Section: US & Canada
Ukraine labels pro-Russian rebels terrorists, ending possibility of peace talks
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday declared the Russia-backed separatist republics in the east to be terrorist organizations, formally eliminating the possibility of holding peace talks with their representatives, as fighting escalated. …read more Source:...
Fighting Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine
A weekend of fierce fighting in Ukraine’s embattled Donbass region continued Monday as pro-Russian insurgents encircled Ukrainian government troops in a new advance. The war of words heated up, too, as Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kiev of relying on a “foreign legion” to wage war against the separatist militias. NATO...
Ukraine Parliament Votes To Call Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics Terrorist Groups
The Ukrainian parliament passed a vote on Tuesday officially declaring Russia as an aggressor state and naming the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as terrorist organizations. The vote, which passed 271 to 27 in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, encourages Ukraine’s partners to hold Russia...
Cohen: The selective Conservative memory
On February 15, 1965, 10,000 people gathered on Parliament Hill. They were there, in the shadow of the Peace Tower, to watch the raising of Canada’s new flag. At noon, amidst a muffled 21-gun salute, a gust of wind gave the flag “the first flutter of life,” Peter C. Newman observed. “If our nation by God’s grace endures a thousand...
OSCE calls on Russia to close its border with Ukraine
JC FinleyVIENNA, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe appealed to Russia to close its border with Ukraine in order to contain conflict in the border region. …read more Source: United Press...
Jewish leader warns of rise of anti-Semitism on Auschwitz anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin absent – even though the Soviet Red Army liberated the camp – the result of the deep chill between the West and Russia over Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Top American Diplomat Decries “Lies” of Russian Media
America’s top diplomat in Europe denounced Russian state-media coverage of the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday and belittled the Kremlin’s propaganda efforts in the United States as fallacious and ineffective. “All you have to do is look at RT’s tiny tiny audience in the United States to understand what happens when you broadcast...
Fun With Conspiracy Theories: Was the Chernobyl Disaster a CYA Move to Hide Something Even Worse?
Dormant for a decade and a half, the Russian Woodpecker appeared to return in December 2013. Once, the notorious tapping of the massive Soviet over-the-horizon radar had frustrated and puzzled Western radio operators, who could discern neither the origin nor purpose of the strange signal. It was coming from somewhere behind the Iron Curtain; its...
Ukraine moves to shut Russia-backed rebels out of talks
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday declared the Russia-backed separatist republics in the east to be terrorist organizations, formally eliminating the possibility of holding peace talks with their representatives, as fighting escalated. The move came after Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed the Ukrainian government to...
Globalization, 21st Century Style: The National Security State Goes Global
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.comRemember the glory days of the 1990s, when our interconnectedness — the ever-tighter embrace of Disney characters, the Swoosh, and the Golden Arches — was endlessly hailed? It was the era of “globalization,” of Washington-style capitalism triumphant, and the planet, we were told, would be...
