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The war in Ukraine – a balanced perspective

Maria Cernat
Russia
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Review of the book written by Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin is one of the best-known peace activists in the United States. The author of thirteen books published by prestigious publishers such as Princeton University Press,...

Ukrainian counteroffensive: a sign of things to come?

For the first time since February 24, Ukrainian troops with NATO support have achieved tactical success, and on a rather unexpected scale. President Zelensky was able to announce the recapture of the town of Balakleya...

NATO and the Construction of the Enemy

Marga Ferré
Analysis
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Marga Ferré, Co-President of transform! europe, comments on the NATO-led western militarisation and analyses its ideological foundation. In this context, she points out the construction of the "other" as the enemy and racial supremacy, which...

NATO seeks to prevent Eurasian challenger to US world dominance, admits ex CIA chief Mike Pompeo

Benjamin Norton
Analysis & reports
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Neoconservative ex CIA Director and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted NATO seeks to prevent a “Russian-Chinese axis” and “pan-Eurasian colossus,” in a new cold war over "economic hegemony." Neoconservative former CIA Director and...

‘They Continue the Crisis’: parliamentary breakup in Bulgaria amidst war and inflation

Emily Wall
Analysis
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What is going on in Bulgaria and why? A Marxist perspective. Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and his party “We Continue the Change” (PP, Prodalzhavame Promyanata) – Pro-West darlings, self-proclaimed heroes in the fight against corruption...

The real Zelensky: From celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style neoliberal

Natylie Baldwin
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia. A comedic actor who rose to the country’s...

And now even the Polish politicians cheer for nuclear war

Maciej Wiśniowski
Global affairs
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Politicians in countries aspiring to be democracies or presenting themselves as such, for the most part, try to maintain a semblance of subservience to their constituents. Those in high positions in national administrations (prime ministers,...

Imagining the Ukrainian-Polish La-la land

Boyan Stanislavski
Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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It is not authentic or 'natural,' as some claim; on the contrary, it defies logic, history, and popular sentiment (and resentments). If the situation worsens and the sovereignty of both countries is actually merged, even to...

What grain? What famine?

Boyan Stanislavski
European Union
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I’ve been listening to the growing intensity of the Western media’s lament about the impending famine for at least two weeks. Its cause is, of course, a well-known devil who has devised his latest cruel scheme: starving the...

In Ukraine, war against the working class started a long time ago

Maria Cernat
Democracy
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Olena Lyubchenko, a PhD candidate in political science at York University in Toronto, is the author of the brilliant piece “On the Frontier of Whiteness? Expropriation, War, and Social Reproduction in Ukraine.” She came on...