are, as follows.


 


1. “Metropolitan” of the PCU --- noticed as an lgbt activist 


Alexander Drabinko, publicly blackmails the UOC on 


behalf of Zelensky – “Theophany” is not enough 


for us, either you gather the Council, and self-


proclaim autocephaly, or the UOC will 


be banned.


 


Zelenskyy confirms the seriousness of the blackmail by 


making a special address announcing new measures


 for “spiritual independence”, i.e. the destruction 


of Orthodoxy.


 


The Verkhovna Rada assures that a law 


banning the UOC is passed on 27 July.


 


2. The UOC is bumped and on the feast of St Anthony 


of Kiev-Pechersk, when the episcopate of the UOC 


gathered in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, there is no self-


proclamation of autocephaly.


 


3. Then the Ukroreich deliberately launches a missile at


 the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour built 


by Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa. Local Orthodox 


Christians claim that the missile hit the Cathedral 


--- two hours before the Russian missile attack. 


Another proof of this version is the presence


of the Ukroreich’s motive... to use the 


cathedral explosion, as a pretext to


completely put the UOC in schism.


 


The bombing of the cathedral is a provocation by Zelenskyy,


 whose goal is to finally break exactly the opponent of 


autocephaly, Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa, 


which, if successful, will greatly accelerate 


the process.


 


But he balks and instead of himself puts up the vicar


 Archbishop Victor (Bykov), who makes a false and 


impudent statement against Patriarch Kirill. This


 vicar, is seen by the SBU, as a successor to 


Metropolitan Agafangel... in case he 


continues to stall.


 


Zelenskyy’s office responds to Metropolitan Agafangel by


 blackmailing him with the sins of his youth: “Grandpa, 


you can’t fool us, you can’t get away with the 


vicarage, speak for yourself”, which 


Metropolitan Agafangel did, calling 


black, white ------ slandering the 


SSU and Russia, but did not 


personally touch Patriarch 


Kirill and did not demand 


the self-proclamation 


of autocephaly.


 


In response, Zelenskyy’s Office used a former disciple of


 Metropolitan Agafangel of Sumy, Metropolitan Yevlogy


 (Gutchenko), who made his ecclesiastical career with 


the help of the aforementioned Drabinko, betraying 


Metropolitan Agafangel. Yevlogy appealed to 


Metropolitan Onufry, with an appeal to spit 


on the ecclesiastical interdictions of the 


Moscow Patriarchate... which will 


inevitably follow.... in the case of


a 'self-proclaimed' autocephaly 


of the UOC. Thus Metropolitan 


Yevlogy calls on the UOC to 


break with Orthodoxy.


 


The position of the Ukroreich is clear: “You will not get away 


with words against Russia and special operations, proclaim 


autocephaly on 28 July, otherwise the UOC will be banned”.


 


Even if Metropolitans Onuphrius and Agafangel go for it, the


 meeting of UOC bishops on 28 July will not be able to make


 such a decision, as 3 Metropolitans Theodosius, Pavel and


 Jonathan are under arrest, with Metropolitan Pavel in a


pre-trial detention centre.


 


Metropolitan Longin of Banchensk lies with a stroke, 


driven to it by the repressions of the Ukroreich.


 


Metropolitan Theodosius of Cherkassy will 


probably oppose this decision, as will 


other arrested metropolitans.


 


Those who vote in favour of self-proclaimed autocephaly, 


will finally, according to all canons, become schismatics 


and become worthy of anathema, like Filaret Denysenko.


 


One vote against the same Metropolitan Theodosius is 


enough to nullify the forthcoming self-proclamation of 


autocephaly of the UOC, just as one vote of Abbot 


Mark of Ephesus was enough to foil the Union of 


Ferrara-Florence.


 


But still I appeal to the episcopate of the UOC with a 


request -- to make a confessional decision, if only 


because this confession will not last long --- the 


Russian Army will take Odessa, Kiev and other 


Russian cities, no matter how much the US 


agents of influence in Moscow try to stop 


the special operation.


 


At the same time, as reported by the faithful Orthodox 


of Malorossia, the insane heresiarch, Barthrolomey, 


under the leadership of the Uniate and at the same 


time, the archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox 


Church Kirill (Govorun), has come up with a new 


plan for the final destruction of Orthodoxy in 


Malorossia, a kind of “plan B”.


 


The Phanar.. gives the PCU the status of Patriarchate 


with preservation of dependence on the Patriarchate 


of Constantinople, before that the UOC and the PCU


 unite, Metropolitan Onufry leaves, Sergiy Dumenko 


leaves, and the Canadian Metropolitan of the UOC


of Constantinople Patriarchate in the US ------


Hilarion (Rudnik) becomes the “Patriarch” 


of the united structure.


 


The fact that he has a canonical chiarotony does not change


 the essence of the matter because: 1. almost all “hierarchs” 


of the PCU do not have it; 2. “the authority of the Patriarch 


of Constantinople ends outside his diocese” (Metropolitan


 Anthony (Khrapovitsky).


 


Hilarion (Rudnik) is a fairy figure. A thuggish Nazi who 


worked closely with Dudayev, Basayev, Maskhadov 


and other terrorists and oes not conceal his goal 


of unification.


 


Dumenko, however, does not want to leave. 


But his masters from the United States 


will not ask him.


 


The only person and thing that can stop this new union


 is the Russian Army --- and carrying out the special 


operations in full.


 


Kirill Frolov, Russian People’s Line


 



In a nutshell - until the Zelensky regime
is crushed - the US will use him to
break Russia's Spiritual power.

A truly diabolical plan.

What do you think?




__________________________________




Zakharova discussed ----- the 

policy of the colonial powers

August 4th, 12:03am 

(Lenta.ru)

 

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, 

Maria Zakharova ----- speculated about the policy of the 

colonial powers, in a column for Izvestia newspaper.

 

In particular, Zakharova drew attention to the term "Non-

Self-Governing Territories" -- used in the UN Charter. 


According to her, in fact, we are talking about 

- colonies. "Colonial Powers cannot endlessly 

suppress the independence and sovereignty 

of peoples. Although their desire to acquire 

new colonies is quite logical," she said.

 

The representative of the Foreign Ministry expressed 

confidence that "the free world will definitely win",

 and the process of decolonization "will not be 

completed ------ until the last of the Non-Self-

Governing Territories gains independence".

 

In July, Maria Zakharova said that the West 

treats Ukraine as a colony, commenting on 

plans.... to export relics from the Kiev 

Pechersk Lavra.

 

 

Since my country, Wales (Cymru), is a ''non-governing

territory'' (- apologies to our Senedd members! -) and

England's first colony (apologies to Ireland's superb

historians!) my heart resonates with Ms Zakharova.

I think I'm in love with her. What... do you think?

 

 

_______________________________________

 


Seoul raises stakes 

in confrontation 

with Moscow

August 2nd, 12:43pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

South Korea... is being drawn into the collective West’s 

confrontation with Russia. Seoul is supplying 155mm 

howitzer shells to the Kiev regime, via the US. 

Japan’s participation in the deal... is 

being prepared.

 

Seoul and Tokyo have formed a pair here for a reason. 

From the perspective of Japanese geopolitics, the 

Korean Peninsula is “a knife pointed at Japan’s 

chest.” Japan feels threatened if it does not 

control Korea. Since the Korean War of 

1950-1953, two Koreas have emerged 

– the pro-US South Korea... and the 

pro-Soviet, and now pro-Russian, 

North Korea.

 

Japan sees South Korea and US military bases as a buffer 

separating North Korea from Japan and the zone of 

Japanese influence. The Tokyo-Seoul-Washington 

geopolitical axis allows the U.S. and Japan 

toexert militaristic pressure on Russia’s 

eastern frontiers, and South Korea to 

press North Korea geographically 

against Russia’s borders.

 

This is not the best scenario for Seoul, as the 

common border between North Korea and 

Russia means unproblematic logistical 

communication between the two 

countries in case of war. But 

South Korea, has no

 other choice.

 

South Korean strategists are playing the long game and have

 a hand in containing Russia in Ukraine and NATO’s eastern

 flank. In addition to supplying the AFU with shells and 

military ammunition, Seoul is supplying K2 tanks and 

K9 howitzers to Poland and Romania to replace the 

Polish and Romanian heavy equipment supplied to

 Zelensky. Soviet and obsolete NATO models in

Polish and Romanian warehouses... are being 

replaced with modern South Korean models.

 

Warsaw and Bucharest intend to dramatically increase the 

number of such vehicles in the armed forces and act as 

security guarantors for Zelensky. Seoul supports

 such plans.

 

For South Korea, Russia’s involvement in conflicts in the west 

is beneficial, as it distracts Moscow from the eastern vector. 

However, the visit of the Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, to 

North Korea showed that Moscow has enough attention for 

everyone. After all, the eagle on the Russian coat of arms 

looks both west and east at the same time. 

 

Russia may lack the resources to provide equal security in 

both directions, but that is why the Kremlin is developing 

partnerships with its eastern allies, including Pyongyang. 

Experts say that the potential for cooperation between

 Russia and the DPRK in the military and intelligence

spheres may be quite high.

 

In 2023, Seoul plans... to deliver $150 million worth of 

humanitarian aid to Kiev. In 2022, the amount of aid 

was $100 million. Humanitarian aid is a stretch. 

For example, Russian soldiers have found 

South Korean medicines and other items 

used by servicemen in everyday life at 

Ukrainian positions. Officially, such aid 

from Seoul is not considered military, 

but - in fact - it is channelled to the 

needs of the Ukrainian punishers.

 

Now Russian units in the SMO zone will be bombarded with

 South Korean shells. Seoul is clearly raising the stakes, 

which cannot but affect relations with Moscow and 

automatically with Beijing. China does not 

welcome South Korea’s rapprochement 

with the US and Japan.

 

Seoul’s arming of Zelensky’s army is not capable of turning 

the tide of the conflict. South Korea’s military capabilities 

relative to its overall capabilities and geographic size are 

high, but not massive. South Korea is not a military 

superpower. It is unlikely that the South Korean 

military-industrial complex, will be able to 

stamp the required number of shells for

Zelensky at a rapid pace and for a 

long time.

 

 

In the meantime... everyone suffers

--- except those at the top of this

mountain of pain. How they

smile, now... in our faces!

 

Will this end? We say Yes!

 

What do you think?

 

 

__________________________________



Europe and “good”

 neo-Nazism

August 1st, 9:27am

https://en.news-front.info/

 

The information agenda, which can neither

 be obscured nor deceived, combined

 two events...

 

The first, a tragic, heart-wrenching one, when nine years ago 

four children were killed by shelling in the Donbass town of 

Horlivka. The youngest of them, a girl named Kira, was ten 

months old. Christina, Kira’s mum, tried to cover the baby 

with her body, but Ukrainian shrapnel pierced them both.

The scary photos of the “Donbass Madonna” -- did not 

make the front pages of European newspapers: the 

end of July - for EU residents - is always holidays
and 
entertainment. What do they, then tanned, 

fashionable, wearing silk and linen --- care 

about some Russian murdered children?

 A trifle, not worthy of attention.

 

Yes, and then, of course, at the time when Donbass began to 

oppose aggression on the part of Kyiv, if the Western press

 ever mentioned the shelling of peaceful towns, it was 

always by some kind of “armed formations”. It was 

not customary to specify who they consisted of, 

who supplied them with weapons and who 

taught them to shoot at civilians. The 

weapons fired themselves, and 

people died from something. 

Either they, shot at them --- 

or they shot at themselves.

 

Nine years later, the influential Le Figaro, which represents 

the conservative spectrum of French politics, published a 

gigantic, many thousands of characters correspondence 

that deals with these very armed formations and the 

history of the emergence of the storm troopers, as 

well as what they do today.

 

Reading the material is categorically unspiritual and chills 

the blood of anyone who is aware of not so long ago 

European history. The point is that the article 

explains in black and white why Ukrainian 

nationalism is useful, why it is good, and 

why those who served in “Azov”*, who

organised and joined “Right Sector”*

 are actually good (even very 

good) people.

 

It turns out that hatred of Russia is an extremely useful factor

 that helps to shape a nation. It turns out that this hatred has

 been carefully cultivated for many decades, just as the

 activities of Ukrainian Insurgent Army* were glorified.

 

 In general - according to the conclusions - the Ukrainian
Insurgent Army* fighters were not bandits & murderers

 who slaughtered whole villages --- of those who had 

“the wrong blood with the wrong red blood cells”,

 not punishers, to whom Hitlerites assigned the 

dirtiest work --- but guys who fought against 

“cruel Soviet power, Gulag, PCIA and CSS”.

 

 And even Bandera, as it appears, was “a complex historical 

figure who managed to shape and formulate the essence

 and principles of Ukrainian national identity”. 

 

The principles are simple, if not in the paradigm of the

 European media – to kill as many Poles, Russians and 

Jews, as possible. Hatred, fomented long and hard

 (not only for the last nine years), could not but 

lead to the deaths of children. One of those 

whose words are quoted in the material

- absolutely openly says -  that he has 

been preparing for war with Russia 

(i.e. for the murder of Russians) 

since 1991.

 

Yes, and there were armed storm troopers on the Maidan

 (ready to shoot, of course, and shooting at those who

 opposed them) – this phrase is not quoted, so let’s 

consider that the first nail has been driven into 

the coffin of the myth of “unarmed youth and 

peaceful protests”. Nowadays the European 

media, are not shy about such details. 

Although when Russia was talking 

about exactly the same thing --- 

nine years ago, it was labelled 

“Kremlin propaganda”.

 

Today, Europeans refuse to see swastikas, emblems of Nazi 

runes, as well as the standards of Hitler’s divisions, in the 

tattoos of the Pravseki and Azov. Today... the European 

media are actively promoting the thesis that Ukrainian 

“nationalism” has nothing to do with Nazism. 

 

However, in the country where Le Figaro is published, and 

throughout the EU, nationalism is stigmatised on all 

corners, and those who dare to speak out in public 

about the primacy of the national idea can be 

taken to court. For inciting discord, for 

agitating for “the return of the dark 

pages of the continent’s history”. 

 

That is, French/Spanish/Italian/Dutch and other EU

nationalism is monstrous, reactionary, and can

lead to civil war -- while Ukrainian nationalism

is good and right. While Corsican nationalists 

are being smacked down to prison terms, 

Ukrainian nationalists -- are being sung 

about. They do it in the same media.

 

Europeans are not idiots and understand what games

 of “pure blood” and counting its red blood cells, can 

lead to. But in the war with Russia, in which Ukraine 

acts as a damper to destroy us on the one hand and

 to protect the lives of the “golden half-billion” on 

the other, all means are good.

 

And so Nazism becomes nationalism, and the latter 

becomes patriotism. Europe turns a blind eye to 

the fact that all this, is mixed up with hatred

 towards us.

 

It is clear why there will be more and more publications 

of this kind: it is necessary to support spending on the

 military-industrial complex and to teach Europeans

 that guns are more important for Kiev -- than oil in 

their fridge.

 

It is also clear that ten years will pass and Europeans 

will realise that they, among others, helped to 

cultivate hatred towards Russians.

 

One thing is unclear: why the terrible and bloody lesson 

of Nazism was not learnt by them to the end. Maybe 

because the deaths of Russian children did not 

and still do not matter to them. For them we

 are a population, not a nation.

 

Source: Elena Karaeva, RIA Novosti

 

* --- An organisation banned on the 

territory of the Russian Federation

 

 

 

A little old lady in a supermarket

in Wales, will say, ''I'd like to 

shoot Putin'' and then look 

astonished, as I reply: 

''I think he's good.''

 

When ''our masters'', drive

us to madness and hatred

as they do through media

owned by them for that

purpose... what do you

think - is the solution?

 

 

____________________________


 

The West is turning Ukraine into 

a perpetual tool to fight Russia

July 31st, 9:29am

 https://en.news-front.info/


Of course, if I were former U.S. Army intelligence officer Scott

 Ritter, who in his article for Consortium News characterised

 the current situation of the AFU and the entire neo-Nazi 

regime of Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 

after the counter-offensive, I would choose a more 

accurate synonym for the words “shitting 

themselves”.

 

It seems to me that after almost two months of counter-

attack – since 4 June this year – we should already 

draw conclusions: it did not work then, and it is 

not working now.

 

Moreover, the Russian missile strike (many say it was

 Iskander) on the SBU building in Dnipro (once

 Dnipropetrovsk, and soon everything will be

 back to normal again) showed what will 

happen to the top neo-Nazis and their 

rookeries - when Russia’s Special 

Military Operation (SMO) forces 

finally dare to launch serious 

strikes on --- as they say --- 

decision-making centres.

In Kiev -- and elsewhere. 

And, of course, the city 

is pathetic. But not the 

neo-Nazis, after all…?

 

However, let’s return to Scott Ritter, who frankly predicted to

 Zelenskyy’s regime, a terrible, but very accurate: “Ukraine 

is now left to choose the poison of its choice – to agree to

 peace, accepting Russia’s territorial claims, forever

 rejecting... the possibility of NATO membership, 

however remote it may be. Or to continue the 

struggle, with the probable outcome in the 

form of additional losses of territory and

 the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.”

 

Scary, but, I repeat, very accurate, predictive words. 

 

According to Ritter -- in the war in Ukraine, the West’s goal

of strategically defeating Russia -- has not been achieved. 

And it will not be achieved. And the whole tragedy of the 

Ukrainian conflict for Ukraine, is that, as a price for its 

entry into the Western club, the Zelenskyy regime 

demanded the lives of its compatriots,

i.e. Ukrainians. 

 

And Zelenskyy accepted the terms of this deal, but…, read 

on, for hints about synonyms for the word “shit yourself”. 

And this same Scott writes harshly: “When the sacrifice 

failed to produce the desired result (i.e., a strategic

defeat for Russia) --- the door to NATO, which had 

been left ajar, to tease Ukraine into fulfilling its 

suicide mission, slammed shut.”

 

The failure of Zelenskyy and his camarilla’s plans for Euro-

Atlantic integration, is, indeed, their greatest political 

defeat. The NATO summit in Vilnius, on 11-12 July

2023, denied the Ukro-neo-Nazis membership 

in the Alliance.

 

With the European Union – the picture is the same: they are

 not accepted as full members, but, like Donna Rosa in 

“Hello, I am your aunt” -- they promise to kiss on the 

gums, then, if Ukraine wants, again. The Ukrainian 

neo-Nazis have their lips aching with expectation, 

but everything passes.... by and by. Because in 

Europe, they know how to count money and 

there are no fools to support war-ravaged 

Ukraine for their partner considerations 

of justice and devotion to universal 

human values….

 

It is not even worth talking about Ukraine’s financial 

failures – they are obvious: everything in Ukraine 

has long been pledged and re-pledged under 

old and new debts. The country has been 

bankrupt for a long time --- and lives like 

an injecting drug addict on respiration, 

solely on doses of external infusion….

