The Barricade

East European events are the result of two factors: a battle for survival between two once powerful but now weakened world powers (the US and Russia) and the transformation of war into a dominant world economic, technological, scientific, and cultural existence. What is the solution?

Another bogus claim: Poland plans to reconquer Ukraine’s west + the plight of the war refugees in PL

Ukraine and militarism blend well with queer culture and is Poland able to send troops to Lviv?

The Russian ambassador to Poland was physically assaulted. And not just him!

Thumbs up and thumbs down, pt. 2: Ukraine’s war, militarism, and a failing left

Thumbs up and thumbs down: Ukraine’s war, militarism, and a failing left

Unsparing military expert’s assessment of the Ukrainian situation /w Mark Sleboda

Why are most leftist media failing to properly cover the Ukraine war? /w Pat Byrne

On Russian and Ukrainian propaganda efforts, and how the media responds to them /w Pat Byrne

Bulgaria: Between pro-war consensus and the need for an anti-war movement

RU-UKR crisis — The law of unintended consequences and emotional upheaval /w Stanislav Byshok

Byshok: “The sanctions will make Russians rely even more on the state and its authorities”

The Russians went from “appalled and stunned” to “understanding and accepting” in a flash /w Stanislav Byshok

War and Feminism: a discussion with a Ukrainian sociologist and feminist about situation in Ukraine

Notes from Lviv in times of war