“The pure socialists’ ideological anticipations remain untainted by existing practice. They do not explain how the manifold functions of a revolutionary society would be organized, how external attack and internal sabotage would be thwarted, how bureaucracy would be avoided, scarce resources allocated, policy differences settled, priorities set, and production and distribution conducted. Instead, they offer vague statements about how the workers themselves will directly own and control the means of production and will arrive at their own solutions through creative struggle. No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except the ones that succeed.”
Left Anti-Communism: a Trojan Horse That Weakens the Working Class – MLToday
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Neutrality and Nonalignment Are Signs of Strength
In Defense of Neutrals: Why they’re more than just fence sitters.
The demise of neutrality has been much exaggerated. Finnish membership and Sweden’s accession application to NATO have been interpreted in some corners as evidence of its decline. In wars of aggression, refusing to pick sides is untenable, some hold, as they berate those who still do not send weapons to Ukraine or sanction Russia.
Neutrality and Nonalignment Are Signs of Strength
BRICS Invites Six Countries to Join Bloc in Major Expansion
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, the UAE, Egypt, and Ethiopia were invited
BRICS Invites Six Countries to Join Bloc in Major Expansion
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U.S. Now Promising To Fast-Track F-16 Fighters For Ukraine
The U.S. government has reportedly assured authorities in Denmark and the Netherlands that it will expedite approval of any requests they submit to transfer F-16 Viper fighters to Ukraine. When the Ukrainian Air Force might actually get any of those jets is still unclear amid uncertainty that has been brewing about the multi-national program to train the country’s pilots to fly them and support personnel to maintain them.
U.S. Now Promising To Fast-Track F-16 Fighters For Ukraine: Report
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US calls on NATO states to send F-16s to Ukraine – Reuters
Speaking in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin predicted that F-16s “will burn” just like the Western tanks supplied to Kiev, and said that Russia will find ways to strike at sites outside Ukraine if the jets end up being based there. Operating the F-16 requires pristine runways, which Ukraine does not possess.
False Witnesses and Sinister Plots: Exposing the CIA Connection in the ‘Chinese Police Station’ Narrative
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPressNews
For months, mainstream media across the Western world – in particular English-language outlets based in the constituent members of the ‘Five Eyes’ global spying network – have been rabidly awash with terrifying news of secret “Chinese police stations” operating the world over.
False Witnesses and Sinister Plots: Exposing the CIA Connection in the ‘Chinese Police Station’ Narrative
Previously:
The New York ‘secret Chinese police station’ is a propaganda bogeyman
Nazis in Ukraine — It’s Worse Than You Think
An entire generation is being brainwashed with Nazi hate — and it needs to stop.
Nazis in Ukraine — It’s Worse Than You Think (archived)
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Read More »Bad News: NATO Tanks, Planes, And Artillery Unlikely To Win Ukraine War
There is still another factor that gets far too little consideration in Western press. The tanks Ukraine is counting on are not, in themselves, transformative technology that will greatly increase battlefield capabilities. In fact, the Leopard 2 and M1A1 Abrams have shown themselves vulnerable in combat.
Bad News: NATO Tanks, Planes, And Artillery Unlikely To Win Ukraine War
Zelensky regime leads request for social media platforms to censor “disinformation”
Ukraine has spearheaded a collective call to action, joining forces with seven other Central and Eastern European nations to combat “disinformation” on social media platforms.
Zelensky regime leads request for social media platforms to censor “disinformation”
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Social media has become a potent channel for spreading false and manipulative narratives. Paid ads and artificial amplification on Meta’s platforms, including Facebook, are often used to call for violent social unrest, bring violence to the streets and destabilize governments.
Now, Kyiv wants to repeat the trick by starting an “Information Ramstein” to combat Russian disinformation on a larger scale.
Deep Background: In a letter written by Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko and addressed to the European commissioner responsible for transparency and values, Vera Jourova, he notes that “Ukraine is up against Russia’s vast and centralized information warfare and international influence machine, which includes assets from troll farms to state media, energy companies to corruption networks. Though it cannot compete in terms of scale, Ukraine does have one huge advantage: It can ally with its international partners to create coordinated, targeted, joint-influence operations.”
The Controversial Truth About Climate Change | IPCC Report #climatechange
The United Nations IPCC Assessment Report blames “human activity” for the current state of our climate… BUT, they are leaving out some major points of interest when it comes to our climate crisis, like Big BUSINESS and MILITARIES. A deeply unserious report… if you ask me. What do you think?
The Controversial Truth About Climate Change | IPCC Report #climatechange via Endemic Times
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US And EU Nations Request The Most User Data From Tech Companies, Obtain It More Than Two-Thirds Of The Time
from the may-as-well-just-be-government-contractors dept
Most tech companies handling data requests from governments now publish transparency reports. As everything moves towards always-online status (including, you know, your fridge), social media platforms and other online services have become the favored targets of government data requests. It just makes sense to look there first rather than out there in the real world, where people (and their communications) are that much more difficult to locate.
US And EU Nations Request The Most User Data From Tech Companies, Obtain It More Than Two-Thirds Of The Time
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