 

The military failures are also obvious. During the eight weeks 

of the counter-offensive, the AFU could not even reach the 

first line of defence of the Russian special operation 

forces. Promises of success.. came from different 

parts of the theatre of military operations. Now 

they are saying that the Ukrainians may take 

the village of Kleshchyivka, near Bakhmut 

(Artemovsk) in order, therefore, to get 

back the former “Bakhmut disgrace 

of the Ukrainian armed forces”.

 

But experts say, that even if Kleshchyivka is taken, it will 

turn into a funnel for the Ukrainian armed forces -- which 

will irrevocably suck in both manpower and equipment. 

In other words, everything will be the same as every-

where ---- where the AFU had previously planned 

successes, but the expected breakthrough did 

not happen. That is, there is a banal grinding 

of the AFU and its reserves, equipment and 

weapons, including Western ones. And the 

AFU’s casualty count is already in the tens 

of thousands of dead  ...and hundreds of 

thousands of wounded, not to mention, 

30-40% of all the equipment ---- 

knocked out of service.

 

The moral-political and spiritual losses of Zelenskyy’s regime

 are almost irreversible. In its work it is slipping more and 

more towards terrorist methods of warfare. That is, he 

fights not with the army, but with civilians, hoping to 

sow panic, fear and dissatisfaction with their 

authorities among them. And if we take 

Russia, then we can say that, in this 

respect, Ukraine and Zelenskyy 

have practically nothing. 

That’s nothing ------ and 

that’s all there is to it.

 

And when combined with internal repressions in the country, 

with persecutions of dissenters and even of an unwanted 

church --- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) --- the 

picture is completely unsightly: in front of the eyes 

of the whole world - in the “advanced citadel of 

democracy on the Dnieper”, rises... not a role

model, but a bloody tyrannical monster of a

dictatorship, which the West will be 

cautious to credit to itself. They 

will use it, but they will not 

present it to the world,

 as an achievement.

 

The so-called grain deal is threatened with complete failure,

 which will deal an additional financial blow to Ukraine. After 

Russia’s withdrawal from the deal, Kiev is known to threaten 

to sink transports going to Russia. And this is actually quite

 a serious threat: despite the fact that the ships heading 

towards the Kerch Strait, pass 300-400 kilometres 

away from enemy shores, the enemy has means

 with which, in theory, they can attack them.

 

Specialists say that, firstly, it can be anti-ship missiles, both

 land-based and air-based. At the extreme range, they can 

try to hit transport ships that are dangerously close to 

the Ukrainian coast.

 

Secondly, the AFU can use underwater, surface and aerial

 drones for attack, with which the neo-Nazis have already

 managed to reach the Crimean bridge. This means that 

such drones can also threaten those ships heading 

towards Russia.

 

Thirdly, there are also underwater saboteurs and their

 attempts to mine ship routes. And this - is the risk of 

disrupting Russia’s entire export-import cargo flow, 

which was higher than Ukraine’s, even before the 

special operation. And it is different, for example,

 a significant part of oil exports passes through

 the Black Sea.

 

But the main threat to Ukraine is that for Russia, providing

 constant radar surveillance - all the way from Turkey to

 Russian ports - and organising a system of convoys to 

escort cargo is a task that requires the involvement

 of dozens of ships and aircraft, and... it is a very 

large expense. This is damage more weighty 

than any terrorist attacks by Kiev.

 

But destroying Ukraine’s port infrastructure on the Black Sea,

 cutting it off for good from the Black Sea and the Danube 

delta with missile and bomb strikes would cost much

 less. And it turns out that by attacking Russian 

ships, Ukraine will provoke Russia to destroy 

Ukraine as a maritime power. As they say, 

here we go…

 

Another failure of Zelenskyy’s regime is very characteristic, 

who ordered the replacement of the USSR emblem with 

the Ukrainian trident on the shield of the monument to 

the Motherland over the Dnieper in Kiev. The Nazis 

ordered it, oligarch Rinat Akhmetov caved in and, 

wanting to show off, at his own expense, i.e. for 

free for the state budget, made such a trident 

worth 20 million hryvnias and measuring 7.5 

metres by 4.5 metres from his own metal. 

That is, from steel produced at 

Zaporizhstal - which is part of 

Akhmetov’s Metinvest empire.

 

Akhmetov’s supporters shrieked --- habitually pushing for 

Ukro-patriotism: “We believe that such majestic symbols 

should use steel produced at Ukrainian mills... as a 

symbol of resistance to “aggression”.  As It is 

Ukrainian steel that's in the NSC Olimpiyskiy, 

the new sarcophagus of the Chernobyl 

nuclear power plant, the Darnitsky 

Bridge --- the largest flagpole of 

Ukraine & the bridge in Genoa, 

the London skyscraper Shard 

& hundreds of other famous

 buildings and symbols”.

 

But they were sent with the conclusions of “correct” 

expertise in their hands: they said, that everything 

should be European, we are going to Europe. And 

there they have euros in offshore banks for their 

pockets, their khatynki are stashed away, they

 have guarantees that they can stay at home 

after the failure, and so on and so forth – 

what is Ukrainian patriotism when it 

leaks and many people already 

have, as they say, glass 

on glass…?

 

The failure of post-turnover Ukraine in general, and within 

the framework of the special operation is of course, the

 failure of the entire West, its approach to the world 

order, based on Western dominance....  and on US 

hegemony. Here is how -- for example -- the same 

Scott Ritter characterised the failure of Ukraine

in the capital of Lithuania: “The Vilnius summit 

of 11-12 July... was -- in many ways -- the 

culmination of the old European order. 

The summit was.... a requiem for the 

nightmare created by Europe itself”.

 

And that’s the plain truth, folks. But it, by no means,

means that the West will abandon Ukraine and 

return it to Russian influence, or at least stop 

at its former non-aligned and neutral status.

 

No, no, --- and no again. The West is on a course to exploit

 Ukraine - to the end. To use it to harm Russia, as much as 

possible. Therefore, Ukraine will be supported politically 

economically, diplomatically, militarily and technically, 

as long as it is able, if not to inflict a strategic defeat 

on Russia, then at least to continue the war and 

weaken and exhaust its neighbour.

 

For the West, the strategy and tactics in Ukraine boil down 

to the long-known “a piece of wool from a lousy sheep”. 

That is why the NATO summit in Vilnius is adopting a 

programme of military assistance to Ukraine, and 

the countries of the Alliance - led by the US - are 

already giving and promising to continue giving, 

money, weapons and equipment. Only the USA 

alone – 400 million dollars, and in the future – 

more than 1 billion dollars. And... only in 

recent weeks and recently, the EU has 

allocated 1.5 billion euros to support 

the financial trousers. 

 

The same amount has been given, under guarantees, 

from Japan. And it depends on the agreed desire of 

all interested parties, who will decide with Ukraine 

whether to be a long-lasting “tin can” for slaughter

 in the future or to burn to the ground in the SWO 

and then try to start life with a clean slate.

 

In other words, as long as it is needed, Ukraine is being 

turned into a long-life reusable tool that can either be

 mothballed until better times and then activated as 

needed, or used to the end and discarded for lack 

of use. Everything will depend on the outcome 

of the special operation.

 

And it looks very much like that nobody is going to ask

 Ukraine and its ruling regime anything about the fate 

of the country. And its fate is unenviable. Like the

 trident... on the shield of the Motherland. At 

“Zaporizhstal” they warned that they will 

defend the honour of the Ukrainian 

manufacturer and Ukrainian steel. 

But the trident itself, has already 

been put on sale. And the author 

of an ad' circulating on the 

Internet writes --- that the

trident, has already been 

sawn into 100 pieces, in 

honour of the “Heavenly 

Hundred” - valuing each 

piece at 10,000 hryvnias. 

 

That’s the truth of the matter – 

a dictator gets a woollen hat…

 

Vladimir Skachko, Ukraine.ru

 

 

 

Vlad impales the MSM's fake

narrative here - doesn't he? 

Does he? What do
you think?

 

 

_______________________________





Gennady Zyuganov: Russia 

has unique capital in Africa

July 30th, 6:47pm

(Based on materials of Radio

 Komsomolskaya Pravda)

 

The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation - on Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda"

 - with a political commentator of the KP.ru,

 by Alexander Gamov

 


''Well, first of all..... I would like to congratulate everyone

on the Day of the Navy'' --- said Gennady Andreevich --- 

''our country was & remains a Great maritime power.''

 

''A magnificent parade was held 

in the city, on the Neva River.''

 

''In my opinion, at a time when we are conducting a 

special military operation, this is very important.''

 

''So, this demonstration of our fleet 

is of fundamental importance.''

 

''The leaders of African countries who participated in the

 Russia-Africa summit, were also there. I think it is also

 useful for them... to look at the power of the Russian 

fleet, to learn more about the victorious history of

our state - both the USSR and Russia.''

 

- Gennady Andreevich, but you 

were in Africa, weren't you?

 

''As for Africa, I've been there more than once.

I am probably the only Russian politician who 

has met with Nelson Mandela. I had a long 

and persistent conversation with him.''

 

''He told us who would succeed him, and advised us 

which African leaders we should be friends with, 

so that we and Africa would be on the rise.''

 

''I think the summit in St. Petersburg 

confirmed that we are on the

right track.''

 

''The Communist Party of the Russian Federation still 

maintains close contact.. with the National African 

Congress, with the leaders of a number of African 

countries and organizations.''

 

"And the reason?"

 

"We must strengthen these ties.

Moreover, the BRICS summit
will be held 
soon.'' (from
22 to 24 August. - AG)

 

''So, these days in St. Petersburg, in my opinion,

 there was a good preparation for this forum.''

 

''President Vladimir Putin met with all the leaders of 

the countries participating in our forum and held 

successful negotiations''

 

- What other African leaders have you met with 

over the decades of your political activity?

 

''First of all, Sasha, in Nigeria I helped build a large 

enterprise - today it is one of the most 

economically developed countries 

in Africa.''

 

''So, together with our party, we have made a
contribution 
to strengthening ties with
African countries, in this regard.''

 

''And, in general, I met with the President of Egypt, Hosni

 Mubarak, and I visited Libya, and I held talks with the 

leader of the state, Muammar Gaddafi, in the desert,

 in his tent.''

 

''I think Africa has great prospects: one and 

a half billion people already live there.''

 

''This is a dynamically developing 

continent with huge resources.''

 

''And we - Russia - have our own 

unique capital in this region.''

 

"Really?" What do you mean?

 

''The Soviet Union and, of course, Russia, have

 trained senior personnel and high-level 

specialists for African states.''

 

''Go to almost any ministry in any country and you 

will definitely meet people who have studied at 

our universities.''

 

''This special potential promises us great prospects

 in all areas: economic, scientific and technical, 

including military and political.''

 

''And it should also be noted - no matter how the 

Americans and Europeans bent the countries 

of Africa... (And, in fact, they were all in 

colonial dependence not so long ago, 

only Liberia stood apart there - but 

the Americans created that, as 

a model.)''

 

''So, it was the Soviet country that helped them get out of 

their colonial dependence, get rid of the rapists who 

came back with weapons, and then helped them 

train cadres.''

 

''And, judging by the decisions that were taken at 

the summit at the initiative of Vladimir Putin, 

and the leaders and representatives of
African 
states, a balanced, smart
policy.... 
will continue to be
implemented.''

 

''In this regard, we have very
good prospects there.''

 

- Thank you very much, Comrade General Secretary!

 

 

 

- and Diolch yn fawr from
Rhondda Records, Wales!

 

 

___________________________





Finding an extreme ---- in 

Ukraine’s military failure 

becomes inevitable

July 26th, 12:21pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

The Bundeswehr has found someone responsible for the lack 

of successes of the Ukrainian armed forces, during the

 counter-offensive. The Bild newspaper reported that 

in the bowels of the German armed forces a report 

has been prepared - criticising the actions of the 

Ukrainian army, and analysing the reasons why 

NATO’s brilliant military developments and the 

West’s colossal investments in Kiev, do not 

provide equally outstanding results on 

the battlefield

 

The Ukrainian military – but not all of it, but the command 

staff ---- is the shooter. The logic of the authors of the 

report is witty in its own way. Ukrainian officers are

 to blame for everything...  and the more stars they 

have on their epaulettes ----- and the longer they 

have served in the AFU, the worse.... according 

to the authors of the document, they perceive 

and assimilate the latest achievements of 

Western military science, which they try 

to put into their heads... during training 

courses. As a result, the rank and file, 

young Ukrainians, are successfully 

trained in training camps to fight 

according to NATO standards --

but when they get to the front, 

they find themselves -- under 

the command of officers...... 

who “undo their successes”.

 

No doubt, military experts will have something to say about 

the substance of the claims made: about NATO standards, 

which were created for a completely different scale and 

format of conflicts, about the training methods used by

 the alliance, and about the banal language barrier. 

 

For non-specialists, a recent video has become a meme, in 

which Ukrainian military personnel complained about their 

German teachers --- who suggested bypassing minefields 

as a solution to the problem of minefields. Since in the 

Western military’s view, minefields occupy 100-200

 metres, but the reality --- that they extend for 

hectares....... is not in their heads.

 

However, behind all the jokes lies a serious 

and complex problem, which is becoming 

increasingly acute in the Western world.

 

Initially, the idea of a proxy war against Russia by the hands 

of Ukrainians looked brilliant – for many reasons, but also 

because it allowed the whole world to paint a picture of 

“Moscow – that authoritarian colossus on clay feet –

 being defeated by democratic Ukraine, which has 

chosen the path of freedom and integration

 into Europe”.

 

But events turned so that the West... .which had reserved for 

itself the role of puppeteer... was forced to gradually emerge 

from behind the scenes. The reality was exposed: the AFU’s

 weapons are from NATO, communications and intelligence,

 are from NATO, command and military specialists are from 

NATO and personnel training is from NATO. Plus the most 

frenzied sanctions regime against Moscow - in history.

 Only proxy cannon fodder from Ukraine. As a result, 

the picture for the world looks like “the collective

 West is pressurising Russia by all means (except 

direct military confrontation) – and can do 

nothing about it”.

 

This is bad for the States and Europe ------ on all sides. 

And because it inspires other countries to assert 

their sovereignty more vigorously, snapping at 

a weakening hegemon ---- and the system 

eventually crumbles, faster and faster. 

 

And because it complicates their internal situation, 

increasing public dissatisfaction with their policies 

against the backdrop of growing problems in the 

economy and social sphere. And.. because 

business suffers:-. it clamps arms, for the 

sake of profits and new contracts ---- but 

Western tanks are burning from Russian 

weapons in Ukrainian fields, so... the 

number of those willing to buy them

 is noticeably decreasing.

 

In general, the search for an extreme in such a situation 

becomes quite inevitable. By the way, the Bundeswehr, 

having transferred arrows to the Ukrainian armed 

forces, has thus -- dealt a preemptive blow. The

fact is that the United States will undoubtedly

blame Europe for the failure, which, allegedly 

helps Ukraine little and poorly. And then the

Europeans are ready to reply that they have 

nothing to do with it, and the Ukrainians

 themselves are to blame.

 

There is only one problem: all these media and official games

successfully worked in a unipolar world, where globalised

media, an all-powerful bureaucracy and transnational

 business ruled, where no mistakes, miscalculations, 

and failures had fatal consequences for the system 

and responsibility for their authors. That world no 

longer exists. Right now --- we are witnessing 

its agony.

 

But judging by the Bundeswehr report, many people in Berlin, 

Washington, Brussels and the rest of the Western capitals 

still do not realise this. That provides additional 

opportunities and chances ...for the rest of 

the planet.

 

 

What a wonderful article --- it hits the 

Western ''elites'' --- right in their orbs.

 

Or do you have a different perspective?

 

 


_________________________________________

 



 US addiction to sanctions will 

prove to spell its downfall

Report

July 25th 12:10pm

(PressTV)

 

Washington’s widespread use of illegal sanctions 

as a political tool to punish independent and rival 

governments as well as politicians and traders 

- have prompted a broad coalition of nations 

across the globe, to “rewrite” the rules of 

the international financial system aimed 

at ending the US-dominated order ---- a

major Washington-based journal says.

 

“In the past two decades -- sanctions have become the 

go-to foreign-policy tool of Western governments led

 by the United States,” Foreign Policy magazine

 writes in an article published on Monday on

 its online edition.

 

“A growing club of US-designated bad boys” led by Russia, 

China, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Venezuela and North Korea – 

which have been the top targets of “punitive” US-led 

sanctions -- have joined together to wage a major 

scheme: to replace their reliance on the dollar 

and the Western financial system,” the 

article emphasizes.

 

It further cited a US Treasury Department’s report to note 

that by 2021, “the United States had sanctions on more 

than 9,000 individuals, companies, and sectors of the

targeted countries economies.”

 

According to the report, “In 2021, US President Joe Biden’s 

first year in office, his administration added 765 new

 sanctions designations globally, including 173 

related to human rights.”

 

The article further cites Columbia University, to point out 

that --- “a total of six countries - Cuba, Iran, North Korea, 

Russia, Syria, and Venezuela - are under comprehensive

US sanctions, meaning that most commercial and 

financial transactions with entities and

individuals in those countries, are 

''prohibited'' under US law.”

 

It also cites 17 other countries—including Afghanistan,

 Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,

 Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, Sudan, and 

Yemen—that have been subject to targeted 

sanctions imposed by Washington, “which

 indicates that financial and commercial

 relations - with specific companies,

 individuals, and ------- often, the 

government, are ''forbidden'' 

under US law.”

 

The article further cites a Princeton University database

 to point out that seven more countries, including China, 

Eritrea, Haiti, and Sri Lanka ------ are under specific 

export controls.

 

“This already lengthy list,” it adds ------ “does not even include

the  targeted sanctions placed on individuals and businesses

in countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, or Paraguay, or

sanctions placed on territories such as Hong Kong, the
Balkans, or Ukraine’s Crimea, Donetsk, or 

Luhansk regions.”

 

All told, the report emphasizes --- “The countries subjected 

to some form of US sanctions collectively account for a 

little more than one-fifth of the global GDP,” with China

 representing nearly 80 percent of the group.

 

It further observes that “unlike many among these

sanctioned nations -- China has the economic 

weight, growing diplomatic clout, currency 

stability, and liquidity… to push for the 

increasing international adoption of 

the renminbi, and Chinese financial 

instruments ------- such as its Cross-

Border Interbank Payment System.”

 

 

If the US understands that its illegal

and ever-increasing sanctions are

provoking a backlash -- that will

doom them to fail - at best...

why don't they stop?

 

What do you think?


