Emily Jones
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Category: Capitalism
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When Railing Against Cancel Culture Is About Railing Against Accountability | The Nation. Always, always read elie mystal.
A speech by Andrew Cuomo and an article by a college student suggest what’s really behind the lamentations about “left-wing censorship.” — Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/cuomo-camp-canceled-not/ Read.
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UKRAINE
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Update:
I’m going to put two of my nine cats in carriers and take them to the vet for booster shots. I am dreading the disapproval. I, however, can come home with my cats. They will be fed and safe tonight. I will have dinner and sleep in a warm bed. Democracy is not a given,… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Yanukovych, Luke Harding, Putin’s stability, No-Fly Zone
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Yanukovych, Luke Harding, Putin’s stability, No-Fly Zone
MONDAY 7 MARCH 2022 MSNBC: 4 pm • A dozen cities shelled to dust in Ukraine. • People are without water and heat and food. They are freezing to death while they are being shelled and cannot leave shelters. • There is no trust for the humanitarian corridors because of the shelling of them by… Read.
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GOP Senators endanger Ukrainian President with reckless decison
These GOP senators put the safety of Ukrainian President Zelensky at grave risk. — Read on occupydemocrats.com/2022/03/06/insecure-gop-senators-endanger-ukrainian-president-with-an-unconscionable-decision/ Read.
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Wagner Group: the Russian mercenaries hunting Zelensky | News | The Sunday Times
A man casually plunges a knife through a woman’s hand, pinning her to the table in a prelude to rape. Another attacker murders her baby. These atrocities belon — Read on www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wagner-group-the-russian-mercenaries-hunting-zelensky-dttx20zj6 Read.
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Ukraine Update: Notes
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022 CNN • Moldovans are moving West in fear that they too will be invaded. • Note: Russia controls the eastern part of Moldova, much like they control the Donbas. The region is called Transnistria • McRaven is not supporting the no-fly zone. It would expand the war instead of containing it,… Read.
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Ukrainian sociologist.
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Six Scenarios for How Putin’s War in Ukraine Could End – Bloomberg
What makes Russia’s aggression so terrifying is that it’s determined solely by the perceived self-interest of one man. — Read on www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-04/six-scenarios-for-how-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-could-end Read.
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Ukraine Update: An “off ramp”, preemptive capitulation, we only fight when we are guaranteed to win.
FRIDAY 3/4/22 MSNBC: Nicolle Wallace Rich Stengel is talking about giving Putin an “off ramp.” Why are people still proposing that? What in hell do they propose to offer? Putin, Stengel argues, can save face and withdraw. And what in hell is Stengel proposing we offer Putin to get him to do that? Ukraine? Putin… Read.
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By any means necessary
Trump has built the first American mass political movement in the past century that is ready to fight by any means necessary, including bloodshed, for its cause. The atlantic Read.
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Russia says it’s blocking Facebook in alarming new censorship push – The Verge
Russia’s communications agency announced on Friday that it would block access to Meta’s platforms within the country, citing “discrimination against Russian media.” — Read on www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22960739/russia-internet-block-facebook-meta-roskomnadzor-ukraine Read.
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‘Putin wants to kill us totally’: Ukrainians hold firm under bombardment | Ukraine | The Guardian
From Kharkiv to Mykolaiv, the Russian onslaught has been fierce, but residents say they will not surrender — Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/04/putin-wants-to-kill-us-totally-ukrainians-hold-firm-under-bombardment Read.
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What’s all the fuss about Ukraine? | by Jennifer Cohn | Jan, 2022 | Medium
Ukraine gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Ever since, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has wanted Ukraine to join with Russia in forming a Eurasian Union. But many… — Read on jennycohn1.medium.com/whats-all-the-fuss-about-ukraine-1ba8e53d99ee Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 