The Washington Post, a CIA house organ, is all but bragging about the assassination of #Dugina, and, in the process, revealing one of the political-psychological aims of the US-approved Ukrainian operation. The Post writes: 1/ #UkraineWar
"The killing immediately heightened a sense of vulnerability among Russia’s most elite and visible promoters of the war in Ukraine, who now realize that they might be targets and that the government is potentially unable to protect them." 2/
The Post substantiates the WSWS's explanation that the selection of the daughter of fascist Alexander Dugin as the target was intended to increase rightwing pressure on Putin to escalate the war, thereby providing NATO with a pretext it needs for direct military intervention. 3/
The Post writes that the assassination "also raised the prospect of a serious escalation in the war as Putin comes under increased pressure, including from Dugina’s grieving father, to hit Ukraine hard." 4/
The US is, in effect, seeking to strengthen the political influence of the extreme rightwing and fascistic nationalist elements within Russia. This was a central aim of the assassination, which is intended to build public sympathy for the reactionary forces around Dugin. 5/
The US-NATO are determined to escalate the war and, as soon as possible, introduce their own forces into battle. Increasing the influence of the Russian extreme right and undermining Putin's efforts to limit the war facilitates plans for open war against Russia. 6/6
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In an article denouncing on-going Russian investigations into Ukrainian captives for "crimes against peace," @NYTimes correspondent @MarcSantoraNYT offers a full-throated tribute to the fascist Azov Battalion. He writes: 1/ #UkraineRussia#Nazi
"Those being investigated include members of the Azov regiment, who are widely regarded as heroes in Ukraine for holding out for weeks underneath a Mariupol steel plant as Russian forces bombarded the city at the end of one of the bloodiest battles of the war." 2/
Though acknowledging that the Azov Battalion "started out as a far-right militia" which "is now part of the Ukrainian National Guard," Santora, contradicting himself, denounces Russia's "unfounded claims about the influence of Nazism in the country." 3/
The @UAW won't give WSWS labor editor @jerrywhiteSEP press credentials for its upcoming Constitutional Convention, writing: "Thank you for your patience while we reviewed all the applications from established news organizations. We are not issuing you a media credential." 1/
There is no explanation for this decision. But the reason is obvious. The WSWS is a socialist publication, which exposes the betrayals of the UAW and the red-baiting and high-paid pro-corporate flunkeys who control the organization. It is read by thousands of UAW members. 2/
The letter to Jerry White is signed by Raenell Glenn, the assistant director of the UAW's Public Relations Department. The bottom of Ms. Glenn's email includes the tag line: "To whom much is given much is required." Her annual salary is $147,209. 3/
The sudden dismissal by #Zelensky of the head of #Ukraine's Security Services and the chief prosecutor amid the opening of treason investigations into 651 state officials clearly indicates a major crisis within the regime. 1/ #UkraineRussiaConflict
Contrary to claims that Ukraine is absolutely united in the continuation of the war, the massive purge - amid allegations of pro-Russian treason at the highest levels of the state - indicates that there is substantial opposition to the war, even within Zelensky's inner circle. 2/
The #NYTimes writes: "While Ukraine is largely united in its opposition to Russia’s invasion, its deep cultural and historical ties with Russia have translated, in parts of the country, to pockets of support for Moscow." 3/
The Washington Post reports: "President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the head of Ukraine’s security services and its prosecutor general on Sunday, later announcing that hundreds of criminal investigations for suspected “treason and collaboration activities” were underway..." 1/
Among those dismissed is Ivan Bakanov, the head of Ukraine’s security services and also a childhood friend of Zelensky. Bakanov also ran Zelensky's presidential campaign in 2019 as well as his entertainment company. Is he now suspected of treason. 2/
Zelensky has also removed Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine's prosecutor general. She is also a long-time associate of Zelensky. Is she also suspected of treason? 3/
No less significant than his meeting with the killer Crown Prince were Biden's private discussions in Jeddah with the Butcher of Cairo, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He seized power in a 2013 military coup that brutally suppressed the Egyptian Revolution. 1/ #HumanRights
In its latest annual report, Human Rights Watch presents a bleak picture of conditions in Egypt: 2/
"In 2021, authorities escalated the use of the abusive Emergency State Security Courts to prosecute peaceful activists and critics who joined thousands of dissidents already in Egypt’s congested prisons. 3/
The New York City Emergency Management Department has posted a public service announcement advising residents what they should do in the event of a #NuclearAttack 1/
Incredibly, the video begins: "So there's been a nuclear attack. Don't ask me how or why. Just know that the big one has hit." Then comes the advice: 1) Get inside; 2) Stay inside, stay away from windows, and shower if exposed to radioactive fallout; 3) Stay tuned. 2/
Just think how many lives might have been saved if the people of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki had taken these steps! What the fantasists who created the video fail to mention is that a hydrogen bomb strike would reduce most of New York City to flaming rubble within seconds. 3/