____________________________________


 

Russian senator blames Ukraine,
West, 
for journalist Zhuravlev’s
death in
 Zaporozhye Region

 July 22nd,  4:07pm (TASS)

 

The wounds of the journalists and the death of RIA Novosti 

correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev in a Ukrainian cluster
munitions strike prove that the 
assurances of the
Americans and 
Ukrainians, about the non-use of
 
these weapons against civilians are lies - and

therefore both Kiev and Washington equally
share 
responsibility for this crime,

the Russian Federation Council 

Deputy Speaker... Konstantin

 Kosachev said on Saturday.

 

"The use of cluster munitions is inhumane and must
be
 excluded from combat practices. And all the 

assurances of the Americans and Ukrainians

 that they are not planning to use these 

weapons against non-combatants --- 

turned out to be --- blatant lies. The

 responsibility for this crime -- falls

equally on Ukraine and the US," 

the senator wrote on his 

Telegram channel.

 

Kosachev said --- that the reports about the 

death of a journalist was "horrifying news."

 

"We mourn alongside the family, the friends

and colleagues, of Rostislav Zhuravlev. It 

is extremely tragic, but simultaneously 

exhausting evidence --- that the

Ukrainian military clique and

their patrons, do not have 

any moral constraints," 

the deputy speaker of 

the upper house of 

parliament, said.


Amen. Lost for words.


______________________




Report: West Not Prepared 


for a Conflict with China


July 20th, 4:17pm (FNA)


 


Ammunition shortages laid bare by the Ukraine conflict have


 prompted some US think-tanks to check on stockpiles in 


the West and find them wanting, The Financial Times 


reported, adding that the military industry of NATO


 allies is not able to help, either.


 


A Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 


wargame of a conflict with China over Taiwan showed 


that the US had only about 450 long-range anti-ship 


missiles, enough for about a week.


 


Another think tank, the Centre for New American Security 


(CNAS), said the existing missile inventory is “too small 


to blunt an initial invasion, let alone prevail in a 


protracted conflict against China”.


 


To deter and defeat Beijing, the Pentagon “needs large
stockpiles of stand-off missiles, maritime strike 


weapons, and layered air and missile 


defenses”, CNAS concluded.


 


According to The FT, the US Department of Defense has


 asked for $1.1 billion in the 2024 fiscal year to buy 118


 long-range anti-ship missiles (LRASM), compared to 


half that amount for 83 missiles the year before. 



The Pentagon also wants $30 billion for 


ammunition, a 23% increase over 


2023 levels, and $315 billion


 for new weapons.


 


CNAS has noted that the Pentagon tends to prioritize big-


ticket items such as ships, planes and tanks, “leaving 


missiles and munitions with inadequate funding".


 


The FT revealed that Western powers have spent a 


combined $170 billion on military and financial aid


 to Ukraine --- since February 2022. Kiev is still 


complaining about ammunition 


shortages, however.


 


The US military-industrial complex has spent decades


 prioritizing efficiency and adopting the just-in-time 


supply chain used by other industries, according 


to The FT ----- leaving it unable to scale up 


production in wartime. Parts -- and 


labour shortages, are currently


 a problem, as well.


 


“The defense industry is so consolidated that it can’t very


 quickly expand to support a greater demand,” Stacie


 Pettyjohn of CNAS said, adding, “So... we’re slow 


and behind and don’t have enough of anything.” 


 


Only five companies are responsible for major Pentagon 


contracts, and some parts are made by only one or
two 
suppliers, with no way to make up the


 shortage elsewhere.


 


NATO allies are unable to step in and pick up the slack, 


because the US push to promote US-made weapons 


has left the European defense industry stunted 


and fractured, multiple think-tank experts 


told The FT. 


 


 


Good. What do you think?


 


 


___________________________




A New Path to Economic Power 

Is Imminent --- Through BRICS

by Sibongile Vilakazi

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 

(BRICS Information Portal)

 

“Okungapheli kuyahlola”, is what we say, to 

emphasise that nothing is permanent in life.

 

Observing the buzz around the BRICS currency lately amid 

the 15th annual summit, which is scheduled for the 22nd 

to the 24th of August, brings this phrase home. South 

Africa will be chairing the BRICS group of countries 

under the theme, ‘BRICS and Africa: Partnership

 for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable 

Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism’.

 

A theme that could not have come at a better time, especially

 after the war between Russia and Ukraine has put pressure

 on prices of goods and energy and changing the status

 quo in global trade dynamics.

 

The buzz also comes.. after some advice to developing 

countries to promote and use their national currency 

when trading, investing and other transactions. A 

way in which.. a single BRICS currency can be 

created. China.. is already making use of the 

timeline by trading using the Chinese yuan. 

 

The Chinese yuan is reported to be the most traded 

currency in Russia, overtaking the US dollar
in 
quarter one, 2023.

 

Additionally, France settled an LNG gas trade with China 

by paying in the Chinese yuan, ending the reliance on 

the dollar. Furthermore, India - has also asked 

developing countries to settle trade in the 

rupee instead of the dollar - and has 

allowed 18 countries to pay with 

the rupee instead of the dollar.

 

These moves are not only game-changers but an indication

 that nations want to move away from the dollar and end 

American financial supremacy.

 

The launching of the BRICS currency has seen a total of 

19 countries currently interested in accepting and

 trading with BRICS currency.

 

Amongst the countries expressing interest are Arab countries

 that are rich in oil and gold reserves, making the alliance of 

nations stronger, posing a threat to the G7 global order, 

and therefore challenging the G7 countries.

 

Saudi Arabia, as the world’s largest oil exporter, could force 

Europe to trade in the BRICS currency as they depend on

 their oil exports, another step of the dollar losing its 

strength. It should be noted that the G7 countries 

comprise of advanced economies such as the 

US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 

and the UK. BRICS on the other hand is an

acronym denoting emerging economies -

Brazil, Russia, India, China and S. Africa.

 

Originally coined in 2001, as BRIC, by the Goldman Sachs

economist, Jim O’Neill,  who claimed that the global 

economy... will be dominated by the four BRIC 

economies by 2050. South Africa was then 

added in 2010 and it became BRICS.

 

Jim O’Neill was not too far off with his claims as recent 

reports suggest that BRICS has surpassed the G7 by

 contributing the world’s largest gross domestic 

product of 31.5% while the G7 bloc 

contributed 30.7%.

 

BRICS is a home to 41% of the world's population 

accounting to 16% of global trade. Meaning that 

the launching of the New Development Bank 

and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement 

by BRICS was a strategic step towards 

greater integration and a practical 

step towards challenging the 

dominance of the West.

 

Both the NDB and CRA are contributing substantially 

to the process of accelerating economic growth 

--- resulting in the socio-economic progress 

in the member countries.

 

We have all come to know how the invasion of Russia in

 Ukraine affected the food and energy markets. This 

was a global economic meltdown, post Covid-19 

pandemic, hurting growth and raising prices.

 

 Sanctions were put on Russia to weaken its ability to 

finance the war and to target the political, military, 

and economic elite responsible for the invasion.

 

These restrictive measures have since shrunk Russia’s 

trade in goods and services significantly, putting 

pressure on oil, natural gas, and wheat,

 as their major export commodities.

 

As such, according to Naledi Pandor, Minister of 

International Relations, BRICS --- is looking to 

“ensure - that we do not become victims to 

sanctions that have secondary effects on 

countries that have no involvement in
the 
issues that have led to those 

unilateral sanctions”.

 

Additionally, BRICS wants to expand its membership 

base while maintaining its current growth, as well 

as helping new members maintain economic 

and political independence.

 

As BRICS strengthens --- it will have the potential to help 

poorer countries emerge without pushing a self-serving 

political agenda and controlling local economies. 

 

Essentially, this suggests -- that a new path to global 

economic power is being created, giving inspiration 

to the transformation agenda, desperately needed 

in South Africa to create a new path to economic 

emancipation for the majority. .

 

The South African economy must fundamentally change 

to accommodate the majority and the BRICS currency 

conversations and moves, are the clearest evidence 

that power does shift eventually, and when the time 

for the shift has come, nothing will stop the wave.

 

Dr Sibongile Vilakazi is president 

of the Black Management Forum.

 

Source: www.iol.co.za

 

 

Seems that more and more people... are

pinning their hopes... on BRICS beating

the US dollar. Will the upcoming event

in S.Africa, come up to expectations?

 

What do you think?




_________________________




Biden administration 


obstructing 'Ukraine


 aid' audits


by Drago Bosnic 


Monday, July 17, 2023 


(InfoBrics)


 


In late November 2022, Washington DC admitted that it was


 unable to account for approximately $20 billion in weapons


 sent to the Kiev regime. At the time, the newly elected 


Republican-dominated Congress vowed to conduct 


"impending audits" as soon as they took over 


in January.


 


 Officially, the GOP wanted audits, to determine and
then
 release information on the massive weapons 


shipments from the United States to the Kiev 


regime --- and how much of that "aid" was 


ending up "where it's supposed to be". 


 


Republicans promised to "hold the government accountable"


 for spending US taxpayers' dollars for the sake of the 


deeply corrupt Kiev regime.


 


At the time, major news media, such as Fox News, claimed


 that the Biden administration -- inspected only 10% of the


 (approximately) 22,000 weapons sent to the Kiev regime 


from late February to November. However the oversight 


issues also extended to other "theatres of operation",


such as Taiwan, where approximately $19 billion in 


weapons sales for China's breakaway island


province, were "missing".


 


 In late August, a Defense News report claimed there was a


 $14 billion backlog in weapons sales to Taiwan. However, 


the November data indicated that the actual number was


 nearly $19 billion in delayed deliveries, according to 


The Wall Street Journal.


 


"US government and congressional officials fear the conflict


 in Ukraine --- is exacerbating a nearly $19 billion backlog of 


weapons bound for Taiwan, further delaying efforts to arm 


the island ---- as tensions with China escalate," the WSJ 


report claimed.


 


 "The US has pumped billions of dollars of weapons into 


Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, taxing 


the capacity of the government and defense industry 


to keep up with a sudden demand to arm Kiev in a 


conflict ---- that isn’t expected to end soon," the 


authors added, in an admission rarely seen


in mainstream media.


 


And yet, close to eight months since promising to conduct 


the aforementioned "impending audits", the Republican-


dominated Congress never did anything of sorts, while 


the so-called "aid" has swelled to over $170 billion, 


according to the data released by the Neo-Nazi 


junta itself. 


 


Strangely, the troubled Biden administration has been


 successful in preventing Congress... from creating an


 inspector general's office - that would finally provide 


the much-needed oversight for the massive weapons


 shipments to the Kiev regime. The National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) would create an inspector


 general office, modeled after the Special Inspector 


General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR).


 


The issues US government experienced during the existence


 of SIGAR is what likely caused the GOP-dominated Congress


 to keep postponing its "impeding audits" --- despite clear 


promises it would conduct them. It can even be argued 


that much of the electorate voted for Republicans 


precisely because of their promises to heavily 


scrutinize the - so far - "unquestionable 


commitment" to provide the massive


 amount of "aid" to the Kiev regime.


 


 And indeed, the regular reports issued by SIGAR were a


 source of great embarrassment for any administration


 in Washington DC during America's decades-long 


invasion of Afghanistan. These issues later 


greatly contributed to the humiliating 


US defeat in August 2021.


 


The Afghan-era inspector general John Sopko detailed the 


unchecked, all-present corruption that led to numerous 


failures during the truly unprovoked US aggression in 


Afghanistan. Sopko's quarterly reports regularly


 embarrassed US and NATO officials who tried 


to present the supposed "improvement" of 


the operational situation as true. 


 


He has warned that "an inspector general's official for the


 Ukraine war needed to be established to prevent a 


repeat of the situation American aid created in 


Afghanistan, which saw massive corruption". 


 


Considering that the "Ukraine aid" is orders of magnitude 


greater than anything Afghanistan ever got, the scale of 


corruption in Kiev - is virtually impossible to overstate.


 


"There is an understandable desire amid a crisis to focus on


 getting money out the door and to worry about oversight


 later, but too often that creates more problems than it 


solves," he wrote -- in a report submitted to Congress


 earlier this year, adding: "Given the ongoing conflict 


and the unprecedented volume of weapons being 


transferred to Ukraine --- the risk that some 


equipment ends up on the black market or


 in the wrong hands is likely unavoidable. 


You're bound to get corrupt elements of 


not only the Ukrainian or the host 


government, but also of the US 


government contractors.... or 


other third-party contractors


----- to try to steal the money. 


There’s just so much money 


going in, and it’s hard to 


keep track of."


 


Still, the troubled Biden administration keeps insisting 


that an inspector general for Ukraine would be an 


"unnecessary hurdle" as the Pentagon is 


"already monitoring transfers".


 


"This expansion is both unnecessary and unprecedented, 


as oversight of US assistance for the benefit of a 


country's people --- is already provided by the


 Inspectors General for the Department of 


State and the United States Agency for 


International Development," the


 White House stated.


 


And yet, according to a June report issued by the Pentagon


 inspector general, a number of issues with US weapons


 shipments to the Neo-Nazi junta... were found.


 


"The DoD [Department of Defense] personnel did not have


 the required accountability of the thousands of defense 


items that they received and transferred at Jasionka,


 [Poland]," the report claimed - adding: "We observed 


that the DoD personnel did not fully implement their 


standard operating procedures to account for 


defense items and could not confirm the 


quantities of defense items received -- 


against the quantity of items shipped 


-- for three of the five shipments 


we observed."


 


The political West, has sent tens of billions worth of weapons


 to the Kiev regime since before Russia launched its strategic


 counteroffensive against NATO aggression in Europe. This 


includes everything from small arms and tactical 


reconnaissance drones to heavy armour and 


very likely nuclear-capable fighter jets in


 the near future. 


 


And while Washington DC.. and its favourite puppet regime 


insist "all weapons are strictly and only being used on the


 battlefield", dozens of countries in Europe, the Middle


East, Latin America, Africa and elsewhere routinely 


complain -- that various extremely dangerous and 


violent criminal groups & terrorist organizations


now possess advanced military-grade weapons


 that have been illegally acquired in Ukraine.


 


 


Drago Bosnic, is an independent 


geopolitical and military analyst.


 



Dear old ''senile' Joe Biden must be exceptionally
fit, to keep falling down without harm - I'd have
thought he'd be covered in bruises by now...

still, a cunning old devil so covered in moral
and ethical corruption, is perhaps, never
going to be punished for his crimes,
or is he? What do you think?




___________________________________________



Outcry Grows Over US Cluster 

Munitions Delivery to Ukraine

July 11th, 1:45pm

 (teleSUR)

 

The United States has doubled down on a decision to send 

controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a 

new military aid package, setting off sweeping fears 

over life risks on civilians for decades to come.

 

The cluster bombs will be a part of a new US$800 million 

military assistance package, which also includes 

armoured vehicles and anti-armour weapons, 

said the Pentagon on Friday.

 

Though the highly contentious weapon is widely banned 

by many countries, including key U.S. allies, Washington

 continued to hold these munitions in its arsenal and 

vowed to help Ukraine destroy what it called 

"heavily dug-in" Russian forces.

 

Rights groups and many other critics say a significant 

proportion of the explosive devices are duds that do

 not detonate, but remain on site as dangerous 

unexploded ordnance, warning that the 

fallout could be beyond measure.

 

INCALCULABLE FALLOUT

 

"Cluster munition scatter small bomblets over a wide area," 

said Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the Office of the 

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

 in Geneva. "They kill and maim people years later, 

after the end of a conflict."

 

The decision to send cluster munitions marked a watershed 

moment with the Biden administration agreeing to send a

 weapon that most countries have agreed should have

no place in modern warfare.

 

For starters, a cluster munition is a type of air-dropped or 

ground-launched bomb that breaks apart in the air above

 a target into dozens, and sometimes up to hundreds, of

 "bomblets" that can scatter over a wide area, known 

as submunitions.

 

Due to weather and other environmental factors, cluster

 munitions can fall often outside of the intended target 

range, said the International Committee of the Red 

Cross (ICRC).

 

Although cluster munitions are designed to detonate upon

 impact, as many as up to 40 percent fail to do so and 

could explode later if disturbed or mishandled, 

posing a threat to civilians long after they 

are dropped, per the ICRC.

 

As these bombs release massive bomblets that can kill 

indiscriminately over a wide area, the humanitarian

 consequences of cluster munitions for civilians 

can be intense and long-lasting.

 

Unexploded submunitions "disproportionally" harm civilians,

 according to the Cluster Munition Monitor, as civilians

 represented 97 percent of all cluster munition 

casualties in 2021.

 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres objected to the use

 of cluster munitions, his deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq

 said at a news briefing on Friday, in response to U.S. 

approval of cluster munitions for Ukraine. The UN 

chief "does not want there to be continued use 

of cluster munitions on the battlefield."

 

Criticizing the flawed and troubling logic in such a U.S. 

supply, the New York Times commented in an opinion

 piece... that countries in today's world have 

"increasingly sought to draw a red line - 

against the use of weapons of mass 

destruction - or weapons that 

pose a severe and lingering

 risk to noncombatants."

 

Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday that 

"transferring these weapons would inevitably cause

 long-term suffering for civilians and undermine the 

international opprobrium of their use." Sarah
Yager, 
the Washington director at Human
Rights Watch, 
called the U.S. move
"devastating."

 

"They are absolutely awful for civilians," Yager told Al
Jazeera --- in a television interview. "I think when 

legislators and policymakers here in the United 

States see the photos coming back of children 

with missing limbs, parents injured, killed by 

our own American cluster munitions, there's 

going to be a real awakening --- to the 

humanitarian disaster that this is."




WIDESPREAD BACKLASH

 

Humanitarian groups have strongly denounced Washington's 

decision to supply cluster munitions to Kiev, which can go 

undetonated and potentially imperil civilians, particularly 

children, for decades.

 

Critics say that, by authorizing the supply of this 

controversial weapon, the White House has in

 effect, confessed to committing war crimes.

 

"It would be the greatest danger for Ukrainians for many

 years or up to a hundred years if cluster bombs are 

used in Russian-occupied areas in the territory of 

Ukraine," Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech 

Techo Hun Sen tweeted, urging Ukraine not 

to use cluster bombs.

 

A victim of U.S. cluster munitions dropped in the early 1970s,

 Cambodia today still grapples with deadly war remnants. 

 

"As my pity for the Ukrainian people, I appeal to the U.S. 

president as the supplier and the Ukrainian president 

as the recipient not to use cluster bombs in the war 

because the real victims will be Ukrainians," he 

said, recalling the painful experience of 

his country.

 

The decision is another blatant manifestation of the U.S. 

aggressive policy against Russia, aimed at "prolonging 

the conflict in Ukraine to the maximum term and the 

war until 'the last Ukrainian'," Russian Foreign 

Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova 

said in a statement on Saturday.

