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Ukraine’s history and NATO’s role explained

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

March 14, 2022

There is a war in Ukraine. Outwardly, it looks like an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All political forces, including Left, have spoken out about these events. The range of assessments: from humanistic-emotional (“people are dying, stop the war”) to purely class (“The West is pushing two oligarchic regimes”). In fact, this conflict has deep roots. When analyzing the situation, we must take into account both the national content of the class struggle and the class content of the national struggle.

Ukraine’s history and NATO’s role explained

RT: What is Russia’s Sanctions Survival Plan?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The launch of the military operation in Ukraine has drawn the ire of the US and its allies, who have hit Russia with unprecedented sanctions in order to destabilize the country’s economy and pressure Moscow into ending the conflict. Among the many penalties imposed on the country over the past month, its financial system, energy exports, and forex reserves have been targeted. However, hard times call for prompt response measures, and Russia has come up with a few.

RT: What is Russia’s Sanctions Survival Plan?

OPEC chief says there’s ‘no capacity in the world’ that could replace Russia’s 7 million barrels a day in oil supply + More

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

OPEC chief says there’s ‘no capacity in the world’ that could replace Russia’s 7 million barrels a day in oil supply (Archived)

Related:

The House voted to ban the import of Russian oil even though Biden already banned it by executive order

Bank of America predicts that a ban on Russian oil exports could push prices as high as $200 a barrel – and breaks down why this could trigger a global recession or stock market crash

But the strategists noted that the status of the United States as an energy independent country – meaning it produces as much energy as it consumes – could mitigate the impact of this. US-listed oil stocks Exxon Mobil and Chevron were both up by just under 1% Monday.

To Punish Russia The ‘Liberal Order’ Attempts To Suicide Itself

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The ‘west’ had failed to understand Russia’s need to act. It has failed to make the necessary commitments, and accept Russia’s reasonable demands, to avoid the struggle. In consequence it will now fall apart. The knee-jerk reaction to Russia’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine will, as Alastair Crooke writes, lead to the end of the ‘liberal order’:

To Punish Russia The ‘Liberal Order’ Attempts To Suicide Itself

What Kind of Threat Is China?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Book review of “America and the China Threat: From the End of History to the End of Empire” by Prof. Paolo Urio

The “brutalist philosophy” of the US was made public (曝光) by Robert Daly, a former US diplomat stationed in Beijing, in 2015. Currently, he is the director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. No diplomatic niceties here, Daly frankly states the policy of the US: China must never reach the level of the US.

What Kind of Threat Is China?

Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

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Moscow: Events in Kazakhstan Are Attempt to Undermine Security of State, Inspired From Abroad

What happened:

Kazakhstan unrest: Dozens killed, about 2,000 arrested as protesters clash with police in Almaty

Kazakhstan is a major energy power, among the top exporters of oil globally and in the leading 20 for gas. The country’s government has subsidized liquefied petroleum gas for years, but when it lifted price controls on LPG, it argued that keeping them in place was no longer sustainable.

Previously:

BRI will make the whole region a well-connected village: Kazakhstan envoy

Terrorists operating in Afghanistan targeting CPEC projects: Pakistan