Law, Power, and Justice

Emily Jones

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Category: Capitalism

  • Biden: As long as it’s a “small incursion…”

    There has been a flurry of establishment corrections, obfuscations, explanations, and justifications since Biden’s “small incursion” statement on Wednesday.  It is difficult to analyze the different statements largely because they don’t make sense. On the one hand, commentators have maintained that Biden was “just telling the truth.”  But, what truth was Biden telling?  The commentary… Read.

  • Biden, Ukraine and the Corporate Media

    Thursday 20 January 2022 I have very few illusions about the corporate media.  I wrote a book in the early 90s about the media coverage of the invasion of Panama, an invasion which the military manipulatively named “Operation Just Cause.”  Within hours of what was clearly an invasion, NBC reporters were no longer calling it… Read.

  • US may draw the line at cutting off Russia from Swift | Financial Times

    Economic reprisals if the Kremlin invades Ukraine will not necessarily cover the world payments system — Read on www.ft.com/content/21a9b239-f68c-4821-9586-8d60b8c044f0 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-17/u-s-eu-drop-idea-of-removing-russia-from-swift-paper-reports Read.

  • Ukraine: Performance Art

    For those who are interested in the increasingly serious situation on the border of Ukraine, the past few weeks have been tense.  Russia moved what have been estimated as 100,000 troops to the border of Ukraine and then intervened in the political situation of neighboring Belarus.  The West has issued threats, or promises, or murmurs… Read.

  • Russia Could Invade Ukraine within a Month – CNBC

    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/14/russia-could-invade-ukraine-within-next-month-us-intelligence.html Read.

  • Biden boxed in on Ukraine – Axios

    Putin’s whims will ultimately be the deciding factor. — Read on www.axios.com/biden-putin-russia-invade-ukraine-europe-nato-d2abed69-8ae0-4f91-93bc-e3a24a681cb5.html “Officials from virtually all sides are warning that the risk of a large-scale, conventional war on the European continent is greater than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Few agree on how to stop it.” Republicans who regularly travel… Read.

  • Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Ruling Is Part of War on Regulatory Policy

    You will note that the majority opinion is unsigned. — Read on www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a38768714/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-decision/ Read.

  • Ukraine world. Podcast

    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explaining-ukraine/id1333090403 Read.

  • Ukraine left out.

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    www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/world/europe/left-out-of-high-level-talks-ukraine-tries-other-diplomatic-channels.html Read.

  • How Trump steered America’s police straight into the Oath Keepers

    After a hacker leaked data from the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers, reports link active-duty police personnel to the far-right militia group. — Read on www.msnbc.com/opinion/how-trump-steered-america-s-police-straight-oath-keepers-n1283431 Read.

  • What Vladimir Putin wants in Ukraine – The Washington Post

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    The possibilities are myriad and — especially for the hopes of an independent, thriving and democratic Ukraine — range from bad to worse. — Read on www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/07/what-putin-wants-in-ukraine/ Read.

  • RUSSIAN TROOPS IN KAZAKHSTAN

    www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/world/asia/kazakhstan-putin-russia.html “Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sent troops to the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan on Thursday to try to extinguish the latest in a series of dangerous fires to engulf the lands of the former Soviet Union, territory that Moscow views as its own sphere of influence but has struggled to keep calm.” The… Read.

  • How Christian nationalism drove the insurrection: A religious history of Jan. 6 | Salon.com

    Fanatical, extreme religious faith wasn’t incidental to last year’s Capitol assault: It was a central driving force — Read on www.salon.com/2022/01/06/how-christian-nationalism-drove-the-insurrection-a-religious-history-of-jan-6/ Read.

  • Ukraine and Zelensky Alone

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    5 January 2022 Volodymyr Zelensky was an actor when he was elected President of Ukraine in 2019.  Zelensky had appeared regularly on a TV series where he played a history teacher whose rant against political corruption vent viral and made him president.  The Ukrainians, widely disillusioned with their own politicians, were so enchanted with the… Read.

  • Ukrainian Ex-President Petro Poroshenko Accused of Treason, Ally Says – Bloomberg

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    Ukrainian Ex-President Petro Poroshenko Accused of Treason, Ally Says – Bloomberg — Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-20/ukrainian-ex-president-poroshenko-accused-of-treason-ally-says Read.