 

Now, anger has been building over Washington's latest move

 to provide Ukraine with the weapon widely banned by more

 than 100 countries, including key U.S. allies. Even within 

NATO, members said while they, as always, side with the

 U.S. helping with the legitimate defense of Ukraine, 

they object to the U.S. supply of this highly

-condemned weapon.

 

Canada objects to the use of cluster munitions that 

Washington has promised to give Ukraine for its

 counteroffensive against Russian forces, 

Ottawa said on Saturday.

 

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said he will tell 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of New Zealand's 

opposition to cluster bombs, if the pair meet this week, at

the NATO summit scheduled from Tuesday to Wednesday.

 

Also on Saturday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said 

Britain discourages the use of cluster munitions, and 

Spain's Defense Minister Margarita Robles also 

said "no to cluster bombs."

 

Some U.S. lawmakers have also dissuaded the Biden

 administration from such a decision, arguing that 

their humanitarian costs outweigh their benefits 

in the battlefield, calling it "unnecessary ---
and 
a terrible mistake."




Joe Biden's existential crisis is
going to ramp up the pain dial
until we all die -  don't you
think?


Image: Laos deaths from cluster bombs


 

sarah@sahouraxo

 

The US dropped 270 million cluster bombs on Laos.

 

"Every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years

 from 1964 until 1973, a planeload of cluster bombs 

was dropped on Laos by American B-52s."

 

50 years later, civilians (and children) are 

still being blown up by the bombs.




 

_________________________________________


 




West actively cooperates 


with Nazis in Ukraine


July the 5th, 9:31am


https://en.news-front.info/


 


Analysis of an article by MintPress News.


 


''Numerous Western government officials, intelligence agents


 and agents have been directly involved in close cooperation 


with Nazi groups and individuals since at least 2014. 


This has included involvement in the creation and 


maintenance of a Nazi killing list, in Ukraine.''


 


''While Western media are belatedly forced to admit that


 Nazism exists in Ukraine, many journalists insist that 


fascist patches on soldiers’ uniforms are only needed 


to troll the Russians – in reality they are harmless ----


and nothing more than a gift for Russian propaganda. 


Others say that Ukrainian soldiers are being asked
to
 conceal Nazi symbols. However --- as we shall
see,
 this cooperation has much deeper roots,”


 MintPress News wrote.


 


Since the start of the special military operation, Cormac


 Smith has taken on a major propaganda role on behalf 


of Ukraine. He worked in the UK Cabinet of Ministers 


secretariat and, before that, as advisor to Ukraine’s 


foreign minister. Smith claims that the real Nazis 


are Russians ---- and that they kill, pillage and
rape,
 including children. 


 


However, these stories did not have a sufficient evidentiary 


basis, as the rumours were spread by the former Ukrainian 


parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Lyudmyla 


Denysova. She herself later admitted to “spreading fake


 news to persuade Western countries to send Ukraine


 more weapons and aid”, notes author, Professor 


David Miller.


 


''Smith denies that Maidan was supported by the US, or the


 link between NATO expansion and Russian SMO, or the 


fact --- that there are Nazis in Ukraine integrated into
the 
armed forces, police and intelligence services.'' 


 


Smith served on the National Security Communications
Team' (NSCT) at the British Cabinet Office in London. 


 


''According to Smith, the NSCT played a key role in winning


 the information war with the Kremlin, i.e. the spreading 


of lies and disinformation by the British government. 


The group is believed to have been funded and 


directed by Britain’s Mi-6 foreign policy 


intelligence service,'' the article said.


 


The StopFake team was set up after the 2014 coup. Lviv-born


 Nina Jankowicz, a US official who worked for organisations 


involved in spreading influence in Ukraine, Belarus and 


Russia, advised StopFake in 2016-2017.


 


In April 2022, she was appointed the executive director of


the US Department of Homeland Security’s Countering 


Disinformation Council. By the way, she has a 


reputation in the US, as a “beacon


 of disinformation”.


 


StopFake have a well-deserved reputation as apologists 


for Nazism. In 2018, they advocated for children’s 


military training camps run by the neo-Nazi 


group Azov*. 


 


It was Jankowicz who positioned the neo-Nazi Ukrainian 


formations as patriots helping refugees, even though 


they have numerous war crimes under their belt.


 


Several respected media outlets, including the New York 


Times, have reported on StopFake’s links to Nazi groups.


 


Irena Halupa, one of three Ukrainian-American sisters, who 


are fans of Bandera and his fascist OUN-B* militia, is firmly 


entwined with pro-NATO propaganda organisations. Since


 2015, she often posted incriminating posts on StopFake.


 


The (ostensibly) independent website, Propornot, emerged 


some eighteen months after the Maidan coup.  It positions 


itself as an independent website to help users distinguish 


real news from fake news. It contains a blacklist of 


websites allegedly spreading Russian propaganda. 


 


It was started by Michael Weiss, a staunch Zionist 


and neoconservative, the paper explains.


 


MintPress News believes that the February 2014 coup 


d’état was the result of US support and Western 


interference in Ukrainian politics.


 


In late 2022, Lieutenant General Jonathan P. Braga, chief 


of the United States Army Special Operations Command, 


noted that the success of psychological operations now 


depended on experience, online sentiment analysis and 


speed. Ukrainians learned this well from US instructors.


 


Top propaganda specialists and intelligence officers such 


as Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns, Chris Donnelly, Ewen 


Murchison, Phil Jones and Gerry Osborne helped Ukraine.


 


Chris Donnelly is a former advisor to the NATO secretary 


general and intelligence colonel, who has been involved 


in advising Ukraine since the first day of the coup. 


He proposed encircling Crimea and the sea with 


minefields --- and worked to undermine the 


Kerch Bridge.


 


Lieutenant Colonel Ewan Murchison worked in the UK


 Ministry of Defence’s propaganda unit and took part 


in the first NATO Stratcom Centre of Excellence's


 steering group meeting in Latvia, where Ukraine


 was the main topic of discussion.


 


Phil Jones is the UK Ministry of Defence’s defence advisor to


 the Ukrainian Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He served 


as “personal adviser” to the Ukrainian defence minister 


under the auspices of a UK government’s Stabilisation 


Unit in early 2020, and since October has been a 


board member of the Ukrainian Defence 


Strategy Centre. The organisation is 


funded by the National Endowment


 for Democracy and the UK Dept 


for International Development.


 


''So, we have established that Western forces were training 


and advising the Ukrainian government, even before the 


coup, and that they became visibly active afterwards. 


As a result, a number of organisations and groups 


were set up to muddy the trail... and to


deflect accusations.''


 


''Each was marked by the justification of Nazism or run by


Bandera ideologues - who collaborated with officials in 


Britain and the USA. The role in all these propaganda 


operations by neo-Banderite neo-Nazis in the Kiev


government, suggests that Nazi ideology has 


spread throughout key parts of the country, 


perhaps more so, than the dominant 


Western narrative would admit,'' 


concludes MintPress News.


 


 


So the West funds and supports nazis


to save its ''hegemony'' --- as their 


printing press economy fails.


 


What a load of vile, vicious people,


and... as only cowards will submit


to this, the question for today, is:


are you a coward?


 


 


________________________________________



US is biggest threat to 

international security

July 4th, 1:18pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

In less than two years... the US (and every other) public

has begun to be told, who is to blame for the infamous 

flight from Kabul.

 

Recall that the real chaos was there from about August 15, 

2021, when the Taliban seized power in the country as a 

whole (only the airport in the capital city remained), to

August 31 – when, at that very airport, the wings of 

the last American plane were falling --- from the 

Afghans clinging to them, trying to escape.

 

And now.... there`s a discussion of a declassified State 

Department document (let`s call it a “Who`s to blame” 

document) --- with diplomats wrangling with other 

agencies. Primarily with the military, of course, 

but beyond that ------ even with the Biden 

administration. Biden... published his 

excuse document in April - and the 

diplomats, do not fully agree 

with it.

 

Strictly speaking, we are only looking at fragments of this 

whole squabble, because there is a similar Pentagon 

report, but it is, of course, classified. Even the 

State Department’s revelations to the public 

are 24 pages long,  but 60, are classified.

 

So what do we learn from this scrap? For example, that it’s 

all the Trump administration’s fault, of course. But so was 

it the Biden administration's --- it was unclear who was 

making the decisions. And, it also lacked intelligent 

flight planning: in particular, it never worked out 

which locals to take with them (and what to 

do with those taken away) and which.... 

to leave behind.

 

It is clear that the State Department had the military to blame 

first of all: they fled too quickly ---- and the diplomats did not 

know what to do in such a situation. But their own agency 

was in utter chaos too – if only becauseit did not have 

proper contact with the other agencies --- and, if it 

had been headed by one of Anthony Blinken’s 

deputies, who could call his colleagues 

from everywhere by weight of office,

things might have been more 

cheerful.

 

And why wasn’t the exit from Afghanistan planned

in full detail, in advance, all procrastination and 

procrastination? It turns out --- so that the 

signals to the outside world that things 

were bad, would not leak out. In the

end --- it turned out to be worse 

than bad.

 

This story is interesting to us, for two reasons. The first..

is that it shows the extent of the internal breakdown of 

government mechanics in the US. We, recently, talked

about how the country has lost its ability to develop 

and fast-track large infrastructure projects (like 

building an underground).  It’s not just the 

underground, though. America also can

not produce modern armaments and 

many other things.... without wild 

overspending.

 

Domestic collapse --- especially when it comes to war and 

occupation of other countries, threatens the whole world. 

And here, is a grand episode: Richard Haas, has become

disillusioned with his country. For twenty years.. the 

man chaired the Foreign Affairs Council and was 

arguably the first expert authority on the US 

role in the world. 

 

Now, he resigns, and gives an interview to The New York 

Times, where he says: the US has become the biggest 

threat to international security. The reasons --- are

these very dysfunctions of governance.

 

And secondly, why we are interested in the publication of the 

State Department document. It is not so much a question of

who officials are going to blame. They have been at it for a 

long time, but are only now, making their squabbles public. 

 

Publication means that the US and other peoples are finally 

– after almost two years – trying to be told what to say and 

what to think about this sad issue. The point is that the

US has failed.. all along -- to create what it has always 

been ahead of the world in: the information phantom. 

It has been stumbling, over the phantom of how to 

perceive its obvious failure, for a long time.

 

Well, that’s just one episode, but that’s the way the guys are 

trying. And we see this, literally, every day, in the Ukrainian 

conflict. For example, the story about the chain of Russian

cars... stretching for kilometres on the approach to the 

Crimean bridge – do you know how The Washington

Post describes this situation? 

 

The headline: “War Draws Nearer to Crimea, and Russian

Occupiers Try to Lure Tourists There.” I wonder if we 

will ever find out what US propaganda contributes 

to this daily stream of nonsense, what Kiev 

propaganda contributes, and whose 

propagandists, are inventing this 

nonsense: in Kiev itself locally

--- or from the US?

 

And now let’s imagine how the US agencies will 

have a rant about “Who is to blame for the 

failure in Ukraine and everything that 

has happened to us, since then”. 

 

How long will it take them to 

sort it out – two years.... 

or more?

 

Dmitry Kosyrev, RIA

 

 

Aah, irony! The Russions

can't do it very well...

and the US can't

understand it.

 

What do you think?

 

 

____________________________________



 

Trends in US congress - to 

cut off funding to Ukraine 

are growing

July 2nd, 12:59pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

Republican member of the US House of Representatives

 Marjorie Taylor Green, tweeted about her initiative to 

cut off US funding to the Kiev regime

 

“We should be seeking peace, not sponsoring war. 

I have proposed amendments to the National 

Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), for the 

next fiscal year (beginning on October 1.)

that would strip Ukraine of all funding 

and prohibit it --- from supplying F-16 

fighter jets - and long-range missiles. 

The death & destruction - must stop, 

so for the sake of peace I have also 

proposed an amendment to ban all 

funding for Ukraine ----- until this 

military conflict is resolved 

diplomatically,” she said.

 

Earlier, Green had expressed the view, that the law should 

involve allocating funds exclusively to the U.S. military for

 U.S. defence. According to her...   she intends to vote 

against the adoption of the new NDAA if it contains 

provisions on providing support to Kiev, from 

Washington. In particular, it refers to the 

transfer of $300 million to Ukraine,

in the next fiscal year.

 

“I will strongly oppose if this (aid to Kiev) is not removed 

from the National Defense Authorization Act,” Green 

wrote on her Twitter page, on June 20.

 

The congresswoman later claimed that Ukrainian President

 Vladimir Zelensky, was “fully funded by warmongers from

 the US”, before rebuking him for cancelling the election 

and calling the Ukrainian army a Nazi army.

 

“Extremely irresponsible.”

 

It is worth noting that a group of 19 Republican lawmakers 

demanded - in their letter to US President Joe Biden on 20
April to stop providing aid to Kiev “in unlimited amounts”. 

 

According to the congressmen, such support could lead to

 an escalation of the conflict. At the same time, the 

document stressed that the lawmakers intended 

to “strongly oppose” any aid packages to Kiev 

in the future unless they were linked “to a 

clear diplomatic strategy” ------- aimed at 

ending the conflict as soon as possible.

 

The letter also said that given the scale of aid the UStates is 

providing to Ukraine, “it is becoming increasingly difficult” to

 refute Moscow’s accusations that Washington is involved in

 “indirect warfare” against Russia. Moreover, lawmakers 

link support for the Kiev regime, to the deteriorating 

situation inside the US, as well.

 

“To assist a foreign government that has long been mired in

 corruption while the American people suffer from record 

inflation and an exorbitant national debt is, in itself,

 highly irresponsible. But to do so at a time when 

our military is dealing with aging weapons 

systems and dwindling supplies is 

shameful,” the lawmakers said.

 

On 14 June, The New York Times published a story in which

 the publication’s journalists asserted - that the bipartisan

 consensus in the US Congress, on allocating huge funds

 for Ukraine’s military needs “is starting to weaken”. At 

the same time, the media outlet pointed out that this

 is happening against the backdrop of “a critical

 counteroffensive against Russia” and that 

Republicans, who strongly advocate 

cutting federal spending, “are 

gaining popularity - in their 

attempts to limit or block

 further military support

 for Kiev.”

 

“Right-wing Republicans in the House of Representatives

 have long opposed US support for Ukraine, but until 

recently they lacked the numerical superiority to

 threaten (to block) any aid packages that pass 

through Congress, with the agreement of 

overwhelmingly hawkish Republicans 

(including top party leaders) and 

Democrats,” the article said.

 

The NYT journalists also reminded that the speaker of the

 House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy --- who had 

initially publicly pledged to support further US aid to 

Ukraine, had changed his mind after he reached a 

compromise with White House President Joe 

Biden, on the debt ceiling issue. McCarthy 

told reporters that to continue approving 

additional funds for Kiev outside the 

normal budget cycle would “only 

undermine this agreement”.

 

“The trend is towards a reassessment of the scale of aid”.

 

According to Vladimir Batyuk, head of the Centre for Military 

and Political Studies at the Institute of the US and Canada

 of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Green’s new 

initiative and the opinion of other US lawmakers, 

show that there is a growing understanding in 

Congress of the unreasonability of spending

 related to support for the Kiev regime.

 

“It is now primarily about a growing reluctance, in both

 chambers --- to spend taxpayer money on aid to Kiev, 

which is not yielding tangible results for the United 

States in the confrontation with Russia - in the 

Ukraine case,” the analyst told RT, in

a commentary.

 

However, despite the sobriety of Green’s idea, her 

amendment is unlikely to pass through Congress,

 Batyuk believes.

 

“Despite the fact that the tendency to review the scope of US

 aid to Kiev is growing in both chambers and will continue to

 be more pronounced, at this stage there is a fairly steady

 majority of congressmen and senators in Congress, and 

from both parties, who are in favour of continuing aid 

to Ukraine in the previous amounts ---- and even 

increasing them,” the expert said.

 

Nevertheless, as Batiuk noted, there are supporters of

 reducing aid to Kiev, not only among lawmakers, 

but also, among many ordinary Americans.

 

“Now there is an election campaign in the USA, and there is 

agrowing understanding in American society, as to why
Washington invests so heavily in the Kiev regime. 

 

“Against this backdrop, US lawmakers and the US President 

will have to listen more carefully to the opinion of the

 country’s residents, many of whom fear -- that the 

conflict in Ukraine -- will escalate into a direct 

confrontation between Russia and NATO,”

 the analyst believes.

 

However, the most important factor that will influence the

 intensity of Washington’s support for the Kiev regime, 

Batiuk called ------ the situation on the battlefield 

during the Ukrainian conflict.

 

“If it, finally, becomes obvious to Washington and ordinary

 Americans that the AFU counteroffensive has completely

 failed --- then the voices in favour of stopping aid to 

Ukraine, will sound much louder,” the 

expert believes.

 

Pavel Feldman, a candidate of political sciences and

 associate professor, at the Academy of Labour and 

Social Relations, has a similar position. According 

to him, many representatives of the US political 

establishment may soon become disappointed 

in the degree of effectiveness of military and

 financial support to Ukraine.

 

“Now even the Pentagon already admits that the counter-

 attack by the AFU is progressing slower than expected, 

and the White House has to explain such slippage, by 

weather conditions. But any financial and economic 

project, just like a project of military assistance to 

Ukraine, must have some positive results for 

those who allocate funds for assistance to 

Kiev. If there are no such results, then 

there are prerequisites for a revision 

of such a strategy”, the analyst

 told RT.

 

Feldman noted that while there are more and more voices

 in Congress advocating cutting or cutting off aid to Kiev, 

the White House is “diametrically opposed to 

this scenario”.

 

“Opinions among lawmakers that Biden is squandering

 American taxpayers’ money, by providing the AFU at 

their expense, will increase. However, the attitude 

of the incumbent US president’s team will remain

 the same, aimed at increasing arms supplies to

 Ukraine, especially in the run-up to the NATO 

summit to be held in Vilnius. Washington has 

put its reputation on the line in the Ukraine 

case, and to refuse to support Kiev would 

mean admitting defeat,” the 

expert concluded.

 

Source: Irina Taran, Elizaveta Komarova, RT

 

 

Can the US really continue another

illegal war - that breaks its own

constitution - by backing a

nazi-controlled regime run

by a President elected on

a pledge to bring peace..

and... get away with it? 

 

What do you think?

 




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The tasks of the Communist Party of 

the Russian Federation: in the fight 

against fascism and the patriotic

 education of the younger
generation

 

Speech of the Chairman of the Central Committee 

of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation 

G. A. Zyuganov on the report at the VI (May) joint 

Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central

 Committee of the Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation.

 

 

Dear comrades, Participants of the Plenum!

 

The 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR has

 allowed us to recall its grandiose achievements. Great

 achievements and victories brought our socialist 

Fatherland to the forefront of world progress - 

and became the pinnacle of Russian history.

