“NOTE: The shift can be felt even here, thousands of miles away: Russia’s nonstop shelling and bombing is wearing down Ukrainian forces in its eastern regions. They are retreating, taking many casualties. The “wise men” of Davos, and some national leaders of allied nations were talking of concessions to Moscow to get the war over … Continue reading Ukraine: in the East, The War Turns Grim
The Nation: Abolition Democracy W.E.B. Du Bois and the making of Black Reconstruction. By Gerald Horne – MAY 3, 2022 By the time his magnum opus, Black Reconstruction, was published in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois was already a rara avis—a prominent Black activist-intellectual in the midst of Jim Crow. Dapper and diminutive, and nattily … Continue reading A Long, Satisfying Read: DuBois’s “Black Reconstruction”
The “Truth Gaffe” of the Century Excerpted from The Guardian: The audience chuckled at George W Bush’s Iraq-Ukraine gaffe. I’m not laughing Arwa Mahdawi I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the depravity and horror of the former president’s 2003 invasion of Iraq Published: Saturday, 21 May 2022 George Bush accidentally confessed to being a … Continue reading G. W. Bush’s Accidental Moment of Truth
Opinion: Thanks, Vladimir Putin, for greatly strengthening NATO From Max Boot – May 17, 2022, in The Washington Post . . . The unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine has given the [NATO] alliance a new lease on life, making it more politically united and militarily formidable than at any time since the end of the Cold … Continue reading New Nordic Math: NATO+ Finland & Sweden = VLAD’s Ukraine Boomerang
‘Unsettling’ Fort Bragg recruitment video ignites debate over its mysterious intent Raleigh NC News & Observer BY MARK PRICE — MAY 16, 2022 A recruitment video created by Fort Bragg’s 4th Psychological Operations Group has inspired growing debate on social media over its meaning. The video is being called “eerie” and “unsettling.” It’s a stretch … Continue reading Warfare Is Evolving. Now Even Words Conquer. Videos too.