Law, Power, and Justice

Emily Jones

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Category: Capitalism

  • PUTIN AND RELIGION: Foreign Affairs Article

    In the Kremlin, faith and force go hand in hand. — Read on http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2022-03-05/russias-menacing-mix-religion-and-nuclear-weapons March 5, 2022 A moment of maximum danger could arise if the Kremlin does something that Western leaders may not expect: blend nuclear threats with religious rhetoric. Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russian… Read.

  • The World’s Most Dangerous Man | Foreign Affairs

    Over the last decade, Putin has turned his government into a personalist regime: a system in which he monopolizes meaningful authority. — Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2022-03-16/worlds-most-dangerous-man Putin’s extreme secrecy helps account for some of the most puzzling aspects of the war. On the day the first Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine, Russia’s central bank… Read.

  • UKRAINE UPDATE: WAR ON THE ROCKS

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    WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2022: 10:30 pm CNN Georgian president says that Putin’s instinct is toward expansion.  TWITTER Ted Lieu is arguing that we should provide MIG’s to Ukraine. Vindman posts an excerpt from his book “Here Right Matters.”  “Russia is adept at a technique – it’s part of a uniquely Russian doctrine called “reflexive control”… Read.

  • Understanding Putin’s Nuclear Decision-Making – War on the Rocks

    Editor’s note: Don’t miss our comprehensive guide to Russia’s war against Ukraine.   The Ukraine invasion has instigated a soul-searching of — Read on warontherocks.com/2022/03/understanding-putins-nuclear-decision-making/ Read.

  • UKRAINE UPDATE

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    WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2022 UKRAINE UPDATE: UKRAINE WORLD Director of the Kherson Drama Theatre, Oleksandr Knyha, was kidnapped this morning.  The video from Mariupol looks like WWII Germany In Kharkiv, more than a thousand high-rise buildings have already been destroyed. Zelensky appeals to Japan for more economic sanctions. Zelensky also noted that the UN Security… Read.

  • UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 PM

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    21 MARCH 2022, 4 PM MSNBC It is estimated that 3.5 million people have been forced to leave Ukraine. The vaccinated rate in Ukraine is low and therefore there is likely to be another COVId outbreak.  U.S. is not accepting many refugees from Ukraine.  Why? Filtration camps?  People being evacuated and transported. Miles Taylor: We… Read.

  • Smaller Nuclear Bombs

    www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/science/russia-nuclear-ukraine.html Read.

  • UKRAINE UPDATE:

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    MONDAY 21 MARCH 2022 Like Elie Mystal, I could not sit in front of the Judiciary Committee and maintain decorum listening to these fascist morons.  Someone said that working as a public defender meant that you didn’t respect the law.  My God, it’s exactly the opposite.  The public defender system is something we should be… Read.

  • The “Anti-War Left” Makes me Crazy

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    THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2022 What kind of a people are we to sit and watch the destruction of Ukraine? People in the United States fell all over themselves to get the military into Iraq and Afghanistan, conveniently ignoring Saudi Arabia.  But now?  Where are those people who wanted so desperately to support a war?  There… Read.

  • The “State Secrets” Privilege Is a Tool of Injustice | The Nation

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    Nothing in the Constitution’s text supports a state secrets privilege—in fact, it runs counter to upholding a government by the consent of the governed. — Read on www.thenation.com/article/world/supreme-court-state-secrets/ Read.

  • Ukraine Update: Friday Morning

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    FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2022 The Russians are bombing Lviv this morning.  The message is that nothing, nowhere is safe.  And, we sit for another day and wring our hands. CNN Russians accused of kidnapping another mayor. New attacks on civilian targets US not making it easy for Ukrainians with family in the US to come… Read.

  • Ukraine Update: 12:40 PM

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    WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2022 MSNBC Biden is to respond to Zelensky’s speech to the congress this morning.  (Note: Marjorie Taylor Greene stood up with everybody else to applaud Zelensky, but got her phone and started texting.  She did not applaud.) Richard Engel: Russian forces have taken over a hospital in Mariupol, and they are not… Read.

  • It’s Time to Cancel Ukraine’s Foreign Debt

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    As the people of Ukraine fight for their survival as a country, cancelling debt is a crucial act of solidarity — and one that can and should be done immediately. — Read on jacobinmag.com/2022/03/ukraine-foreign-debt-cancellation-imf-global-finance Read.

  • The Next 10 Days Will Decide This War | CEPA

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    The next 10 days are decisive. It is a race and I’m not seeing enough urgency. We need to push the gas pedal to the floor now, immediately. Lieut. General (Ret.) Ben Hodges is Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, DC. — Read on cepa.org/the-next-10-days-will-decide-this-war/ Read.

  • Book Excerpt. Putins war against ukraine

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