 

Reviving our party, we stated that the rampant anti-Sovietism 

and Russophobia called into question “the very existence of 

the national statehood." The Restoration Congress aimed 

to stop the catastrophe and return Russia to the path of

 democracy and socialism, ensuring the consolidation 

of “all truly democratic and patriotic forces."

 

This is how we defined our goals 30 years ago. At that time, 

we did not yet know to what ugliness capitalist reaction
would reach in the territory of the USSR. That Bandera 

will commit violence against the Ukrainian people and 

NATO will be at our borders. That, in Europe's centre, 

the Nazis will - once again - begin to destroy people, 

and monuments to anti-fascists will be desecrated

& toppled from their pedestals. That the "civilized

 West” - will advocate the "abolition'' of not only

Russia, but also Russian culture, and declare 

a war of annihilation against the entire 

Russian world.

 

In our Program Statement of February 14th, 1993, we 

emphasized that the Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation --- ''will live and act for the benefit of its 

people, in the name of saving and reviving the 

Fatherland. The key unifying idea of the 

Russian Communists at this historical 

moment is the idea of patriotism and

 the state integrity of Russia.''

 

We've been true to ourselves all these years. The time is

 coming, to outline new frontiers, defining the place of 

patriotic education and the role of new generations

 in the fight against Nazism, for the sovereign and 

socialist development of the Motherland.

 

From origins to victories

 

Comrades! From century to century in the history of Russia, 

patriotic aspirations have been the basis of national

 existence. Love for the Fatherland, for the land of 

our ancestors was combined with a sense of 

belonging to a large team. Patriotic ideas 

embodied the indissoluble connection of 

generations. In the midst of the people 

lived a sense of close connection with 

the Fatherland and faith in its 

better future.

 

Of course, patriotism is an historical concept. Its content 

is determined, by a specific social formation. The first 

elements of patriotism were born in our ancestors... 

even before the formation of the Old Russian state. 

The feeling of community unity -- and love for the 

native expanses grew stronger in the collective

struggle against harsh nature, in hard and 

persistent peasant labour, in opposition 

to numerous enemies.

 

In the Middle Ages, Russian patriotism was vividly reflected

 in the "Lay of Igor's Regiment"," The Life of Alexander

 Nevsky"," Zadonshchina"," The Legend of the Battle 

of Mamayev " and other literary monuments. They 

are imbued with the idea of the unity of their 

native land and the rejection of foreign rule. 

Having raised these ideas on the shield,

 the Moscow princes were able to 

collect Russian lands. The 

religious & philosophical 

concept "Moscow - the

 third Rome".

 

A New time was approaching – the period of the formation of

nations in Europe. Under Peter I, patriotism is considered 

of the highest value. This was written by F. Prokopovich,

V. N. Tatishchev and other authors. A patriot  for M. V. 

Lomonosov --- is also a person who is scientifically 

educated, a conqueror of nature, hardworking 

and selflessly serving the Motherland.

 

Following this, the figure of A. N. Radishchev appears. 

V. I. Lenin called him "the first Russian revolutionary."

 In Radishchev's view, "a true man and a son of the 

Fatherland, are one and the same."

 

Deeply patriotic motives are heard in the works of the 

"father of Russian socialism" --- A. I. Herzen. The 

revolutionary democrat, N. G. Chernyshevsky 

pointed out: "A patriot is a person who 

serves the Motherland, and the 

Motherland is the people."

 

With the abolition of serfdom, Russia... was accelerating 

its progress along the path of capitalism. At this time, 

bourgeois patriotism -- was coming to the forefront of 

world history. In the hands of big capital, it becomes,

 firstly, an instrument for maintaining the rule of the 

exploiters, and secondly, a means of oppressing 

some peoples by others. Such a ''patriotism''

inevitably degenerates into nationalism.

 

In countries of imperialism nationalism reaches more and 

more extreme forms - combining with the ideas of the
racial 
superiority of "civilized nations". This became
the 
forerunner of the most evil phenomenon on
earth 
– fascism.

 

This transformation affected our country "tangentially" and

 did not have time to take root. The Russian Empire, in the

 words of V. I. Lenin, turned out to be "a weak link in the 

chain of imperialism." It did not have the resources for

 a large-scale colonial policy, which was reflected, in 

particular, in the sale of Alaska.

 

Nationalism was also hindered by the second factor --- the

multinational composition.. of the Russian Empire. A part 

of the Russian bourgeoisie supported the Black Hundred 

movement, but its influence remained very limited.

 

The third was the historical and cultural factor. The emphasis

 on the pursuit of truth and justice in Russian culture has

 traditionally been strong. This -- made nationalism a 

marginal phenomenon, not typical of the spiritual 

and intellectual life of our country.

 

Finally, fourthly. A special role...  was played by the militant 

character of the Russian proletariat and the predominance

 of collective forms of organization of life among the 

peasant masses. Together with the emergence of 

the Leninist party of the avant-garde type -- this 

ensured Russia's breakthrough into socialism. 

Our country was implementing a new social 

project that rejected nationalism at its core.

 

Soviet patriotism became the pinnacle of the development of

 patriotic feelings of the peoples of Russia. It combined love 

for the Motherland with the class consciousness of the 

working people. The practice of the USSR - purged the 

noble sense of patriotism from any hint of nationalism, 

& combined it, with the principles of internationalism. 

Our party follows this course even today. The Central 

Committee pursues this line firmly and energetically. 

I am sure --- that today's Plenum will confirm 

this position.

 

Peaks of the Soviet World

 

Today, the imperial West - seeks to revive the practice of 

aggressive colonialism. Its main targets were China and

 Russia. Washington and its satellites, are spreading 

frenzied Russophobia to all peoples of our country. 

 

In these circumstances.....  the concept of the Russian 

World, has become widely popular. In the Communists' 

understanding, this isn't a narrow ethnic phenomenon

but a national one. This is why it has an international 

character, and combines the best features of all 

the peoples of Russia.: love for the Motherland; 

collectivism; striving for justice; responsibility 

to comrades & the country. After the victory 

of the Great October Revolution --- these 

features formed the basis of the new 

Soviet world.

 

Today you see every day how the official “Russian World”

is being imposed on the country --- from above. It was

emasculated --- and deprived of the main thing in its

history - the struggle for social justice. It does not 

seem to contain the peasant wars of S. Razin and 

E. Pugachev, the Decembrist rising, the courage 

of N. Chernyshevsky, and the sacrifice of the 

Narodnaya Volya people. It does not seem 

to contain the heroic struggle of the 

proletariat of Russia, which was 

crowned -- by the feat of the 

Bolshevik revolution with

 a breakthrough to the 

new world.

 

The Russian world, served on a platter of official propaganda,

 is decidedly impoverished. It is as if it was robbed, cut off 

from all sides, deprived of intense spiritual work, in the 

name of the transformation of the Motherland. It was 

as if the nerve of the struggle, the alarm bell, the

 impulse with which the history of Russia is 

filled - was removed from it.

 

In the real Russian and Soviet world, the names of fighters 

for social justice are firmly connected with the images of 

defenders of the Fatherland: Alexander Nevsky, Sergiy 

Radonezh, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Alexander 

Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov, Alexey Brusilov, Mikhail 

Frunze, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Georgy Zhukov.

 

The Soviet world, raised the cultural and historical

phenomenon of our world to an incredible height 

and therefore defeated the most terrible evil – 

world fascism. This great feat saved world 

culture from destruction, and humanity 

from the slavery of Nazism -- and a 

planetary concentration camp. 

Today, it inspires us to 

new victories!

 

Soviet man was building his own world --- a world of labour

 freed from exploitation by capital. The talent of the people 

expressed itself in science, art, sports, in the labour 

achievements of the worker and peasant. Let us 

recall at least the great Stakhanov movement! 

Labour had become a matter of honour,
valour 
and heroism.

 

The most important quality of the Soviet world was the cult

 of knowledge. Stalin's pre-war slogan: "Cadres who have

 mastered technology decide everything!" encouraged 

them - to take to new heights. The USSR created a 

powerful industry, a better system of education, 

of health care and social protection. All the 

peoples of the world --- have followed our 

example. The general and professional 

culture of Soviet citizens, was at
the 
highest level.

 

A single Soviet civilization was held together by the great 

Russian language and Russian classical literature. The 

Soviet world is a world of justice and friendship of 

peoples, dignity and honest work. He left in the 

past old ulcers, captured by N. V. Gogol, 

N. A. Nekrasov, L. N. Tolstoy, A. P. 

Chekhov, A.M. Gorky, A. I. Kuprin.

 

The USSR was making a very difficult transition from

 capitalism to socialism. Social injustice, like the 

exploitation of man by man, was economically 

impossible in Soviet society. But there was 

bureaucracy and philistinism, careerism, 

embezzlement of the national property,

of ideological and political hypocrisy,

 incompetence, official-swaggering

 attitudes to ideological and 

theoretical work.

 

All this is a direct expression of philistinism, 

private-property psychology and morality. 

Marx, Engels, and Lenin persistently 

warned about their survivability.

 

 The oblivion of their precepts served as the basis

 for the mass betrayal of Gorbachev, Yeltsin and

their corrupt company. The consequences of 

their actions - bloody and destructive - we 

must correct.

 

The man of the Soviet world was formed in the difficult

 overcoming of the petty-bourgeois way of life. First of 

all, this was provided through education in the team, 

and through the team. Public interest was the basis 

for the education of Soviet patriotism and socialist 

internationalism. Nationalism was historically 

alien to the Russian world. For a Soviet 

person, it has become unacceptable

 in principle.

 

October 1917 saved Russia from the disastrous trajectory set

 by big capital for a multinational country. When bourgeois

 relations were fully established in Europe.... at the 

beginning of the twentieth century, nationalism 

here, entered the heyday. Nationalisms of 

various stripes were also manifested in 

Russia at that time – Russian Black 

Hundreds, Ukrainian, Belarusian, 

Georgian and others. 

 

Later, under the shadow of the Provisional Government, 

this trend led to rampant separatism and the country's

 breakup into dozens of pseudo-states.

 

The Bolsheviks stopped the process of disintegration.

I would like to emphasize this, for those who work in 

the Kremlin. The establishment of the USSR became

a symbol --- of the victory of internationalism, over 

nationalism. The Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation forcefully recalled this in connection 

with the 100th anniversary of the formation of 

the Soviet Union. 

 

Lenin's national policy became truly salutary. We must 

continue to persistently disclose this fact, in our 

ideological and theoretical work, in our party 

propaganda, and in our information policy.

 

From the time of Khrushchev, a creeping bourgeois liberalism 

& cosmopolitanism.. began to permeate all spheres of public 

life. The spiritual foundations of the Soviet world were being 

eroded. The Gorbachev-Yakovlev Perestroika completed 

this process, whipped up the foam of nationalism, gave

 rise to separatism and bloody showdowns.

 

Collectivism was the foundation of the Russian and Soviet 

world. Rampant egoistic aspirations ----- turned into the
"dashing 
'90s" and the triumph of crime. Stalin's words
were 
confirmed ---- public property unites, private
property 
divides. The restoration of capitalism
also 
resulted in the revival of fascism.

 

The West has unleashed -- a veritable war of annihilation

 against Russia. The conditions of salvation ---- are the

 mobilization of popular forces - and social cohesion. 

But the government stays on its oligarchic course. 

This is fundamentally contrary to the interests
of
 the State, and increases the threat of a 

national catastrophe.

 

Class interests -- prevent the ruling circles from drawing on 

the vital Soviet experience. To justify this, the government 

officially promotes the Russian world with an aggressive

 anti-Sovietism.

 

The ruling circles do not want to take the side of the absolute

 popular majority. Look at the polls of sociologists, and you 

will see the attitude of citizens to the Soviet era! 

 

Our compatriots see everything: connivance to the actions of

 the fifth column, shamefully boarded up Lenin's Mausoleum

 on May 9, smoking in the Urals Yeltsin's gadyushnik, which 

they are trying to pull to Moscow. They see liberals in high

 offices, pushing for new privatization, and the oligarchy

 enriching itself, by trading across the front lines. 

 

Today, more than ever, Lenin's words --- from the work 

"The Impending catastrophe and How to Deal with it" 

sound sharply: "It is impossible to make the country 

defensible --- without the greatest heroism of the 

people --- who boldly and decisively carry out 

great economic transformations."

 

The Communist Party insists that the transition to socialism 

is inevitable. And we offer our own absolutely creative

program for this purpose. It is based on the removal 

of the oligarchy from managing the economy and 

finances. Return of key industries to the state. 

Ensuring food and technological security. 

Cleansing the state apparatus of those 

who have tainted themselves with 

corruption, anti-Sovietism and 

Russophobia.  Restoring fair 

pension legislation, and the 

universal right to free high

-quality education, and 

health care.

 

The CPRF program is supported by the experience of national

 enterprises. They proved that relying on socialist principles

 gives brilliant results! The leaders of such enterprises - P. N. 

Grudinin and I. I. Kazankov - are participants of our Plenum.

 

A package of draft laws reveals our approaches. Among them 

is the law "Education for all" by Nobel laureate Zh. I. Alferov 

and the most authoritative experts. The struggle for the law 

on war-children continues. We propose to protect workers

 socially. Seriously expand support for family, motherhood 

and childhood. Overcome the demographic catastrophe.

 

We insist on the adoption of the Electoral Code. It will put an 

end to the "three-day period", "electronic voting", voting "on 

stumps" and other adventures of the "party of power". We 

strongly declare to United Russia “these “innovations” of 

yours, are corrupting society and directly contribute to

 the destabilization of the country in a hybrid war!

 

At the current turn of history, the implementation of our 

program is no longer a matter of simple wishes, or 

someone's dreams. This is the only way to the 

revival and prosperity of the Motherland.

 

We live in a very difficult time, when the words " Socialism or 

barbarism!”. For Russia, their meaning is particularly sharp. 

As in 1917 and 1941, the question was extremely tough: 

“Socialism or death!”. You and I must win this great 

historical battle. To achieve this noble goal, we 

will do our best!

 

Party of Patriots and Internationalists

 

Comrades! Social progress is inexorable. Even with pauses

 and setbacks, humanity has moved from savagery to 

culture, from tribes to the state. The state itself
was 
changing, passing into the hands of
increasingly
 progressive classes.

 

The founders of Marxism proved that human history is not 

a collection of accidents. It is subject to objective laws. 

Knowing them, you can overcome the spontaneity in 

the development of society, change it for the better.

 

In this way, Marxism proved its profoundly humane character.

 Scientific communism --- gave workers inspiration, historical 

optimism, and self-confidence. Communism is the ideology 

of humanity's youth. It enables society --- to shed the old
rags 
of oppression, violence, and inequality. The words
"Communism is the youth of the world, and to 

build it up young" are a wonderful hymn to 

the freshness that Marxism has brought.

 

The classics of scientific communism saw young workers 

as a driving force, for social change. This was proved by

the class battles: the Paris Commune, the First Russian

 Revolution, the Great October Revolution, the Leninist-

Stalinist modernization and, finally, the Great 

Patriotic War.

 

The young Communist heroes were convinced of the

 correctness of their ideas and were ready to fight 

for the liberation of the working people.  It is no 

coincidence - that more than half the personnel 

of the 11-million-strong Red Army that defeated

Hitler's fascism were communists & Komsomol 

members. Seven of the ten commanders who 

stormed Berlin --- were teachers and 

headmasters of Soviet schools.

 

Our comrades are still fighting courageously on the fronts of

 the special operation. Communists are, once again, risking 

their lives to defeat the brown plague.  Representatives of

 the Communist Party of the Russian Federation -- and our 

allies set an example of deploying a volunteer movement 

to help Donbass. Our offices in Sevastopol, the Moscow 

region, the Rostov Region and others, were among the 

first to set an example in this great work. All regional 

leaders representing the Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation have visited the front line 

and are organizing support for the families 

of participants in the special operation.

 

Leftist forces have always put the ideological education of

 young people in one of the first places. Back in 1907,
the
 first international conference of socialist youth 

organizations was held in Germany. V. I. Lenin,

 K. Liebknecht, and K. Zetkin, actively 

participated in this work.

 

In 1917, half of the RSDLP were party members between the 

ages of 26 and 35. But at that time the programs of the

 cadets, Social Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, anarchists, 

monarchists, and nationalists were on the "political 

counter" of Russia. But workers, peasants, and 

young people supported the Bolshevik red 

project. We still serve this historic choice 

today!

 

Soviet patriotism combined two principles: a truly reverent 

attitude to the Motherland, brought up by Russian culture, 

and the Bolshevik ideal -- of a just world order. The class

 element in Soviet patriotism, did not negate the national 

element, but was based on it. Combining the principles 

of patriotism and internationalism in public education 

was the best response of the USSR to the growing 

threat of fascism.

 

On March 5, 1934, at the initiative of J. V. Stalin, the 

Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU 

considered the question: "On setting up the

 teaching of civil history in schools." Two 

months later, a resolution was adopted 

by the Council of People's Commissars

 of the USSR & the Central Committee 

of the CPSU, which determined the 

ways of transition to a coherent 

system of teaching history.

 

Since September 1, 1934, the historical faculties at Moscow

 and Leningrad Universities were restored. By 1938, history

 departments were already operating in 13 major 

universities. Classical historians Yu.V. Gauthier, 

V. G. Druzhinin, E. V. Tarle, L. V. Cherepnin and 

others returned to the universities.

 

In 1936-1937, a competition was held to create a textbook for

 elementary schools. The prize was awarded to the manual 

edited by A.V. Shestakov. The figures of defenders and

 collectors of the Russian state, came to the fore.

 

In pre-war novels, plays, and films, pride in one's country and

 people was fostered. Such were the play "Field Marshal 

Kutuzov" by V. A. Solovyov, the historical novels 

"Sevastopol Strada" by S. N. Sergeev-Tsensky, 

and "Dmitry Donskoy" by S. P. Borodin. The 

image of Peter I and A. N. Tolstoy was 

consonant with the time.

 

In the USSR, Pushkin's Days, the anniversaries of the Battles 

of Borodino and Poltava, the 100th anniversary of the birth 

of P. I. Tchaikovsky and other historical dates were 

publicly celebrated.

 

Soviet patriotism passed through the harsh trials of the Great

 Patriotic War. It became the main spiritual basis of Victory

 in the struggle against reactionary ideology itself and the 

machine of mass extermination of people generated by it. 

The patriotic aspirations of the citizens of the USSR "did 

not hang in the air", did not come off "from the ground". 

They grew up on the heroic examples of the entire 

Russian history.

 

Images of defenders of the Fatherland, fighters for truth, 

kindness and justice were formed. In this row, Stepan 

Razin and Emelyan Pugachev, Nikolai Chernyshevsky 

and Vissarion Belinsky, Alexander Matrosov and Zoya

 Kosmodemyanskaya were next to each other. Images 

of statesmen and military leaders – Alexander Nevsky, 

Dmitry Donskoy, Peter I, Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail 

Kutuzov, Vladimir Lenin, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Joseph 

Stalin, Kliment Voroshilov, Georgy Zhukov, 

Konstantin Rokossovsky, and Ivan Konev

--- rose up.

 

Soviet patriotism was closely bound up with proletarian

 internationalism. His broad appeal to Russian history 

was not limited to "Russian patriotism." The purely 

ethnic gave way to the national one. The strong 

point of this concept was the synthesis of 

patriotism of all the peoples of the USSR 

with "all-Union patriotism". 

 

This cemented the multinational socialist state and united 

the people for great victories. This is what everyone

 needs to learn --- today.

 

Continuing its international traditions, the Communist Party

 of the Russian Federation stands for strengthening the 

solidarity of the left forces of the planet. 

We participate in international meetings 

of communist and workers ' parties,

support the practice of left-wing 

forums, & develop bilateral ties.

 

Following the great victories of the USSR, the best agitation

 in favor of socialism is the success of the People's Republic 

of China. Immediately after the Central Committee Plenum, 

our party delegation headed by Dmitry Novikov will fly to

 Beijing to learn about the experience of the People's 

Republic of China. The Communist Party is convinced 

that China's success in the economy and politics, in 

social life, in science and culture is gaining 

universal significance and is an example 

for other countries.

 

Fighting Art

 

Soviet art made a worthy contribution to the transformation

and protection of the Motherland. Unions of writers, artists, 

and theatre workers aimed the creative forces of the USSR 

at participating in socialist creation.

 

In the 1930s, films that had a powerful impact on people's 

minds were released on the screens of the country: "Quiet 

Don", "A Trip to Life", "Chapaev", "We are from Kronstadt", 

"Volochaev Days", "Alexander Nevsky", "Minin and 

Pozharsky", "How Steel was Tempered" and others.

 

During the Great Patriotic War, cinematography maintained 

high morale, and formed confidence in victory. Thanks to

 newsreels, citizens knew the situation at the front and 

in the rear. Cameramen were in the thick of the action, 

going on the attack together with the fighters. Many 

died heroically.

 

Already during the war years, documentaries were created: 

"The Defeat of German troops near Moscow", "Stalingrad", 

"The Battle of Orel", "The Battle for our Soviet Ukraine", 

"Berlin", "The Defeat of Japan" and others.

 

Post-war films continued to tell the story of military leaders,

 revolutionaries, scientists, and ordinary people. Among

 them: "Admiral Nakhimov", "Academician Ivan

 Pavlov","Belinsky", "Shipka Heroes", "26 Baku 

Commissars", "Mikhailo Lomonosov", "War and

 Peace", "Eternal Call". And what were the 

films about the working man that shaped

the victorious and creative spirit of 

our people?

 

Currently, a number of committees of the Communist Party 

of the Russian Federation and the LKSM of the Russian 

Federation have experience in organizing film clubs, 

where they introduce participants to the master-

pieces of Soviet cinema. The editorial staff... of 

our party TV channel Krasnaya Liniya actively 

uses this heritage. The authors of Pravda and

 Sovetskaya Rossiya, refer to its meanings.

 

The patriotic film legacy of the USSR is huge. This national

 treasure --- must be carefully preserved. The Ministry of 

Culture of Russia, as well as the Ministry of Education, 

are designed to guarantee our citizens the opportunity 

to constantly come into contact with this layer of our 

culture. The Communist Party faction in the State 

Duma needs to pay close attention to this.

 

The Soviet state is able to raise the true creators to the 

shield. Among them, are poster artists, artists, and

 caricature artists. Poster art was enriched during

 the Great Patriotic War - by outstanding works of

 I. M. Toidze, A. A. Kokorekin, V. B. Koretsky, and 

V. S. Ivanov. The creative union of Kukryniks ---

M. V. Kupriyanov, P. N. Krylov & N. A. Sokolov 

worked successfully.

 

In the era of the Internet and social networks, the role of

images in patriotic education ---- is increasing. We must 

take this into account. You should also take everything 

valuable from Soviet poster art. We need to use our 

previous experience creatively in the context of a

"hybrid war" with the collective West.


 School of Patriotism

 

Dear participants of the Plenary Session,

 

In their work on patriotic education... modern Russian 

communists should study and actively use the fruitful 

experience of the Soviet school. In the 1930s and 

1940s, the USSR developed a coherent system 

of educating politically resistant, courageous,

 and patriotic citizens.

 

In the years of the fight against fascism, pre-conscription

 military training is introduced in schools. The emphasis 

was placed on selfless work in the name of Victory. 

Children were attracted to work at military 

enterprises, collective farms and 

state farms.

 

After the war, loyalty to one's homeland and to the entire 

socialist community comes to the fore. The concept of 

"international-patriotic education" is actively used.
It 
developed the idea --- of the inseparability of
patriotism 
from proletarian internationalism.

 

In the 1970s, the concept of "heroic and patriotic education"

 was increasingly used in schools. Young people grew up on 

examples of combat and labor exploits of older generations. 

Now these guys are “over forty". They form the backbone of

 the volunteer units in the Donbas, bravely raise the Victory 

Banner on the battlefields against Nazism and carry red 

chevrons with a hammer and sickle on their uniforms.

 

Education and upbringing in the Soviet Union formed an 

integral system. Pedagogy carefully built intersubject 

connections. Educational tasks were solved in the 

course of teaching history, literature, Russian 

language, geography and all other subjects, 

including the study of exact sciences.

 

With the criminal collapse of the USSR, the Soviet system of 

education was ruined. The Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation has become an expression of the public 

demand to return patriotic, moral and labour 

education to schools, colleges 

and universities.

 

Despite the liberal terror of the " dashing nineties”, the

 Communists revived the Komsomol and the pioneers. 

With the active participation of the Communist Party 

of the Russian Federation, the traditions of student 

and search teams, were renewed.

 

In recent years, we have managed to achieve progress in the

 state's education and youth policy in line with our program.

 But the authorities ' measures remain haphazard and 

formal. The situation has not changed dramatically.

 

Youth unity of the Left forces

 

The truth -- has long been known: the future belongs to the

youth. A year after the establishment of Soviet power, the 

First All-Russian Congress of unions of Workers' and 

Peasants' Youth, was held. They announced -- the 

creation of the Russian Communist Youth Union. 

Its main goal was declared to be "spreading the 

ideas of communism and involving workers' and 

peasants' youth in the active construction of 

Soviet Russia."

 

V. I. Lenin and I. V. Stalin were well aware of the importance

of working with young people. This proved to be especially

important, during storms. Capital, battered and deeply

retreated ---- after the revolution and the formation of 

the USSR, dreamed of revenge. It wanted the whole

world – a world on its knees, a world of colonies 

and submissive slaves. For this reason --- the 

monster of fascism, was fashioned. It was 

intended to sow the dope of nationalism, 

to poison the working people, to save 

the bourgeoisie from the wrath of 

the workers, by directing it at 

the representatives of 

other nations.

 

The Soviet leadership saw this danger. Industrialization and 

collectivization, the cultural revolution and the creation of 

the defense shield, were the answer to the fascization of

 Europe. The Komsomol and all young people actively 

participated in this.

 

In September 1933, the World Youth Congress against

 Fascism was held in Paris with the participation of 

the Communist Youth International (CIMA). The 

next steps were the world congresses of 

young peace advocates in Geneva 

and New York.

 

Marx and Engels also pointed out that bourgeois education

 justifies exploitation, and cultivates individualism and

 acquisitiveness. The task of communist education

 was the comprehensive and harmonious 

development of the spiritual and 

physical powers of each 

member of society.

 

Developing these ideas, V. I. Lenin taught that the future 

society must combine training and productive work. A 

person, he continued, should be educated from an 

early age in conscious work, in the spirit of 

comradeship and communist organization, 

in their willingness --- to subordinate their

interests to the interests of the collective.

 

This idea was brilliantly implemented by A. S. Makarenko

and his followers. This --- is the fundamental difference 

between our pedagogical tradition, and many modern

bourgeois practices of leadership & personal growth.

 

The Soviet government ended the exploitation of child labour.

 Young people were given the widest opportunities for self-

development, fruitful creative work, and education. 

Children of workers and peasants were given 

access to secondary and higher

 educational institutions.

 

Soviet youth had something to love for their Homeland - 

the USSR. It guaranteed the best education in the 

world, introduced us to the achievements of 

culture, and gave us a real start in life. 

 

It is no exaggeration to say that the Great Patriotic War was

 won by a Soviet teacher and a Soviet school. Fascism could

 not shake in our youth the confidence in the rightness of 

their cause, the self-forgetful love for the Soviet 

Motherland. The countries of capitalist Europe 

with their "free individuals" hurriedly bowed 

their heads... to Hitler. Only our socialist 

Fatherland, our fathers & grandfathers 

defeated the fascist reptile.

 

The feat of May and September 1945 was accomplished by

 those who were brought up on the sacred principles of 

"Man is a friend to man" and "Perish yourself, and save 

your comrade". To defeat the enemy, the younger 

generation has done a great job. There are 

Timur teams. Already, in the summer of 

1941, they were operating throughout

 the country.

 

During the war years, pioneers & Komsomol members 

raised significant funds for the defense fund. Tank 

columns "Moscow Pioneer", "Pioneer of the Urals",

 "Kuibyshev Pioneer", aviation squadrons "Young 

Ivanovets", "Pioneer of Uzbekistan", "Pioneer
of
 Siberia" and others, were built.

 

Children and teenagers in the underground and partisan 

detachments covered themselves with unfading glory.

 

Komsomol members also showed examples of true heroism. 

In 1943, almost 3 thousand primary Komsomol organizations

 and 1,800 groups operated behind enemy lines. 8 thousand

 Komsomol members received the title Hero of the Soviet 

Union. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Alexander Matrosov, 

Oleg Koshevoy, Lyubov Shevtsova, Sergey Tyulenin, 

Viktor Talalikhin, Lisa Chaikina, Maria Melnikaite, 

Nikolai Kedyshko and other heroes, stepped 

into immortality.

 

The exploits of young anti-fascists, should serve as an 

example for new generations. That is why the revival 

of the pioneers and the Komsomol, became the 

subject of special concern, of the Communist 

Party. The 100th anniversary of the All-Union 

Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin 

has been celebrated. We wish, energy and 

perseverance to all our friends -- involved 

in working with children & young people!

 

We are well aware of the consequences of forgetting the

 names of true heroes. The most monstrous practices of 

the past are being revived. Fascist geeks are placed on 

the podium. They are celebrated at the highest state 

level. Streets of cities and towns are renamed in 

their honour.

 

The Communist Party insists: the hydra of Bandera must 

be strangled! This requires firm reliance on the great 

Soviet era and on the desire of the progressive 

forces of the world, to overcome fascism.

 

On April 22, together with our brothers in the UPC-CPSU, we 

held an International Anti-fascist Forum in Minsk. The Red 

Line TV channel of the Communist Party of the Russian 

Federation and other party media outlets covered these 

events extensively. On Belarusian soil, we declared that 

capitalism is the main source of war and fascism. The 

Forum called on all peace-loving forces to unite in the 

fight against Nazism, reaction and imperialism. I am 

confident that the Manifesto adopted by us will 

serve the cause of international solidarity of 

the left and progressive forces of the planet.

 

Today, young patriots, communists and Komsomol members

 are performing new feats in the fight against fascism. We

 are convinced that heroism in our country can once 

again become a mass phenomenon. But this --- 

requires a new policy in the field of education, 

culture, and protection of social rights. And 

most importantly, we need a new model of 

economic development.

 

There is still a long way to go before a radical revision of the 

state's policy. But there is no need to invent this new policy. 

It is set out in the program of the Communist Party of the 

Russian Federation, with which, the best specialists
of
 the country, are in solidarity. I am sure, that the 

accuracy of our approaches will be confirmed 

by the Orel Economic Forum 2023.

 

The Communist Party's approaches guarantee Russia 

the solution of the most important historical tasks. 

Our measures will ensure the country's transition 

from degradation to accelerated development. 

They will help to educate young people about 

true patriotism, readiness to defend their 

homeland, and steadfastly fight fascism.

 

Work, fight, win!

 

Dear colleagues, We are celebrating 30 years of the party's

 revival. All these years we have worked together to 

combine the social and class struggle of the 

Communists, with the defense of the
true 
sovereignty of Russia.

 

The Communists made a special contribution to the defense 

of the Motherland. The party, its allies, and the CPRF faction 

in the State Duma staunchly fought against an enslavement 

of the country by the world oligarchy --- for preserving its 

scientific and industrial potential, and for strengthening 

Russia's position in the world.  It wasn't easy. Yeltsin's

camarilla declared patriotism "a refuge of scoundrels."

The 5th column labeled the Communists "red-brown". 

We were hit - with all kinds of information weapons. 

But the Communist Party was true to the patriotic 

idea, the idea of socialism. Today, the country

understands that we were right. I am sure 

that our line will prevail!

 

We firmly fought the NATO threat. Together with the 

Communists of Ukraine --- we expelled American 

soldiers from Feodosia. They did not allow the 

creation of a US air base - near Ulyanovsk. An

attempt to conduct joint exercises with NATO

 in the Nizhny Novgorod region was stopped. 

They did not allow United Russia, led by 

Sigutkin --- to ''rip off" the hammer and

sickle from the Red Banner of Victory.

 

We have big new challenges ahead of us. Doubling the

 ranks of the Communist Party --- will help achieve 

success. In accordance with the request “This 

is your party!” we will have to strengthen
this 
work, everywhere.

 

In 2014, we were faced with the urgent task of combating 

neo-Nazism. All these years we have been close to the 

heroic Donbass. 18 thousand tons of humanitarian 

cargo were sent there. On the eve of Victory Day, 

the 109th convoy of the Communist Party of the

 Russian Federation --- headed to Novorossiya.
On
 the same days, we completed a unique 

campaign -- by carrying a copy of the 

Victory Banner through 110 cities, 

across the fields of all the 

great battles.

 

Nine years ago, together with Iosif Kobzon, we created the 

movement "Children of Russia – to the children of Donbass". 

13 thousand children have passed the school of patriotism 

and internationalism. They visit the Kremlin, VDNKh, the

 Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, places of military and

 labour glory, learn friendship and solidarity.

 

All our forces are involved in supporting the regions that have

 returned to their historical homeland: the Central Committee,

 the Headquarters of the protest movement, regional and 

local committees, our supporters, and the media that are 

close to us. We thank V. O. Konovalov, A. E. Klychkov, A.
Y. 
Russkikh, and A. E. Lokot, who lead Khakassia, the
Orel 
and Ulyanovsk regions, and Novosibirsk for their 

assistance in this great work. We are also grateful

 to our allies ---- the Lenin Komsomol, the Hope
of 
Russia Women's Union, the Movement

in Support of the Army, the Union of 
Soviet Officers, the Left Front,

Children of War, Russky
Lad, and RUSO.

 

The report to this Plenary Meeting has been published. It 

presents the party's experience in Crimea and Adygea, 

Bashkiria and  Buryatia, Komi, and Mari El, Mordovia

& North Ossetia, Udmurtia, Chuvashia and Yakutia, 

St. Petersburg and Stavropol, Altai and Krasnodar 

Territories, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kirov, Kurgan, 

Kursk, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, 

Penza, Rostov, Smolensk, Tula, Tyumen 

and other regions. 

 

We thank all those who combine 

the struggle for democracy with 

the traditions of true patriotism!

 

Dear comrades, Writhing in agony, capitalism is ready 

for anything. Communists have always known: 

"Fascism is war." Time fully confirms this. 

 

The collective West has set out to destroy Russia. Brought 

down thousands of sanctions. Raised Bandera. It stuffed 

Ukraine with dozens of deadly biological laboratories. 

It equipped the neo-Nazi regime with NATO weapons, 

and backed it up with mercenaries and instructors.

 

At the Anti-Fascist Forum in Minsk, we said: "Capitalism

 clings to life at any cost.'' And the reincarnation of 

fascism, does not frighten it at all. The world's 

reaction only encourages the heirs of Hitler 

and Mussolini, Franco and Salazar, 

Antonescu and Mannerheim, 

Pilsudski and Quisling... 

 

The plans of the "new world order" turn into aggression 

and conflicts, neo-fascism and neo-colonialism, the

 threat of a new world war.

 

The world paid a huge price for getting rid of Nazism in the 

twentieth century. Soldiers and officers of the Red Army,

 soldiers of the countries of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, 

fighters of the People's Liberation Army of China, 

representatives of the French and Italian 

Resistance, members of the German 

anti-fascist underground, Yugoslav 

and Korean partisans, Polish and

 Czechoslovak patriots covered

 themselves with unfading glory.

 

Even today, victorious resistance to the fascist threat can

 only be worldwide. Our solidarity can protect humanity

 from sliding into the abyss of world war!

 

The feat of the Soviet people in the fight against fascism,
is
 incomparable. The post-war revival, the breakthrough

into space, the creation of a nuclear missile shield are 

grandiose. The experience of demilitarization and 

denazification of Germany, is unique. We insist 

that the authorities thoroughly study it -- and 

finally decide where our current Reichstag 

is located!

 

The red flag over Berlin in May 1945 is not only a heroic fact 

of the past. The meaning and significance of the Great 

Victory are directed to the future. They sound the 

alarm to the hearts of new generations. Our 

people are obliged to raise these children 

as true patriots, defenders of the 

Motherland, steadfast fighters 

for the ideals of brotherhood 

and justice.

 

We are the heirs of those who, with the names of Lenin 

and Stalin on their lips, under the Red Banner of the 

Great October --- defended our Homeland and the 

whole world, from the brown plague.

Today we 
are taking part in a fateful historical battle
for 
truth and justice - for honest work, for human 

dignity! We intend to fight back against
these
 inhumane plans.   

We are ready to prove that 
only socialism
ensures complete victory 
over war
and fascism!

 

Truth and justice are on our side!

 

The victory will be ours!

 

The great idea of socialism will prevail!

 

 

________________________________________







West will pay dearly
--- for 

sabotage of Nord Streams

June 28th, 1:59pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

Thanks to the efforts of the US president and his Ukrainian

 partners --- the West is on the verge of losing trillions of 

dollars: the Biden family may be involved in financing

 the bombing of Northern Streams --- and Russia 

already knows how to respond to this 

terrorist act.

 

According to Dmitry Medvedev, Russia has no obstacles to 

refrain from destroying Western submarine cables, writes 

The Maritime Executive. The move would have massive

 consequences - and deprive Europe and the US of 

trillions of dollars - the article argues.

 

A week ago, as the Ukrainian offensive gathered momentum, 

former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that

 Moscow, in response to the West’s alleged 

involvement in the undermining of Nord 

Stream, could damage the submarine 

cables that connect Europe and 

the US, to the internet.

