Putin May Have Played Himself. Will We?

By Matt Taibbi Reports suggest Putin tried to outsmart even his own troops, and checkmated himself instead. Farida Rustamova of the BBC’s Russian service, in a piece written for Substack, described the demeanor of Putin’s closest advisors days before the invasion: As a former security officer, [Putin] always […]

Is This Russian Propaganda?

By Caitlin Johnstone We’re risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the “democracy” of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. “Defending Ukrainian […]

I Have No Words

Caleb Maupin’s suspicion that this guy is a mole or an asset must be correct. For many years, I have attacked these leftist-anarchist people as “anarcho-Democrats,” anarcho-MSNBCers, anarcho-SPLCers, or “State Department anarchists” but this is the first I’ve seen them actually embrace these labels on this level.

Countries Currently At War 2022

A bit of perspective is needed. Ukraine is only one of many wars going on today and nowhere near the worst one. Most people wouldn’t even know about it if television hadn’t turned into an extension of the Olympics. Now that coronavirus hysteria is passing, a new hysteria […]

Odessa, and Beyond

Much of the current focus on the Ukraine war is currently on the shelling of the major urban centers of Kharkiv and Kyiv. And from a political and humanitarian perspective, that certainly makes sense. But there is a broader strategic and economic perspective that I feel as though […]