A Photo Essay: Ukraine, a Fascist Coup?

Ukraine is burning, it is going to the dogs; it has been taken over by an illegitimate government engorged with fascists, neo-Nazis and simple pro-Western opportunists, as well as countless EU and US-sponsored members of…

Aid to Ukraine Is a Bad Deal For All

Last week Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill approving a billion dollars in aid to Ukraine and more sanctions on Russia. The bill will likely receive the president’s signature within days. If you think this is…

What the West Missed about Ukraine

Outside observers fail to understand the role divisions within Ukraine itself have played in the crisis there.   Click to enlarge the cartoon. Drawing by Konstantin Maler   As U.S.-Russia tensions mount over Ukraine and…

The Infantile Diplomacy Behind Demonising Russia

The self-righteousness of the West’s new Russia-bashers is astonishing. Are Western diplomats and media outlets being serious when they accuse the Russian government of launching a new Cold War? Do they really believe their own…

Ukrainian Lessons: US Won’t Hesitate to Crush Anyone Who’s Helpless, Defenseless,…

The first lesson, and it’s a very old one, is that violent protest does work, and also sinister tricks such as having your own snipers shoot at police and fellow protesters. Without this ramping up of mayhem and bloodshed, the Ukrainian government would not have been discredited, destabilized and finally overthrown. The shock troops for this violence, the masked thugs at the frontline, didn’t come out of nowhere. Primarily made up of young men from the Right Sector, they had been preparing for a long time for this confrontation with the government. For years, they had been honing their skills at marksmanship, urban warfare and hand-to-hand combat. In this, they are not unlike American militias, though more mature in development. By clearly becoming outlaws, they had reached the point of no return, so it was victory or else, for had they lost, savage retribution from their enemy would be their lot.