 

It is not yet clear who is responsible for the incident on the 

pipelines, but according to recent media reports, the US 

knew about the alleged Ukrainian operation in advance 

and passed this information on to Germany and other 

countries. Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of 

the Russian Security Council, and a close ally of 

President Vladimir Putin, said on Telegram and 

Twitter, that nothing else -- not even morally -- 

prevents Moscow from destroying the cables.

 

These words may seem trifling, as Putin has repeatedly

 threatened to use nuclear weapons, but they should 

not be discounted.

 

Submarine cables are the physical infrastructure that 

connects the digital world.  Hundreds of fibre-optic 

cables, some as thick as a garden hose, run along

the ocean floor. and allow real-time transmission 

of data and communication signals around the 

world. These cables, carry about 99% of 

internet traffic, as well as telephone, 

data, and so on. 

 

All of this enables our modern life to function. The first

 undersea telegraph cable was laid in 1858, and today

 there are almost 400 of them. Most are owned and 

operated by commercial companies.

 

It is possible that Medvedev’s statement is just rattling 

the cobwebs. But if Russia carries out these threats, 

and cuts the submarine cables, the consequences 

will be far-reaching and immediate.

 

Such a diversion would deprive people of phone service, 

streaming services & the ability to exchange messages

 and video. Health and emergency services will lose 

contact with each other --- and with the public. 

In many cases, they will no longer be able 

to respond to requests for help, let alone

 coordinate their work and respond
to
 major crises.

 

Payment systems and ATMs will be shut down. Trillions of

 dollars will disappear from the economies of Europe and

 the USA as banks will be disconnected from the global 

financial system. The economic consequences will be

 felt around the world. Jobs and companies related to

 the internet will close. Educational institutions will 

find it difficult to teach online. This will prevent 

students and schoolchildren from getting an 

education ...and limit their access to

knowledge and resources.

 

Online commerce will also be affected. Supply chain

 disruptions will worsen, vital products will be
in 
short supply. Regular shops will be 

disconnected from their suppliers

--- resulting in shortages of food 

and other basic necessities.

 

Critical national infrastructure such as electricity

 transmission lines, transport networks --- and 

water supply systems will also be disrupted, 

because they are all dependent on real-time

 data transmission, which is carried out 

through submarine cables.

 

Damaged cables will take some time to repair. 

This will test public order in the affected 

countries, as the population, not 

receiving vital services, will 

become increasingly 

frustrated.

 

NATO is taking this threat quite seriously.

 

Shortly after Medvedev’s statements, the alliance announced

 the creation of a new centre in Britain to monitor and protect

 against Russian sabotage of critical internet infrastructure. 

 

The Russian Navy, is actively mapping submarine cables

 around Europe and has been developing the capacity to 

conduct submarine operations, for quite some time.

But
 there is good news. Russia is unlikely to have the 

capability to launch catastrophic strikes against 

submarine cables. Such cables are laid all over 

the world in international waters; that means

--- it would be difficult to completely deny
Europe 
and the US, access to
the internet.

 

But today’s world is totally dependent on the digital

 connections, that submarine cables provide. The 

reality is that even a single or primitive Russian 

strike on a few critical cables or bottlenecks 

could cause significant disruption across 

Europe and the US.

 

Any attempt by Moscow to damage underwater internet 

cables --- would be a totally disproportionate response 

to the West’s alleged involvement in the undermining 

of Nord Stream.

 

Such a move would not only weaken regional 

stability, but also bring the world.... to the 

brink of a comprehensive conflict.

 

 

Satelite connections would still work.

This article is rubbish - or is it?

Just the threat... can weaken

our elites' resolve.

 

What do you think?

 




________________________________


 


 



G. A. Zyuganov to Komsomolskaya Pravda: 


''The President correctly said, that 


turmoil will destroy the country. 


That's what you should 


always remember.''


June 26th, 12:45pm


(Komsomolskaya Pravda) 


 


Communist Party leader - on his birthday -


with political commentator of KP.RU, 


Alexander Gamov.


 


For several days, discussions around the Saturday military


 mutiny organized by the Wagner PMC, have not subsided. 


The main question now is what lessons we should learn


 from what happened.


 


We asked this question to the Chairman of the Communist 


Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zyuganov.


 


"The lessons should have been done long ago,"


the party chairman said, on Komsomolskaya 


Pravda Radio. 


 


''We need... to strengthen our statehood, love our history, and


people --- then everything will be all right. The first and most


important lesson, is that there should be unity of command


in the army. There is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the 


Ministry of Defense, General Staff, the Security Council


- and all must follow orders. Secondly, today, everyone 


should understand that a war of annihilation is being 


waged against us --- to destroy the Russian world. 


The fascists in '41, were going to kill us all, but 


they decided to destroy everything - language, 


culture, traditions, history, beliefs. And that's 


what you see, every day. I never imagined 


that the Anglo-Saxons... would adopt
this 
vile, disgusting policy.'' 


 


''Our main task, is to fulfill the President's directive on


 demilitarization, and denazification of Ukraine, at all 


costs, without which we cannot be safe. Especially


 if Ukraine begins to be drawn into NATO --- and 


modern missile systems are being deployed 


near Kharkiv.…''


 


Let's go back to the events of Friday…


 


''But as for this private, it would seem, situation, it was


extremely dangerous. In his address, the president 


said, that the main thing for us, is Russia. And for 


me, Russia has always been the main party. 


What does Russia stand for? On a strong, 


centralized, smart, and noble executive 


branch. Plus --- a sense of collectivism,


justice, high spirituality. These are all 


the main pillars of our national idea.'' 


 


''This time there was an attempt to attack, first of all, 


on internal stability, and it is not by chance that the 


president said that turmoil will destroy the country.


 And thank God, for finding a reasonable solution. 


May God grant health to Lukashenko. He, as a 


person very close to the people, understood 


that the situation was strained to the limit 


and offered his own, not just mediation, 


but an option. You can argue there, 


but he, this option - was the most


 competent -- in this particular 


situation...  Let's now, after 


this psychological trauma, 


do everything to restore 


strict order.'' 


 


''And we must remember that we don't have much time 


– 4-5 months – to reverse the situation in Ukraine. We 


have now achieved success, but we need to quickly 


gain a foothold --- because the military, police, 


information, and provocative machine of 


the Americans and NATO members is 


working to its fullest potential.'' 


 


''Let's mobilize our forces and liberate the "ridna Ukraine"


 from the Nazi-fascist regime, which will be a boon for all


 the peoples who live in our vast expanses --- from the 


Baltic Sea and the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean. 


Yes, in general, and for the entire planet.''


 


Well, since I called you on June 26, I want to remind our 


readers and radio listeners that today is the birthday 


of General Secretary of the Central Committee of 


the Communist Party of Russia, Gennady 


Andreevich Zyuganov.


 


''Sash, I thank you, I knew that you would not forget. 


Thanks also to Komsomolskaya Pravda, which has 


done a lot of good things for me, in my life.''


 


How will you spend this June 26?


 


''Taking into account the current situation - carefully, 


modestly, calmly, at work, with friends. Today there 


will be a meeting of the leaders of the factions at 


Volodin's, and we will once again discuss the 


events of recent days. Tomorrow - we will 


take the necessary additional measures. 


We would like to thank President Putin, 


President Lukashenko, and all of us,


 for our courage and steadfastness.''


 


What about the mead? Some birthday!


 


"Mead for the evening. If...  they don't drink it there…  You


know, Sash --- I have a tradition of planting trees, for my 


birthday. Just yesterday I planted a beautiful Christmas 


tree. And three beautiful rose bushes. This is a gift to 


nature – my duty to it. Well, and to everyone who 


lives and watches, here nearby. It's a family 


tradition, and I've been doing it for years.


A year ago ------ I planted two pines in


honour of each deceased Zyuganov, 


and I grow a total of 150 pines.''


 


Wow! We wish you good health, Comrade 


General Secretary, and look forward to 


your visit.


 


"That's a good wish. Come on, I'll hug you, 


thank you for the congratulations.


 I bow, bye.''


 


Thank you, good-bye.


 


 
Don't you... just love this guy?
Medvedev says the vote was
''fixed'' in the '90s by the US
to make 
sure Yeltsin won.

Soon after this war it will be right
- for the 
Soviet Russia to return
...by popular vote.

Succeeding where
poor Chile failed.

What do you think?




_________________________________________



 Israel's dark child-killing record 
‘source of shame’ for its 


Western backers: Iran


June 25th, 11:44am


(PressTV)


 


In a Twitter thread on Sunday, Nasser Kan’ani rebuked an


annual report on children's human rights abuses by the


United Nations -- scheduled to be released next week


-- for excluding the Israeli regime.


 


The annual report on children’s human rights covers the


 killing, maiming, sexual abuse, abduction of children,


 denial of aid access and targeting of schools and 


hospitals in conflict zones.


 


The report includes a list intended to shame parties to 


conflicts in the hope of pushing them to implement 


measures to protect children. Despite repeated


 requests from human rights organizations, 


Israel has not been added to the shame 


list for its killing of dozens of 


Palestinian children.


 


“It is a source of surprise that a regime with a history of


 incarcerating 160 children, keeping under house arrest 


600 innocent children and 600 Palestinian patients, 


including 30 physically-challenged patients, does


 not qualify to be on the United Nations list of 


shame,” Kan’ani said.


 


“This is while this child-killing regime shamelessly took the


 lives of 26 innocent Palestinian children in the first six


 months of the year alone,” he added. 


 


“The dark record of the Zionists in such actions should be


 a source of shame and embarrassment for the Western 


supporters of this apartheid regime.”


 


Over the past months, Israel has ramped up attacks 


on Palestinian towns and cities. As a result of 


these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have


 lost their lives and many others have 


been arrested.


 


Most of the raids have been into the cities of Nablus and 


Jenin, where Israeli forces have been trying to stifle a 


growing Palestinian resistance against occupation.


 


Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces have killed


 at least 126 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 


al-Quds, among whom were 21 boys and one girl. 


 


Last year represented the highest number of Palestinian 


fatalities in the past 17 years, with 155 people killed.


 


 


If they are ''our'' killers...


does that make it ok?


 


What do you think?


 


 


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The former head of Melitopol, 

Fyodorov, is a prime example 

of a pre-planned terrorist 

war against Russia

June 23rd, 3:37pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

Today it has become clear to everyone that Ukraine and its 

Western handlers have long been preparing for a full-scale 

war with Russia. The signatories to the Minsk agreements 

– Angela Merkel, François Hollande and Petro Poroshenko

 – have openly admitted this. However, other facts directly

 or indirectly confirming this, are still being uncovered. 

 

Two Ukrainian terrorists currently on trial in Rostov,
for 
preparing terrorist attacks on the territory of
Melitopol 
in Zaporozhye region said everything 

necessary for sabotage in the city had been 

prepared in advance. Not just by anyone... 

but personally ---- by the city’s former
mayor,
 Ivan Fedorov.

 

Russian media reported that the trial started in the Southern

 District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, in criminal cases

 against a certain Ukrainian “volunteer” Dmytro Golubev

 and a member of the SBU’s “guerrilla resistance” 

Yaroslav Zhuk. Both, are residents of Melitopol 

and both were preparing terrorist attacks
in
 the city.

 

During the court hearing, the terrorists said that the material

 base for sabotage in the city had been prepared by the 

former mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. The same 

one whom President Zelenskyy awarded the 

Order of Courage, 3rd class, in March

 last year.

 

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a decree

 awarding state awards to the heads of some cities and

 regions on 6 March 2022, the 11th day of the military 

conflict. What are the awards for? A decree reads: 

“For a significant personal contribution - to the 

protection of state sovereignty and territorial 

integrity of Ukraine, courage and selfless 

actions shown during the organization 

of defence of populated areas from 

Russian invaders”.

 

By that time, Melitopol, whose mayor Fyodorov was, had

 already been under the control of Russian troops for 

six days. Minor military skirmishes over the city 

began on 25 February, and as early as 1 March,

 it had come completely under the control 

of Russian troops. Is this, according 

to President Zelenskyy, the 

preservation of state 

sovereignty and 

state integrity?

 

But even more interesting is what the award-winning mayor 

did as he defended the city. He asked everyone to remain 

calm, not to resist and explained to his colleagues and

 subordinates, how to tie white armbands on hands 

and feet. It was white, because that was the 

colour of the armbands worn on the right 

leg and left arm by the Russian military 

- and blue or yellow armbands, were
worn by 
the Ukrainian military.

 

Or maybe he was awarded the order for six days in Russian

 captivity? But he did not get into the hands of the Russian 

military until 11 March, that is, five days after the award

 decree was signed, and as early as 16 March, he was

 exchanged for the Russian military... and met 

with Zelenskyy.

 

The awarding “in advance” can be explained by the fact that

 Ukraine, and its Western handlers, were preparing for war 

with Russia. The scenario had been worked out in detail: 

it included the creation of new “heroes”. As it emerged 

the day before, in a Rostov court, Kiev was preparing 

not only “heroes”, but also dense terrorist activity 

on the territories of the cities that Russia was, 

potentially, to occupy. The former mayor 

of Melitopol has done “an excellent

 job” in this field.

 

Today Fyodorov regularly appears on Ukrainian TV channels,

 where he threatens the civilians of Melitopol with 

retribution for cooperating with the Russian 

authorities. On his social networks --- he 

publishes posts in which he rejoices 

over the terrorist shelling of the
city
 by the AFU ------ and the
deaths of 
local residents.

 

TO BE CONTINUED…

 

 

To deliberately kill civilians,

is terrorism, right?

Freedom fighters 

don't do this. 


What do you 

think?

 




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G. A. Zyuganov: "We
celebrate June 22 

- in the conditions
 of a new big war"

June the 22nd, 2023, at 2:24pm

 

On June 22, the 82nd anniversary of the treacherous attack 

of Nazi Germany on our Soviet Homeland - and the beginning 

of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) ----- and on the Day of
Remembrance and Mourning, for the fallen Defenders of the

Fatherland, the Central Committee of the Communist Party 

of the Russian Federation, the Communist Party's deputy
faction in the State Duma, of the Federal Assembly of 

the Russian 'The movement in support of the army', 

'Children of War', VZHS "Hope of Russia", RUSO, 

the Central Committee of Leninsky Komsomol,

the Left Front, and other public organizations 

of the left people's patriotic movement, held 

in Moscow - laid wreaths and flowers at the 

Memorial Grave of the Unknown Soldier in

the Alexander Garden and the monument 

to Marshal Zhukov.

 

 

The laying of flowers, was preceded by an action near 

the monument to Karl Marx in the format of a meeting 

of Communist Party deputies, with voters.

 

Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party

 of the Russian Federation, Head of the Communist Party 

faction in the State Duma, G. A. Zyuganov, addressed

 the audience:

 

''Good afternoon, dear comrades. You and I must realize 

that we are celebrating this sad and memorable day 

in the context of a new great war.

 

Hitler was coming to kill us. His Capital was raised so that 

he would deal with the Soviet government, clean up and 

subdue, the vast expanses of the USSR.

 

Today, the Anglo-Saxons and NATO  

declared war on the entire 

Russian World.

 

I would like to remind you that Russian civilization has 

brought together 190 peoples and ethnicities, without

 destroying a single faith, language, or culture.

 

Today, Russian civilization is under terrible pressure. 

The Anglo-Saxons disliked Lenin and Stalin, our 

Victory in 1945, Russian military leaders, and 

writers. Twenty monuments to Pushkin have

recently been demolished by these 

scoundrels. Now, they are

 rampant, in Ukraine.

 

In the course of the Leninist-Stalinist modernization, nine

 thousand factories were built in 10 years. The USSR

 united under its banner all those who were ready

 to resist fascism.

 

At that time, we had about 20% of the world's total potential. 

Today, Russia produces less than 3% of the global economy.

 And our opponents produce almost 40%.

 

Therefore, the solution is to gather a coalition of other

 civilizations that are developing in their own 

historical way. These are the Chinese, 

Indian and Persian civilizations.

 

The outcome of the war is also decided by wise tactics, 

the will and bravery of our fighters, and the dignity of 

our science and technology.

 

I want to thank our fighters who won a very important victory.

They smashed 250 tanks and almost 400 armoured vehicles. 

They didn't even allow the enemy to enter the first line 

of defense.

 

To always win, we need a new course, a new policy, new 

financial resources, new education and the unity of all 

the forces that exist in society.

 

Recently, at the International Economic Forum in St.

 Petersburg, a pack of Yeltsin-era stubs emerged. 

They sold our state-owned property in the 1990s 

for less than 3% of its value. Now, they've 

offered to sell out the latter. We can't 

agree with that.

 

Our team offers a different financial and economic 

policy and a draft development budget, the draft

law "Education for All".

 

Everyone in my family was at war. My father's older 

brother participated in Operation Bagration. He is 

buried on Belarusian soil. My father's other 

brother, is buried in Ukraine.

 

We will definitely win --- if we build on our victories.
We
 managed to transfer one and a half thousand 

factories and 10 million citizens across the 

Volga. We created such a powerful fist

 that allowed us to win. We managed 

to solve this problem in 2-3 months.

 

I believe that Putin and Shoigu have a maximum of 

3-4 months to mobilize all resources, rally society 

and stop this invasion.

 

Otherwise, the war may take longer to develop. And 

then NATO members will get in. This, can stop our 

development for a long time and bleed Russia dry.

 

In 1943, there was a turning point in the Great Patriotic War.

We won big victories --- then. They recaptured the Nevsky

Piglet in 14 days and paved the road that began to feed
besieged Leningrad. They defeated a huge group of 

fascists, in 200 days, near Stalingrad. About 100

thousand people were captured there. In 50 

days on the Oryol-Kursk arc, the back of 

the fascist beast --- was broken. We 

liberated the Donbass in 50 days.

In 1945, we crushed the Nazi 

hordes in Berlin - in 17 days. 

These five victories inspire 

our elite troops and our

general staff, today.

 

We are all working to win. Recently, V. I. Kashin and his team

 sent the 113th convoy. In 21 days, we have sent 500 tons of 

humanitarian aid to the Donbas. Everything you need for 

the front and rear.

 

We received 13,000 children from new regions of Russia

in Bullfinches, near Moscow ,and improved their health.

 

Our work will definitely be crowned with Victory.

 

We have to win again. I am sure that the Communists, 

who were the only ones in history to defeat fascism, 

will, once again, set an example.

 

Long live our party! Long live 

the victorious Communists!

 

Long live our people, who have always defeated fascism 

and Nazism --- with honour --- and rallied together in the

 most difficult times!

 

Eternal memory to the heroes!

 

Long live our Victories!''

 

 

Aah... the salt of the earth

has not lost its savour...

