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Asia TimesUkraine – the situation  (June 20, 2022)Uwe Parparthttps://asiatimes.com/2022/06/ukraine-the-situation-june-20-2022/A Son of the New American RevolutionWill Russia Shift to a War Strategy?Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations...

[embedded content]Artillery of JuneAndrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as Laboratory Director...

We’re very close to seeing a second negative GDP quarter.

Moon of AlabamaUkraine SitRep - Lysichansk Cauldron - Sinking Morale - More Provocationshttps://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/06/ukraine-sitrep-lysichansk-cauldron-sinking-morale-more-provocations.htmlGraham E. FullerSome hard thoughts about post UkraineGraham E. Fuller | adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University, formerly vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, and a former senior political scientist at RAND...

The French National Assembly results from the weekend are a good outcome. Not the best, but good, although the continued presence of the Right is disturbing. At least Macron’s group of Europhiles has lost its absolute majority with the new Left alliance becoming a viable opposition. The polarisation – with a surge from the Right and the strong performance of the real Left rather than the lite Socialist Party version – is indicative of what Europe has become – a fractured, divided, divergent...

To Wall Street and its backers, the solution to any price inflation is to reduce wages and public social spending. The orthodox way to do this is to push the economy into recession in order to reduce hiring. Rising unemployment will oblige labor to compete for jobs that pay less and less as the economy slows.This class-war doctrine is the prime directive of neoliberal economics.…Michael Hudson — On Finance, Real Estate And The Powers Of NeoliberalismMichael Hudson: The Fed’s Austerity...

CaitlinJohnstone.comThe Guardian Churns Out Embarrassingly Awful Empire PropagandaCaitlin Johnstone https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/06/19/the-guardian-churns-out-embarrassingly-awful-empire-propaganda/Zero HedgeUkraine Says "Prepare For The Worst" In Donbas; Kharkiv Will Likely Be Next "Frontline City"https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-says-prepare-worst-donbas-kharkiv-will-likely-be-next-frontline-cityWestern Populations Must Do More For Ukraine Even If "Costs Of Food &...

India PunchlineWest at inflection point in Ukraine warMK. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador. https://www.indianpunchline.com/west-at-inflection-point-in-ukraine-war/The Vineyard of the SakerSitrep Operation Z: 💥 Theme Kalibr Kaboom!The Saker Staffhttp://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z-%f0%9f%92%a5-theme-kalibr-kaboom/The American ConservativeWhen The Lies Come HomeCol. (ret.) Douglas...

In St. Petersburg, the world's new powers gather to upend the US-concocted “rules-based order” and reconnect the globe their wayThe CradleSt. Petersburg sets the stage for the War of Economic CorridorsPepe Escobarhttps://thecradle.co/Article/columns/11928

[embedded content]IMPORTANT—A Message for AmericansGonzalo Lirahttps://youtu.be/ZQB7uWuWpBwSee alsoA Son of the New American RevolutionLithuania May Have Lit the Fuse on World War IIILarry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations...