https://thecommunists.org/2025/02/05/news/usa-unstoppable-superweapon-regime-change-ned/

Washington's unstoppable superweapon

When Russia began their "special military operation" in Ukraine in 2021, we instantaneously heard a unison chorus declare this was an "unprovoked" attack on a free democratic ally. Unsurprisingly, the usual pro-war voices on both sides (Lyndsey Graham, Chris Murphy), planted the flag for the fight. But left-leaning Americans, as well, obediently pitched "Stand With Ukraine" lawn signs in their yards, and stuck Ukraine flag pins, bumper stickers and social media memes, declaring their support of a place most may not have been able to point to on a world map.

For most of us, the 2020 impeachment trial of Donald Trump was the first time we had heard anything related to the relatively small Eastern European country. The president stood accused of withholding urgent weapons shipments to Ukraine in exchange for the Ukraine president, Zelensky, investigating Joe Biden and his family's business dealings in the historically corrupt sovereignty. Few questioned why we needed to send weapons to Ukraine at that moment, when President Obama denied the shipment of lethal weapons to Ukraine for his entire presidency.

The ongoing war in the eastern part of Ukraine, beginning in 2014, was seldom mentioned in mainstream news in the US. When it was, it was referred to as internal skirmishes between Ukraine and "Russian-backed separatists." Little context was given to the fact that the entire Eastern part of Ukraine, geographically called the Donbass region, was populated by  Russian-speakers, who identified more with what they viewed as their Russian motherland to their East, than the increasingly-westernized Europeans in Kiev. In all elections held in Ukraine, the Donbass oblasts (states) solidly voted for candidates who preferred cohesion with Russia over NATO and the US. 

(For sake of brevity, I cannot get into the long struggle between these people who believed they were fighting for their right to hold onto their Russian heritage, language, and religion, and the nationalists in Kiev seeking to strip them of their traditions. Nor can I get into the even longer history of provocations against Russia, leading up to the 2021 invasion, the so-called start of the war. All of this is well-documented.)

Because the US media pitted Trump against the government of Ukraine in the narrative surrounding the first impeachment, large swaths of Americans began holding up Ukraine as a bulwark against Trump.  For the previous three years, allegations by Democrats that Trump's campaign had colluded with the other side, Russia, were relentlessly investigated and litigated in the US press. The intrepid special investigator into Russian collusion, Robert Mueller, who Democrats were convinced was going to lead Trump to prison in handcuffs, had found insufficient evidence of collusion less than a year before. But the die-hards continued to insist on Trump's guilt.

The rendering of Trump, standing in between Ukraine's struggle, in favor of the Russian aggressor, was therefore, firmly etched in America's psyche, and little push was needed for so many to "Stand With Ukraine."  

No one knows what is going to happen in the process of ongoing negotiations. Trump wants to be seen as the peace president, while the other side insists he is an agent of mayhem. For 3 years, the Biden administration and NATO countries escalated the chaos of war and undermined all negotiations between the warring parties. As the outcome is looking worse for Ukraine daily, the tale that Trump is to blame for Ukraine's potential loss will likely be on Trump's political enemies' best-seller list for many seasons to come.

How the US public's perception of the Ukraine war was manipulated, vis-a-vis Trump

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Who is Elon Musk really

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Garland Nixon and Joti Brar France and Britain spoilt for war with Russia EP 31

They have already become our friends: Jaap Scholten and a group of courageous Dutch writers, photographers, artists, and rugby players who come regularly to Ukraine to bring vehicles to the Ukrainian soldiers.

We have already had conversations with some of them: 

https://soundcloud.com/user-579586558/ep-287 

https://soundcloud.com/user-579586558/ep-270

This time, we held a big event at PEN Ukraine and UkraineWorld to talk about inspiration, courage, fatigue, freedom, and the need to act.

Guests:

Tommy Wieringa, an acclaimed Dutch writer and ambassador of ProtectUkraine.nl, joined five of the most recent convoys of Protect Ukraine to Izyum and beyond. 

Maurits Chabot, a writer and historian, co-author of the book for the National Book Week of the Netherlands 2025, joined Protect Ukraine on two convoys. 