 

yet the UK's once excellent National
Health 
Service... has run the most 

odd campaign ---- warning of the
perils of 
- you guessed it - salt!  

and knowing that excess salt
is 
naturally expelled by the
body - 
is verboten !

Do you verboten think?



____________________________

 



Ukraine should be
exsanguinated

June 21st, 11:41am

 

Former US Army Europe commander General Ben Hodges has 

said that the AFU will escalate the current counter-offensive 

and eventually conquer Crimea, while the Russian army will 

run away

 

This is the same Hodges, who, in 2022, prophesied - that 

Ukraine will defeat Russia, by early 2023. Such clueless 

visionaries among US military men and experts abound. 


In July 2022, Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 

General Jack Kean, stated that the AFU has a real 

opportunity to defeat the Russian Armed Forces 

in Donbass. Shortly before Kean, a retired US 

general, Mark Hertling, predicted a tipping 

point --- in favour of the AFU. A year has 

passed, it is the summer of 2023, but

 there is still no turning point, in 

favour of the AFU.

 

The American edition 19FortyFive, explains that the generals 

who really fought in the US army are much less than 1%, and 

those who fought, as a rule, faced weaker enemies, such as

 barefoot Somalis, Afghan dehkans or frightened Iraqis. The

 predictions of such talkative generals are unfounded, for 

bad things don’t hurt.

 

Military expert Daniel Davies, on the other hand, urges that

fables about a depleted Russian army --- should not be 

believed. “Exhausted” Russians managed to take all 

the cities that Zelensky declared impregnable – 

Mariupol, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, 

Soledar, and Bakhmut.

 

Ukrainian Armed Forces general, Sergey Kryvonos, grimly 

admits: Kiev’s words that the Ukrainian army has broken 

the back of the Russian Armed Forces in Donbass, are 

mere words. The Russian army “with a broken back-

bone” was able to move forward significantly, while

 the Ukrainian Armed Forces, whose backbone is

 supposedly intact, were unable to do anything 

about it.

 

Andrzej Zapalowski, a former member of the European

 Parliament from Poland, and a professor at Rzeszow 

University, in a recent interview with wRealu24.pl 

stressed - that it is impossible to talk about the 

exhaustion of Russia and the future victory of 

Ukraine, because Russia uses only 10% of 

cash in the war, while Ukraine uses all it 

could scrape together plus military aid 

from NATO.

 

Of the relatively low rate of advance of Russian troops, 

Zapalovsky said: “The Russian army is fighting as any

 other army in the world would be fighting in its place. 

There is no point in rushing if it is more profitable to 

lure the enemy into the fields and pound them with 

air and artillery.''

 

Ukraine has announced universal mobilisation from 18 to 

60 years of age, Russia has only partial mobilisation. 

Most of the Russian mobilized, are young men aged 

25-40. Ukraine has no such resource, increasingly 

sending men of pre-retirement age into battle.

 

According to the Ukrainian side, in 2022, the Russian Armed

 Forces carried out 5,000 missile, 3,500 air strikes and 1,000

 UAV strikes against AFU facilities and positions. Even 

though some of the ammunition was shot down by the

 Ukrainian side, some destroyed equipment...  rather 

than personnel, but the rest was aimed specifically

 at the AFU’s manpower. Consequently, the losses 

of the AFU must be really significant. But they 

must reach a prohibitive level, so that 

Ukrainian society... will be in a 

necrological knockout state 

and will be ------ forever 

discouraged ----- from 

threatening Russia.

 

The TG-channel Elder Edda rightly writes: “Watching the

 ongoing battle at Zaporozhye, one once again, comes 

to the conclusion that the enemy will break (above 

all, society) --- when losses in personnel reach a 

critical level. Funerals... in every entryway of a 

high-rise building, or in every street, of a small 

village, all at a steady -- or better yet -- rising,

pace. So far this level has not been reached, 

there is plenty of cannon fodder...  for the 

Khokhla ... but right now, it is marching 

--- with seven steps ---  towards the 

desired point of war for us.”

 

In the first months of the war, the Russian Armed Forces 

did not strike the barracks of the AFU, taking pity on the 

Ukrainian soldiers. The Ukrainian soldiers spared by the 

Russian command ended up running to fight against 

Russia. Russian commanders do not make such 

mistakes anymore.

 

Let us remember the precept of the great commander, 

Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov: “A prisoner should 

be spared, but inappropriate pity for the enemy at 

war, if not destroyed in time, will result in even 

greater bloodshed”.

 

And so it turned out to be with Ukraine. But it was its 

choice, which left the Russian army with no choice 

but to try to inflict a fatal defeat on the AFU 

in manpower.

 

When even the most lost Ukrainian villages will have flags

 en masse on the graves of murdered Vsushniks, every 

city street will have several houses where a father/
husband/brother was lost in the war, and in the 

Russian zones in the North -- will sit tens of 

thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, 

Convicted - for crimes against civilians, 

terrorism & the propaganda of nazism

(such trials are already taking place), 

- only then Ukraine will come to its 

senses and realize: that it is very 

painful and bitter, to praise the 

SS Division Galicia and harm 

Russia --- at the behest of 

the USA.

 

Artyom Shabanov, Segodnya, Ru

 


Sad, but a necessity.
What do you think?



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How the Surovikin line works:

parsing of the Military Chronicle

June 21st, 10:53am

https://en.news-front.info/

 

Since 4 June, the AFU has launched 263 attacks on Russian

positions as part of a counter-offensive that has begun. All

attacks have been repelled, but few understand.. why the 

Ukrainian army’s offensive has failed at its highest point

 

What is the Surovikin Line?

 

It is a defensive system, the first contour of which is dozens 

of fortified firing lines, including extensive minefields and 

engineering barriers. This line was being constructed for

almost 8 months and goes several tens of kilometres 

into the depth of the defence. It relies on a well-

developed transport & logistics network with 

hubs and rear bases. At the same time, the 

short logistic routes, allow the Russian 

Armed Forces to move reserves from

 one area to another quickly without 

affecting combat readiness at the

front. Simply put, wherever there 

is a need to reinforce firepower, 

it can be organised ---- without 

removing troops from another 

section of the front.

 

What is its peculiarity?

 

The network of defensive lines is “backed up” by a powerful 

grouping of gun and rocket artillery and air force, as well as 

helicopters of army aviation Ka-52 and attack aviation with

 FAB-250/500 bombs, equipped with planning & correction 

modules. In the event of a breakthrough by a group with 

AFU equipment at one of the firing positions, aviation 

can support ground troops and act in a “merry-go-

round” manner: while helicopters are working on

 ground targets, attack and bomber aircraft will 

enter the point of engagement, after hitting
the 
target, helicopters will again engage
in 
combat - and then the situation will

 repeat itself. 

 

At the same time, strikes on the rear of the advancing AFU

 grouping in Orekhove and Velyka Novoselka show that the 

AFU offensive has virtually nothing to cover it – short- and

 medium-range air defence systems are either withdrawn 

to deep rear or used very little on the front lines. As a 

result --- a significant number of senior commanders 

are eliminated in the near rear, without which the 

management is difficult and as a consequence 

the pace of the offensive is slowed down.

 

What is “elastic defence” and how does it work?

 

Judging by the dynamics of the offensive, the AFU command

 was probably betting on a quick breakthrough and turning

 the battle into a manoeuvre battle. For this purpose, a 

series of strikes were planned throughout the LBS, 

including the main strike & several diversionary 

strikes. These strikes were countered, by a 

combination of so-called, elastic defence 

& artillery grouping tactics, reinforced 

by observation and fire control. 

 

It is well noticeable that the RF Armed Forces still operate

 with relatively small forces “on the ground” and that the

 maneuver element in mass (operational and tactical 

reserves) has not been engaged in combat so far. 

 

The example of Pyatikhatki in Zaporizhia or Neskuchnoe in

 the South Donetsk direction clearly shows that Russian

 troops do not cling to every inch of the defensive line 

in case individual AFU groups break through and 

retreat to a reserve position if necessary. 

 

The enemy is hit by artillery at known coordinates after the

retreat, followed by a counterattack --- and the position is

returned... to the control of the defenders. Judging from

the fact that two weeks after the start of the offensive

the AFU continues to suffer artillery losses, its 

reconnaissance and counter-battery 

capabilities are ineffective 

or insufficient.

 

What is the result?

 

For more than two weeks of the Ukrainian offensive,

the advance of the Ukrainian armed forces has 

been recorded exclusively in the grey zone – 

in other words, in territories that were not 

predefined as the main defence lines. 

 

The Ukrainian armed forces have not been able 

to gain full possession of these areas – every 

attempt to consolidate and expand a bridge-

head results in artillery and air raids, after 

which the Ukrainian forces have to pull

 back --- and regroup for a new strike.

 

 

What a wonderful analysis!

Thank you, thank you,

thank you.

 

It is proof of victory - shining

through -- what do you think,

dear readers?

 

 

_______________________________






Currency overtaking: Yuan 

surpasses dollar and euro 

in China's cross-border 

settlements for the 

first time

by Vladimir Tsegoev

June 20th, 5:58pm

(RT.ru)

 

China has begun to pay its trading partners in yuan... more 

often than in dollars and euros, according to data from the 

State Monetary Administration of the People's Republic of

China. According to experts in this way the Asian republic

expects to reduce its vulnerability to possible restrictions

from the West. After the US and EU blocked almost half of

 Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves - the global 

confidence in the US and European financial systems 

was seriously undermined, experts say. 

 

Against this background, Moscow, Beijing, and a number
of other participants in international trade, have
become more 
active in paying each other
in their own currencies.

 

Although the process of de-dollarization of the global 

economy, may take more than a decade, analysts 

believe it is inevitable.

 

China has reduced the use of dollars and euros in its cross-

border payments, to a record level, and now pays almost 

half of the time, in yuan. This conclusion follows from 

the materials of the State Monetary Administration 

of the People's Republic of China.

 

According to the ministry, in May 2023, the share of the yuan

in Beijing's international financial transactions.. reached an

historic high of 49.6%. At the same time the Asian republic
conducted less than 47.9% of transactions in dollars and 

euros, which was the lowest level on record.

 

It is noteworthy that, back in 2010, China practically, did not

use its own currency in foreign trade. At that time, about 86

-90% of the country's trade turnover was accounted for by

payments in American and European currency units, but 

later, the indicator began to decline systematically.


''Over the past few years, the volume of international 

payments in Chinese currency has been growing at 

a faster pace. Beijing uses the yuan --- both for oil 

purchases in the Middle East, and for trade with

countries --- ranging from Brazil to Russia. 

 

''Recently, Argentina also announced plans to pay for Chinese

goods in yuan, on a regular basis. This internationalization 

of the currency takes place in the interests of the Middle

Kingdom --- and reduces the vulnerability of the PRC to 

US financial sanctions," Elena Belyaeva, an analyst 

at Freedom Finance Global, explained to RT.

 

With an eye on Russia

 

According to official statistics, the process of China's refusal

 to pay in dollars and euros significantly intensified in 2018-

2019. At that time --- the United States unleashed a trade 

war with China: Washington accused the Asian republic 

of illegally obtaining American technology and sharply 

raised duties on Chinese goods imported into the US,

and Beijing began to introduce retaliatory measures.

 

Even more actively... China began to use the yuan in foreign

trade in 2022, after the US and EU imposed unprecedented

economic sanctions against Russia and in particular, froze

half of the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves 

(gold reserves). 

 

As the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian

Federation, Anton Siluanov, told RT, by their actions,

the West "cut off the branch" ..on which the entire 

system of international settlements was built. In 

these circumstances, a gradual rejection of 

transactions in dollars and euros... is 

necessary, to avoid possible new 

blockages in the future, the 

minister explained.

 

Anton Siluanov - on undermining
confidence in the dollar

 

"Russian gold reserves were frozen and, in fact, confiscated. 

Payments in dollars, euros and other so-called reserve

currencies were blocked. Trust in such units of 

account as the dollar and euro ------ has been 

undermined, because the issuing countries 

of these currencies manipulate them, not 

only printing in unlimited volume ---- but 

also - using them as a lever of pressure

in foreign policy issues," Siluanov said.

 

As a result, according to him, today Russia, China and a

number of other countries, are increasingly beginning 

to make payments either in national currencies, or in 

the monetary units of friendly countries they trust.

 

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, if

at the beginning of 2022, payments in dollars & euros

accounted for almost 90% of Russia's trade turnover, 

by the end of the year the share of these currencies 

had decreased to 48%, and Moscow already 

conducted more than 50% of operations

 in rubles and yuan.

 

"This year the trend continues...   Russian entrepreneurs

actively use the yuan and the ruble in various variants 

and combinations. As a result, we expect that by the 

end of this year, the share of the dollar and euro (in

Russian trade. - RT) ...will be reduced even more 

significantly.  Depending on different scenarios, 

this will be 10-15% of the total trade turnover," 

Deputy Mayor, Vladimir Ilyichev, told RT.

 

Moscow and Beijing conduct more than 80% of mutual trade

operations in rubles and yuan, Russian President Vladimir 

Putin, said earlier. According to him, the United States, 

in an attempt to achieve short-term political goals, 

"undermines its power" in the field of 

global finance.

 

"The reserves of world countries with large economies, in

dollars, are decreasing from year to year. Not as fast as

some might have wanted, but they are declining, just 

as payments in the global economy in dollars are 

declining, and payments in euros.... are also 

declining. Payments in national currencies 

are growing, and payments, say, in yuan," 

Putin said at the plenary session of the 

St. Petersburg International 

Economic Forum.

 

According to the International Monetary Fund, by the

beginning of 2023, the share of the US currency in 

world gold reserves decreased to 58.36% — the 

lowest level in the last 27 years. At that time, 

about 20.47% of global monetary reserves 

were stored in euros, while only 2.69% 

were stored in yuan.

 

A similar situation is observed today in world settlements. 

According to the latest data from the international inter-

bank system SWIFT, in April 2023, the yuan (with a 

share of 2.29%) ranked fifth in the ranking of the 

most used currencies in the world, and was 

second only to the Japanese yen (3.51%), 

the British pound (6.58%), the euro 

(31.74%) & the US dollar (42.71%). 

 

However, in the coming years, the Chinese currency may

reach the third line in this list, Elena Belyaeva, did not 

rule out.

 

"Seek to minimize risks": China withdraws money from 

the US national debt --- for the seventh month in a row.

 

China is withdrawing money from US Treasury bonds for the

seventh consecutive month, and has already reduced its

investment in US government debt to the lowest level 

in a year.

 

"Expanding the use of the yuan in cross-border payments

is hindered by the fact that it is not a freely convertible

currency: Beijing retains control over it. Nevertheless,

the People's Bank of China has already promised to 

increase the openness and accessibility of the 

currency and financial markets of China, as 

well as to expand the range of products 

offered in offshore markets, in yuan. 

 

''These measures will create prerequisites 

for increasing the role of the yuan in 

international payments," 

Belyaeva added.

 

At the same time, as the RT interlocutor noted, the 

processes of changing the dominance of one 

currency over another, are slow and can 

take decades. Anton Siluanov shares 

a similar point of view.

 

According to him, at the moment, world prices for many 

types of goods, including oil, are still quoted in dollars. 

In this regard, according to the Minister, even taking 

into account the current US policy, it is still too 

early to talk about the complete loss of the 

reserve status of the US currency, but 

global de-dollarization, is inevitable.

 

"We are used to the US currency, but the process of

transformation and replacement of the dollar with 

other, more reliable units of account has already 

begun. It's clear that this is also a slow process. 

 

''To say that tomorrow, no one will need the dollar, of 

course, it is impossible. However, other currencies 

are now clearing this field and taking up more and

more space," the Finance Minister stressed.

 

 

Slow - too slow! What happened 

to this new BRICS currency? 

 

Don't feed us hope 

and then dash it!

 

 

_____________________________________________

 



Russia and the West have 

very different objectives 

in Ukraine

June 19th, 12:14pm

https://en.news-front.info/

 

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg 

is ''suspected'' of lobbying for 

potential contractors.

 

The meeting between the defence industry and NATO 

on June 15 ended in a virtual scandal. The occasion, 

was a very negative reaction from alliance members 

who were left “on the sidelines” of preparations to 

divide military budgets. This, observers stress, 

jeopardises the military alliance’s ambition to 

support a much-needed production buildup 

for the continuation of the conflict 

in Ukraine.

 

NATO defence ministers met for the first time, on Thursday,
with the heads of 25 major Western defence companies,

 to urge them to ramp up production in the face of

 ammunition shortages.

 

The first problem....  turned out to be that governments are

 simply asking defence companies to increase production –

 and they are asking for clear demand guarantees to justify 

investments in new production capacity, supply chains

 and personnel.

 

“One of the problems we have to recognise is that if 

everyone keeps thinking only about their industry, 

we will never succeed!” outraged Dutch Defence

 Minister Kaisa Ollongren in an interview 

with EURACTIV.

 

There were also questions about 

equal opportunities --- and rights.

 

The NATO General Secretariat invited companies involved 

in the production of what the alliance spokesperson 

called “combat-critical munitions.

 

The list of invited companies... mainly consisted of 

manufacturers of munitions, missiles, air defence 

systems and drones. As well as the most sought

-after items in Ukraine, such as Caesar 

howitzers, Javelins anti-tank missiles, 

Patriot missile defence systems, 

HIMARS MLRS - and Soviet-era 

ammunition.

 

But among the uninvited, were some influential and high-

profile names. For example, Airbus Defence, the French 

Dassault and Safran, the US Boeing, the French MBDA, 

the German Diehl, as well as industry manufacturers 

specialising in military electronics ---- such as the 

German Hensoldt, or the Spanish munitions 

manufacturer Expal, bought out 

by Rheinmetall.

 

Those not admitted resented that the selection criteria

 were “unclear” and many had to lobby to get their

 place at the table.

 

Corruption in NATO is notoriously absent. If you have to

 give money to get your company to share the funding,

 it is called the beautiful term “lobbyism”.

 

National governments followed the companies. In a protest

 against the fact that no Spanish company was invited, the

 country’s defense minister, Margarita Robles, refused to 

approve the start of work on the Defense Production 

Action Plan --- until the involvement of Spanish 

companies, had been considered. In a sign

 of her seriousness --- Robles boycotted 

the NATO meeting.

 

The conflict with the list of invitees prevented an already

 intra-European industry meeting of arms manufacturers 

from being convened. The plan was to invite a certain 

number of defence industries to a ministerial meeting

 to discuss who could produce what and how much.

 

But plans fell through because the 27 EU ambassadors 

could not agree on a list of invitees, EU diplomats said.

 

According to the Dutch defence minister, ''the huge

fragmentation... we see within NATO... regarding 

supplies to Ukraine, does not make us strong.''

 

EU bureaucracy and greed are staunch allies of Russia. If

the war the West fought in Ukraine was about justice and 

honour, even the most mature sharks of capitalism could