March 08, 2022 by Vijay Prashad
For many in Ukraine’s Southeast, the war we see today actually started in the spring of 2014 and has not stopped since.
Understanding the War in Ukraine
Tag: Petro Poroshenko
Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky
Posted on March 8, 2022 by Lambert Strether
By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
“‘Not A Very Nice Person At All,’ she read. ‘I wonder what kind of person would put that on a wallet?’ ‘Someone who wasn’t a very nice person,’ said William.” –Terry Pratchett, The Truth
In this extremely short and simplistic post, I will do what it says on the tin: Scrape away the already deeply impacted layers of wartime propaganda[1]. I propose to do this in the old-fashioned American way: By following the money. (I was inspired to write this post by Gonzalo Lira, former NC contributor (!), streaming from Kharkiv (!!). His video, “Who Is Zelensky? A Puppet—and Here’s Why,” is perceptive, lucid, and convincing, albeit NSFW. I recommend you listen to it, on the off chance that the more hits this video has, the more of a public figure — hence, safer — Lira will be.)
Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky
Who Wants War with Russia?
The neocons and their allies might be making it happen
Who Wants War with Russia?
Pity the Nation
Fact-based arguments Scott Ritter made challenging the case for war against Iraq were effectively silenced. Today he sees the same template in play towards anyone challenging the dogma of “Putinism.”
Pity the Nation

If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?
NED’s history should lead to it being renamed the “National Endowment for Attacking Democracy,” as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests.
If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?
Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”
At the Grayzone Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal have published a piece about Zelensky’s turn from the peacemaker he had promised to be before his election to an active supporter of the fascist ‘ultranational’ militia. They pin that turn to a frontline meeting between Zelensky and militia fighters in the fall of 2019:
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That is all correct. But let me point out that death threats from the fascists to Zelensky were already made much earlier.
Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”
Translated article that B couldn’t access:
Yarosh: if Zelensky betrays Ukraine, he will lose not his position, but his life
How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia
WHILE WESTERN MEDIA DEPLOYS VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY’S JEWISH HERITAGE TO REFUTE ACCUSATIONS OF NAZI INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE, THE PRESIDENT HAS CEDED TO NEO-NAZI FORCES AND NOW DEPENDS ON THEM AS FRONT LINE FIGHTERS.
How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia
H/T: The New Dark Age
Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?
The far-right neo-Nazi group has expanded to become part of Ukraine’s armed forces, a street militia and a political party.
Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?
Related:
Winning ‘hearts’ and PR war, but Ukraine has a “Nazi” problem that NATO and USA do not talk about
Repeating ’70s Strategy of Grand Chess-Master Brzezinski
Biden Appears to Have Induced Russian Invasion of Ukraine to Bankrupt Russia’s Economy and Advance Regime Change
Repeating ’70s Strategy of Grand Chess-Master Brzezinski
Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis
Papacy is back in global politics — that is, assuming it ever left. The gesture by Pope Francis to visit the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday undoubtedly makes a notable event, for a variety of reasons.
Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis
Related:
VIDEO: A NEW POPE AND “THE MOST CORRUPT VATICAN SINCE THE BORGIAS”
US reportedly paid $25 million for Patriarch Bartholomew to meddle in Ukraine
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