ERIC ZUESSE—The chief source of gas to all EU countries was the by-far cheapest, which was Russian-supplied pipelined natural gas, which became increasingly barred by the EU countries throughout 2022, and was replaced mainly by U.S.-supplied fracked canned and cross-Atlantic-shipped liquefied natural gas (LNG), at prices many times higher than what EU countries had been paying for Russian pipelined natural gas. This recent history is ‘justified’ by statements that are false and that hide the key truths, so as to fool voters to fear Russia instead of America.
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EDITOR—Given the dimensions of this crisis, and with an increasingly enraged or clueless public clamoring for a restoration of some sort of tolerable normalcy that is in itself an illusion—the disease is too far advanced—we need lucidity, political sophistication, and honesty to guide our actions. People who can make sense of the myriad forces defining this new reality and who can sketch out the possible solutions and escape routes. Obviously such people will not come from the ranks that constitute the disease. The solutions won’t be found in the capitalist playbook. They won’t come from the liberal/globalist mob currently in control of the Democratic party, always a fraud, and currently the main tool for the Deep State’s antisocial machinations.
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THE GRAYZONE—The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate connect the dots between ongoing revelations of Biden family corruption and the Ukraine proxy war, explaining how the former VP and those around him helped set up Kiev as a base for US plunder and war profiteering. They also cover Robert F. Kennedy Jr. casting his lot with the Israel’s lobby’s most fanatical elements, while Cornel West emerges as a threat to Biden’s re-election campaign.
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BRIAN BERLETIC—Nury tells the story of Hong Kong’s transition from a British territory to a fully sovereign territory within China, free of disruptive foreign influence, maintaining its unique characteristics within the “One Country, Two Systems” arrangement, and about the violence and instability that unfolded beforehand.
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DANNY HAIPHONG/ GEORGE GALLOWAY—George Galloway discusses his view of the conflict in Ukraine and pays particular attention to Russia’s special Independent media is under attack. Galloway correctly points out that Russia cannot afford to accept a “premature peace” that would leave the current Zelensky regime (or equivalent) in power, as even a rump but sovereign Ukraine can still serve for another attempt by the West to create its desired platform to threaten Russia with nuclear weapons, or permit the West to mount endless guerrilla operations or sabotage deep in Russia.
