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Eastern Ukrainian Resistance
by Stephen Lendman
Thousands of Eastern Ukrainians reject Kiev putschists. Perhaps millions. They want local sovereignty. They want autonomy rights.
They want them respected. They reject fascist rule. They demand their own referendum. They want Ukraine federalized.
Protests continue in Kharkov (Ukraine's second largest city), Donetsk (its largest industrial city), Dnepropetrovsk, Lugansk, Odessa, Nikolayev and elsewhere.
They're growing. They're spreading. They have legs. Maybe parts of Western Ukraine will join them.
Ukrainians are long-suffering. They rejected Orange Revolution rule years earlier. Perhaps Orange Revolution 2.0 won't fare better. It remains to be seen what happens going forward.
Madness in Ukraine
by Stephen Lendman
This year's March madness wasn't in America. Nor what continues in April. Or what preceded it. Or perhaps what's likely to follow. It's in Ukraine.
It's ground zero. It represents the greatest geopolitical crisis since WW II. It threatens a third global conflict. It that's not madness, what is?
Obama bears full responsibility. His rap sheet is blood-drenched. He's waging multiple direct and proxy wars. He's got lots more mass slaughter and destruction in mind.
He wants unchallenged US global dominance. He wants Russia marginalized, isolated, weakened, contained and co-opted. His objectives risk global war.
Ukraine is a major geopolitical flashpoint. It's hugely dangerous. Challenging Russia recklessly may ignite what no responsible leader would risk.
Obama represents the worst of rogue leadership. He's ideologically extreme. He's over-the-top and then some. He's a con man like no other. He risks potential armageddon.
Israeli Supremes Endorse War Crimes
by Stephen Lendman
They didn't surprise. They're like US Supremes. They support wealth, power and privilege. They rubber-stamp war crimes when asked.
They ignore fundamental rule of law principles. Israel High Court justices declined to hear petitioner Marwan Dalal.
He's an Israeli Arab jurist. Earlier he served as a Hague International Criminal Court senior prosecutor. He's the only Palestinian ever to serve in this capacity.
On April 2, Israeli Supremes heard evidence of IDF war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza. A previous article explained.
Dalal filed a 52-page petition. He addressed Israel's:
US Supreme Court Pushes Towards “Legalized Corruption”
Andre Damon
The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday to remove the cap on the total amount of money individuals can contribute to political campaigns, eliminating yet another constraint on the direct domination of the financial oligarchy over political life.
The ruling in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission overturns a 1976 Supreme Court decision that upheld the limit, currently at $123,000 on total campaign contributions during each two-year election cycle. While the ruling leaves in place the limit on contributions to individual candidates, currently set at $2,600 per candidate per election, it is only a matter of time before this too is struck on the basis of the same logic.
Seymour Hersh Does It Again! Killing in the name of …
Michael Collins
Who were the culprits for the chemical weapons attack in Syria?
What was really going on in Benghazi when Libyan terrorists killed Ambassador Stevens and others? (Image)
Why is the United States covering up and collaborating with a moral leper, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan?
Seymour Hersh answers these questions in his April 6 article The Red Line and the Rat Line - Seymour M. Hersh on Obama, Erdogan and the Syrian rebels April 6, London Review of Books
Afghans Vote
by Stephen Lendman
Afghan elections are more farcical than fair. Fraud substitutes for a free and open process. Voters have no say.
In December 2001, Washington installed Hamid Karzai as president. He's a convenient stooge. He's a CIA asset.
Formerly he was Chevron Oil subsidiary Unocal's chief consultant. He's stepping down this year. Supposedly because of constitutional ineligibility for another term.
Changing it could keep him president longer. Earlier he vowed no third term.
On April 5, Afghans voted to replace him. Choices excluded hope and change. Or democracy. Militarized occupation assures illegitimacy. So do Washington rules.
Supreme Court Rules for Big Money
by Stephen Lendman
It didn't surprise. It's supremely pro-business. It's always been this way. It's more than ever now.
It supports Big Monied interests. It does so over democratic governance. It's on the wrong side of most issues mattering most.
On April 2, it repeated a familiar pattern. Its McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision ruled one dollar = one vote. It struck down federal campaign contribution limits. It did so disgracefully.
The Role of Fascism and the Oligarchs in Ukraine
Transcript of Interview with Sergey Kirichuk of Ukraine's Borotba Party
The following is a transcript of a globalresearch.ca interview with Sergey Kirichuk of the Borotba Party, a left-wing, antifascist Ukrainian political party fighting for the solidarity of Ukrainians. We discuss the oligarchic forces and right-wing groups operating in Kyiv such as Svoboda, Euromaidan, and Right Sector, go over the players and pawns of the current Ukrainian Parliament (Rada), and discuss the possible outcomes of the crisis. You can listen to the full interview here. By Haneul Na’avi and Michael Bielawski, borotba.org Transcript
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HANEUL: Sergey, can go ahead and tell us a little about yourself, what you do with your organization, and please further elaborate?
SERGEY: Yeah, the Borotba movement is a young political movement. We have been operating for three years in Ukraine and we started our activities from the unifying of many left-wing groups and common people in Ukraine that are fighting against capitalism and oligarchy. Ukraine is a country totally controlled by a few rich families that we used to call oligarchs, and they are doing whatever they want—changing political parties and regimes, and when we have some kind of election here, we have everything under the control of a few families. So, fighting this system is one of our aims and we are trying to do our best to change the political situation in Ukraine. Actually, we are just a left-wing political movement.
Mideast Peace Negotiators Meet
by Stephen Lendman
A previous article said talks through last Thursday floundered. They're close to collapse.
Breathing life into failure won't work. It hasn't for decades. It won't now. Multiple rounds of futility defined past efforts.
Israel alone benefitted. Palestinians got nothing. Same old, same old persists this time. Einstein once called insanity "doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results."
Kiev Sniper Shootings: Lies v. Truth
by Stephen Lendman
Ukraine putschist authorities are illegitimate. Arsen Avakov is interim interior minister. On Thursday he lied. He pointed fingers the wrong way.
He outrageously accused Ukraine's legitimate President Viktor Yanokovych, his interior minister Vitali Zakharchenko, and Russian security elements of direct involvement in Kiev sniper shootings.
"The former government of the country gave criminal orders and a huge number of people suffered in the 'mincer'," he said.
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