HINDUSTAN TIMES—A massive protest erupted in France’s capital, Paris, over sending troops to the Ukraine. Thousands of protesters were seen opposing a recent proposal by Emmanuel Macron. “Macron, go to Ukraine alone,” slogans were raised by angry protesters. Demonstrators also tore up EU and NATO flags and waved French tricolours instead. The protesters carried banners saying, “We are not willing to die for Ukraine” and “Let’s stop pumping weapons into Kyiv.” This comes after Emmanuel Macron hinted at a possible NATO troop deployment in Ukraine.
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British firebrand, truth-teller and Palestinian rights supporter George Galloway has won a by-election in the Rochdale district in Manchester, and the United Kingdom elite is flipping out. Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak felt compelled to speak out against Galloway, who announced in his victory speech, “This is for Gaza!” Jimmy and Due Dissidence hosts Russell Dobular and Keaton Weiss discuss just how much the UK establishment detests Galloway.
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“The Brits Did It,” said Gil Doctorow about Navalny’s demise, before the West shifted the narrative.
GIL DOCTOROW—What is new and led Natali Morris to reopen the issue was the announcement a day ago by the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, that Navalny died of natural causes, namely from a blood clot. She remarks that the Ukrainians are thus agreeing with what the Russian government said following their autopsy of Navalny. The reason for Budanov’s remark to a journalist was to counter accusations that some, myself included, have made about Ukrainian involvement in the foul deed acting on orders from their British curators.
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PATRICK LAWRENCE—More broadly, The Times piece appears amid flagging enthusiasm for the Ukraine project. And it is in this circumstance that Entous and Schwirtz went long on the benefits accruing to the CIA in consequence of its presence on the ground in Ukraine. But read these two reporters carefully: They, or whoever put their piece in its final shape, make it clear that the agency’s operations on Ukrainian soil count first and most as a contribution to Washington’s long campaign to undermine the Russian Federation. This is not about Ukrainian democracy, that figment of neoliberal propagandists. It is about Cold War II, plain and simple.
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FRED REED—America’s foreign policy makes it hated in most of the world. It seems murderous, thuggish, brutal, a menace to everyone. For example, the U.S. killed over a million people in Iraq. This does not bother Americans. Since 2000 it has destroyed Iraq, Syria, Libya, enters its eighteenth year of butchering Afghans, bombs Somalia, sends troops to Africa. It militarily threatens North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, seeks to destroy the economies of Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China. It sanctions Europe. No other country does this.
