Vladmir Putin
By trying to sanction the whole world, Washington backs itself into a corner
As the US loses Russia as a key supplier of oil, poor relations with energy giant Venezuela have a strong chance of backfiring
Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war and conflict
It is more than a century since Edward Bernays, the father of spin, invented “public relations” as a cover for war propaganda. What is new is the elimination of dissent in the mainstream.
The Western allied nations bully the world while warning of threats from China and Russia
The conflict is not merely about Ukraine, the real conflict is about whether the West will allow Russia to define policies that extend beyond their borders.
- Majority of countries in West Asia call for region to be a nuclear-free zone
- University and College Union secures big win against work casualization in the UK
- Muqtada al-Sadr demands dissolution of Iraqi parliament, fresh elections
- Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres resigns
- Anti-fascists protest repeated attacks on Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar
