Tag: BBC

Let’s Talk About ‘Chemical Weapons’ Propaganda

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As I write this, BBC reports that UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is “urgently” investigating reports of a chemical weapons attack in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The US Department of Defense finds the reports “deeply concerning.”

Usually when the western governments start quacking about “chemical attacks,” it means they’re planning to take action of some kind – airstrikes in Syria, sanctions on Russia, what have you – and are looking for an excuse.

Mariupol: Let’s Talk About ‘Chemical Weapons’ Propaganda

Doubling Down On Double Standards – The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

‘The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, waged here in the US while the Gulf War was waged over there.’ (Howard Zinn, ‘Power, History and Warfare’, Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, No. 8, 1991, p.12)

Doubling Down On Double Standards – The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz

So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War

So as we rally to support Ukrainian civilians against great-power aggression from Russia, let’s do so with the understanding that imperialism should always be opposed, that all civilian victims of wars and violent coups are worthy whether Iraqi or Honduran or Ukrainian—and that all criminals who violate international law should be held accountable whether they’re based in Moscow or Washington, D.C.

Are Neocons Worried at Pace of US-Russia Talks? + More

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Are Neocons Worried at Pace of US-Russia Talks?

Related:

Eastern Ukraine Separatists Warn Kyiv Preparing Offensive in Donbas

A ‘Parthogenetic’ Conflict – There Is No Russian Invasion Threat To Ukraine

Croatia to Withdraw Its Forces From NATO in Event of Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Previously:

CIA Has Been Training Ukrainian Paramilitaries to ‘Kill Russians,’ US Considers Backing Insurgency in Ukraine, and Claims Russia is Planning ‘False Flag’ as Pretext to Invade Ukraine

“Expect Escalation of Conflict in Donbass and Ukraine Soon,” Says Foreign Correspondent