EDITORS—Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and Volodymyr Zelensky stood to applaud a man who fought for the Nazi SS during the Second World War after an address in parliament, footage shows. Anthony Rota, Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, hailed 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka as “a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran” who “fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians”. His tribute promoted a standing ovation from lawmakers in the chamber. Rota later apologised when it emerged that Hunka served in a division of the Nazi SS during the war. The speaker’s address had come after Mr Zelensky made a speech of his own in the Canadian parliament.
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UKRAINE SUSPENDS AFU ARMY PR SHILL SARAH ASHTON-CIRILLO
13 minutes readGARLAND NIXON—Garland dissects the repugnant and transparently staged Ukraine propaganda produced and disseminated by the notorius US transgender and Democrat party member Sarah Ashton Cirillo, an eager participant in US intel stunts against Russia.
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Subservience to Washington Does Not a Superpower Make
14 minutes readMICHAL KRUPA—Simply put, between Western neoliberalism and Eastern traditionalism, Poland has nothing exceptional to offer nations that would seek a “third way” in Central Europe. Rabid Russophobia, closely tied to priority objectives of the United States, is not an especially attractive organizing principle to a growing number of nations.
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In A World Ruled By Propaganda, A Sane Worldview Will Necessarily Be A Fringe Worldview
17 minutes readCAITLIN JOHNSTONE—It’s a mistake not only because assuming that the center position must be the best one is a type of fallacious reasoning known as the middle ground fallacy (the correct position between “Drink a gallon of bleach daily for good health” and “Drink zero bleach daily for good health” is not “Drink half a gallon of bleach daily for good health”); it’s also a mistake because the entire framing arises from a situation that has been artificially engineered by the powerful.
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VANESSA BEELEY—I speak to geopolitical analyst and journalist Brian Berletic about Russia’s military and realpolitik strategy in Syria. While many people have a reactionary response to Israel’s persistent aggression against Syria – Russia, Syria, Iran and allies are studying the long-term strategy which is agreed upon with Damascus in the driving seat.