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RT: Ukraine to default if parliament rejects debt restructure proposal – finance minister
by Systematic Natalya Yaresko. Photo Michail Polinchak/RIA Novosti) RT reports: The Ukrainian government will declare a default if its parliament, the Verkhovnaya Rada, rejects creditors’ proposals on restructuring the...
In Syria, Putin Calls Obama’s Bluff, Joins War Against ISIS
by Eric Zuesse According to German Economic News (September 1st, based on reports from ynetnews and others), Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apparently decided to establish in Syria a...
“Russian data law provokes fear in persons unknown” – Shaun Walker
by Kit It seems many people have forgotten who Edward Snowden is. To refresh your memories, he is an ex-NSA intelligence analyst currently hiding out somewhere in Moscow. Two...
“Turkey made me do it” – the next stage in backstopping the unraveling ISIS narrative
by BlackCatte In today’s Independent, Patrick Cockburn, reliable purveyor of backstopping, sets out the latest fallback position for the west’s increasingly discredited “ISIS narrative.” Viz: “it’s all Turkey’s fault.”...
How Kolomoyskyi siphoned off 1.8 billion of IMF’s rescue money for Ukraine
from Global Research A huge chunk of the $17 billion in bailout money the IMF granted to Ukraine in April 2014 has been discovered in a bank account in Cyprus controlled by exiled Ukrainian oligarch Ihor...
Dear Guardian editors: this is why no one believes you anymore
by BlackCatte Dear Guardian editors, especially the Anonymous Perpetrator of Sunday’s Guardian view on Ukraine – While this is just the latest on the conveyor-belt of state-promoted Stalinist ‘alternative...
At least 100 police injured in explosion outside Ukraine’s parliament
by Systematic A National Guard victim of today’s clashes in Kiev. Photo Yuriy Kirnichny/AFP At least 100 police officers and servicemen from the Ukrainian National Guard were injured after...
Breaking: Clashes in Kiev (with live feed; updated)
by Systematic RT reports: Clashes have erupted in front of the parliament in the Ukrainian capital as protesters came to oppose amendments to the constitution proposed by President Petro...
The Guardian weaves tangled web pages
by Bryan Hemming My grandfather was born in Hammerfest in Norway. Once renowned for being the northernmost town in the world, the fact he was doesn’t cut much ice...
The New Colonialism: Greece and Ukraine
by Jack Rasmus Greece and Ukraine represent the development of a new, more direct management of wealth extraction. A new form of colonialism is emerging in Europe. Not colonialism...
Huxley to Orwell: contrasting dystopias
When George Orwell published his seminal work, Nineteen Eighty-Four, he asked his publishers to send a copy to Aldous Huxley, whose own dystopian masterpiece, Brave New World, had appeared...
VIDEO: Tony Benn speech on the aims of Thatcherite policies
The late Tony Benn speaks out about the real aims of the banking industry, debt slavery, and the policies of pro-business politicians from Thatcher to the present day. Short...
Are we safer now?
by Catte A 17 year old boy from Virginia, USA has just been sentenced to 11 years in a federal prison (which means no parole) for allegedly putting info...
The Secret Agenda Behind the Venezuela-Guyana Conflict
by Eva Golinger, via Counter Punch It all began in 1835 when the British Empire sent a German-born naturalist and explorer to conduct geographical research in the South American...
Referendum on joining Russia to take place in rebel-held Ukraine
by Systematic Novorossiya soldiers after taking Donetsk airport (via Hermius on Twitter) In late autumn, the integration of the two Novorossiya republics, the DPR and LPR, into the structure...
Bernie Sanders versus Obama & the Clintons: The Big Difference
Today OffGuardian explores what Bernie Sanders represents to different Americans. For some he is a brave defender of forgotten principles, or at least a best alternative. For others he’s...
Bernie Sanders functions as a political ‘sheepdog’
Today OffGuardian explores what Bernie Sanders represents to different Americans. For some he is a brave defender of forgotten principles, or at least a best alternative. For others he’s...
Poll: Ukrainian government fully supported by 0% of population
by Systematic Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. AFP PHOTO/ Prime Minister Press Service/ Andrew Kravchenko Gazeta.ru reports: The main politicians of Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy...
The Guardian’s frantic Corbyn-hate — now it’s just sad
What Corbyn actually said… Some women have raised with me that a solution to the rise in assault and harassment on public transport could be to introduce women only...
Right Sector destroys memorial plaque of Oles Buzina, replaces it with one honoring his killers
by Systematic Antifashist com reports (with more photos and video): “Right Sector” destroyed a memorial plaque for Buzina and replaced it with one honoring his killers.* No rest for...
