Europe has evolved massively over the centuries to become the pinnacle of human achievement in many spheres. Success breeds envy. That’s why the US Neocons, and others, are working hard to bring down this wonderful community of countries. Never thought I’d see Trotskyists working hand in hand with Neocons.

You’re quite right, of course, Russia refused to allow the independence of the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan (floating on a sea of oil), Belarus and the rest. It brutally occupied all those countries with its armies and refused to let any of them have any independence at all.

Oh ffs. It wasn’t within the gift of the Soviet leadership to ‘allow’ independence. The Soviet Union was held together by the Red Army and the KGB. When the SU collapsed it hadn’t paid them for months. It is eminently possible to be oil rich and bankrupt, as Venezuela demonstrates today.

The collapse of the Soviet Union does not demonstrate the moral superiority of the Russian, or Soviet communism, it demonstrates their incompetence.

You’re quite right, of course, Russia refused to allow the independence of the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan (floating on a sea of oil), Belarus and the rest. It brutally occupied all those countries with its armies and refused to let any of them have any independence at all.

He’s certainly on Israel’s side. Though he’s “anti semitic” as well. The Guardian says so, so it must be true.

Very bad for the rest of us though….you think ‘he’s on our side’..Mark?

‘Facts’ pulled out of you arse to order…

You’ll forgive me if I’m sceptical of your expertise in Soviet era economics.

And the Chosen Folk

Even Heinrich Himmler would regard you as ‘bang out of order’..

UNAMIR could have largely prevented the genocide, but were forbidden to by Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian. (this is where you frantically Google ‘Kofi Annan’ to see if he was Jewish)

Your sixth form assertion about the lack of oil is juvenile, Kosovo has no oil..

The truth is, it’s a difficult place to get to. From the North (well its in the Southern hemisphere, from the west, the DRC is in the way (the size of Western Europe), from the east, you’d need to cross Tanzania (not a small country)

Well said Mark – as always I concur.

Yes, it seems like that. I remember reading a great article by Paul Kingsnorth there. What do you read instead of CP?