Jaap Scholten, an author and anthropologist, founder of ProtectUkraine.nl. 

Eddy van Wessel, a prize-winning and internationally respected photographer, has independently traveled to Ukraine since the 2022 full-scale invasion, documenting the ongoing war.

Moderator: Anastasiia Herasymchuk, Deputy Editor-in-Chief at UkraineWorld.

ProtectUkraine.nl is a Dutch NGO focused on supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the frontlines with defensive materials.

"Explaining Ukraine" is a podcast by UkraineWorld, a multilingual media outlet about Ukraine.

UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of Ukraine's largest media NGOs.

You can support our work at https://www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

We really need your support now because our media is increasingly relying on crowdfunding.

You can also support our volunteer trips to the front-line areas, where we help both soldiers and civilians, bringing mostly cars for soldiers and books for civilians. You can support our trips at PayPal: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com.

This episode is a recording of an event held by UkraineWorld and PEN Ukraine on January 30th, 2025

"Inspired by Ukrainians": these Dutch writers bring vehicles to the frontline

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America's proxy war agaisnt Russia has failed

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Ukraine war – approaching the end game

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TUC leader endorsing Ukraine war is a betrayal of British and Ukrainian workers

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Landslide for Lukashenko as Belarus reasserts sovereignty and independence

https://thecommunists.org/2025/04/05/news/russia-closes-on-victory-while-imperialism-scrambles/

Russia closes in on victory; imperialism scrambles to save its rotten system

We consider the aftermath of a once sweet political alliance, now in tatters, between the world's richest man Elon Musk and the leader of the free world, President Trump. Despite Musk deleting his most explosive anti-Trump posts from the X platform, it's hard to see these two colossal egos reconciling any time soon. So who comes out of this worse off or will both men ultimately lose? [AND.... for SO much more of our Pod, check out beyondinfinity.com.au]

Meltdown! The Trump/Musk Bromance Implodes

Today RLA Radio show features a captivating interview with guest Kerry Lutz's which reveals how his 14-year journey following controversial financial forecaster Martin Armstrong led to his Amazon bestseller "The World According to Martin Armstrong." Armstrong's jaw-dropping track record includes predicting the 1987 crash, Soviet Union's fall, and calling Dow 32,000 when it was only 12,000—plus his recent Dow 45,000 prediction that hit exactly on December 14th, 2024. Now he's forecasting Dow 62,000 by 2032, a 2026 recession, and even more startling geopolitical predictions. Using his mysterious Economic Confidence Model that tracks cycles of confidence and money flows, these forecasts come from a man once imprisoned as a "political prisoner" who continued producing remarkably accurate predictions from his cell using only an IBM typewriter. Combined with discussions about AI as the "great equalizer," Japan's bond market implosion, and America's potential use of Bitcoin and gold to address national debt, this interview is essential listening for navigating today's unpredictable financial landscape.

Kerry Lutz has been a student of Austrian Economics since 1977. While attending Pace University, he stumbled upon an extensive cache of Austrian Economic Literature in a dark, musty, abandoned section of the school’s library. After graduating from The New York Law School, he became an attorney and lifelong serial entrepreneur. In 2010, Kerry gave up most of his other interests to pursue his desire of becoming a radio show host and founded the Financial Survival Network, whose mission is to help you prosper and thrive in the New Economy.

To learn more about Kerry Lutz and subscribe to his free newsletter, please visit http://kerrylutz.com.  To learn more about Retirement Lifestyle Advocates, please visit our website at www.RetirementLifestyleAdvocates.com.


The Man Who Predicted Dow 45,000 When It Was 12,000 - Now Says It's Going to 62,000

The flustered Victor Orban of Hungary, when challenged by a reporter so "elegantly" explained why he thinks Ukraine should not be a member of NATO.

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Problem Is The War

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Letter to north Korea in praise of its selfless fraternal solidarity with Russia

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General Gerasimov on Russia’s victory in Kursk

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Starmer's army

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Russia DPRK military cooperation anti-imperialism

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Starmer's failing military

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USA defeat proxy war setback imperialism

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