Tag: ukraine

  • Sachs exhorts EU not to blindly follow US

    Sachs exhorts EU not to blindly follow US

    Professor Jeffrey Sachs addressed NATO this month, begging European nations not to blindly follow the US into a global war with China and Russia. He says US is no longer a global leader, and is in denial about this, leading the West into a dangerous and futile global war. He points out that successive US presidents expanded NATO despite warnings by European and US diplomats that it would inevitably lead to war. <snip> He also spent much of the last two years investigating the sources of CoViD and believes it escaped US biotech laboratory though this is not yet proven. Jeffrey Sachs is adviser to the UN on the Sustainable Development Goals and professor of economics at the Columbia University.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SequPvRFn0
    Jeffrey Sachs in Madrid

    Jeffrey Sachs started his speech by saying, we are in a mess. A real mess, and we show no signs of getting ourselves out of it. He then rattled off the list of mistakes that we have made in recent years that have brought western economies crashing down and plunged Africa and South America into chaos. His point that US insistence that the world follow its policies is a major part of the problem and, unless we wake up, and start working cooperatively with China and Russia, it will continue to get worse, not better. I have posted a link to his speech on the 4zzzecoradio socials and to Ecoradio.net. Watch it and weep. It makes perfect sense and we have to convince our government to decouple from the US madness and seriously work toward a sustainable future. The alternative is unthinkable.

  • Europe divided over Ukraine

    Europe divided over Ukraine

    Writing in Al Jazeera today, Dimitar Bechev, writes that the visit by Hungarian President Viktor Orban to Moscow to secure a new gas deal and express support for Russian resistance to NATO shows how complex the situation in Eastern Europe is. Poland, the Baltic states and Romania have strongly expressed support for NATO involvement in the Ukraine. The Balkan states are less enthusiastic and support Russian concerns about NATO expansion. Germany has refused to send troops to the Ukraine. Bechev believes that despite the complexity, most states will resist Russian intervention in the eastern region of the Ukraine. British troops are already on the ground and have been involved in battles with Russian soldiers. Land mines are being used to booby trap trenches on the front line.

    The song Putin Khuilo

    Meanwhile, anti-Russian Ukrainians have taken to song to express their frustration. The popular ‘Putin Khuilo’ is belted out at rallies, clubs and quoted in official speeches, labelling Putin as a ‘dickhead’. The 2019 song Alga by symphonic rock outfit, Ignea, continues to be a staple at similar events. It famously advises the Russians to get off Uklranian soil with the words ‘you godless bastards, put your two headed eagle into your asses and run.’

    https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/2/1/in-central-and-eastern-europe-ukraine-crisis-proves-natos-worth

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/1/on-the-front-line-britons-fight-alongside-ukrainian-troops

    https://theworld.org/stories/2014-06-25/putin-khuilo-ukraines-obscene-anti-russia-chant-has-been-turned-ridiculous-music