But looking at it from another angle, Putin’s speech also presents a golden opportunity for the United States to checkmate Russia, end the war in Ukraine, avoid a nuclear catastrophe, and shape a new world order. It might sound strange, but this is a “now or never” moment to steer the world out of the immediate mess created by Russia, as well as decades of bad statecraft by the United States and Europe.

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It will come at a price. These three countries will resist being enrolled in an initiative that has a hidden agenda of helping the United States maintain global supremacy. They more or less acquiesced to Russia in the first place precisely given their resentment of U.S. supremacy. This allowed them to overlook their adversarial interests with Russia in Central Asia, for example. To help end the war, they will ask that the United States soften the pursuit of its values abroad as a policy benchmark. Even more so, they will ask for the United States to amend and reform the international system so that it no longer serves American interests exclusively and is used by the United States to underwrite its global policies.

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The United States might get away with going solo thanks to its military power. It might be possible to push Russia back and uphold America’s right to be the global leader. Recalling prognoses for global economic growth putting Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) in the forefront, such a policy might postpone the reckoning by a decade. Yet, the risks of doing so are higher compared to the benefits of moving now when the United States is still strong and can play a major role in designing a new global system that does not exclusively reflect American and European interests.

H/T: MoonOfAlabama

Not sure what he’s trying to get at, as it seems contradictory. It sounds like he’s saying that the US should accept a multipolar world, yet he also states that there would be a “hidden agenda of helping the United States maintain global supremacy”. Doesn’t sound multipolar to me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

18+: “Donbass, 8 years later” (Anne-Laure Bonnel, September 2022) – English Translation

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Sep 24, 2022 – WARNING: Strong, haunting images. Just sharing and adding English subtitles. This is Anne-Laure’s latest documentary. The images are mostly from February/March 2022, so there’s nothing very new. But it’s a good recap from what’s being going on since 2014 over there, now that there is a referendum. In the end, what do the people there want? I would think that it doesn’t matter so much if it’s a Russian, DPR or Ukrainian flag, as long as they don’t have to live under perpetual bombings. We can’t pretend that those people were living in peace before 2022, so everything must start from there. May they have peace, and we, too. We don’t need this bad remake of World War II, with soldiers on each side roleplaying Nazis and Soviets, neither we need further destruction in the name of Western democracy, or whatever NATO’s excuse is now. The people living there want peace, and we want it too. Nobody wants WWIII. Thanks. No copyright infringement intended. Anne Laure Bonnel’s official channel is here (French)
“Donbass, 8 years later” (Anne-Laure Bonnel, September 2022) – English Translation via Tom

Anne’s original video in French (description is machine-translated by Google):

95 LPR residents killed in Ukrainian army strikes since February 17

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

95 LPR residents killed in Ukrainian army strikes since February 17

“Three hundred and seventy-eight civilians have become victims of Ukrainian armed formations aggression in the designated period (from February 17 to September 22); of those 95 were killed and 283 were wounded. Seven children were killed and another 25 were wounded in artillery attacks,” the JCCC said.

Update: LPR referendum over joining Russia to take place on September 23-27 – speaker

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The referendum over the Lugansk People’s Republic joining the Russian Federation as a constituent RF region will take place in the Republic from September 23 to September 27, LPR parliament speaker Denis Miroshnichenko said.
LPR referendum over joining Russia to take place on September 23-27 – speaker

Previously:

Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to hold referendums over joining Russia

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

DPR referendum over joining Russia to take place on September 23-27

Duma to support Donbass residents if they decide to join Russia — speaker

John Parker on his Fact-Finding Mission to Ukraine & Findings: US-NATO Proxy War on Donbass & Russia

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

On September 17, 2022, John Parker, the founder and coordinator of the Harriet Tubman Center For Social Justice in Los Angeles and a leading member of the Socialist Unity Party and a candidate for the US Senate in California on the Peace and Freedom ticket, and also a union organizer, public school teacher, journalist, activist and coordinator of the International Action Center, joins the show to discuss his recent Fact-Finding mission to the Donbass and their findings: US-NATO Proxy War on Donbass & Russia
John Parker on his Fact-Finding Mission to Ukraine & Findings: US-NATO Proxy War on Donbass & Russia via Activist News Network

Previously:

Fact-Finding Mission to Donbass Part 3

VIDEO: 13-year-old on Ukrainian gov’t kill list speaks out

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal speaks to Faina Savenkova, a 13-year-old resident of the Lugansk Republic who was placed on the Myrotvorets (Peacemaker) “kill list” of the Ukrainian government after she issued a call to the United Nations for an end to the war she has lived through since 2014.

Meera Terada also joins to provide background on the role of Myrotvorets in the killing of many journalists and doxxing of hundreds of children, and to identify the Ukrainian officials and public figures behind the disturbing website.
VIDEO: 13-year-old on Ukrainian gov’t kill list speaks out