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THE SOVIET UNION— Environmental Degradation: Some Historical Antecedents

THE SOVIET UNION— Environmental Degradation: Some Historical Antecedents

From our archives (revised edition, first published in 1990)— The ecological abuses triggered by the pressure to develop in a hurry were compounded after WW2 by the bureaucratism and careerism that had begun to creep into many operations..." PREFATORY NOTE: ...
Russia and the Return of the Repressed

Russia and the Return of the Repressed

The Communist Comeback by ISRAEL SHAMIR Communism in Russia: premature obits?  Moscow saw its biggest demo in a decade last Saturday. It was a feel-good, peaceful manifestation of youthful Facebook users, and it was already nicknamed the Likes Parade, as the ...
What Really Happened in the Russian Elections

What Really Happened in the Russian Elections

A Punch in the Face for the Capitalist Way By ISRAEL SHAMIR  Moscow is unusually warm: the temperature refuses to dip below zero degrees Centigrade, the freezing point.  Instead, it is wet and dark. The sun gets up late and ...
Russia Bashing

Russia Bashing

By Stephen LendmanPointing the finger hypocritically and with total impunity at other nations' election processes is made possible by the totalitarian and pervasive power of American media. In all critical topics for the health and survival of the nation and ...
BALKAN ENIGMA

BALKAN ENIGMA

AND NATO’S CHAINS OF PROGRESS By Gaither Stewart (ROME-BELGRADE) NATO seems to find Serbia’s autonomy outrageous, its semi-neutrality unacceptable, its modernity anomalous and above all its path to progress dangerous. For North Atlantic Treaty planners and schemers, Serbia—maverick, outsider, rebel—is ...
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