(2023-09-24). WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WESTERN POLITICAL CLASS? sonar21.com 
Authored by Gaius Baltar (http: //gaiusbaltar.substack.com) There are several reasons why the non-western world is increasingly severing ties with the West. One of them can be described as the "breakdown of…
(2023-09-24). Biden's Latest Nadia Comaneci Moves on Ukraine. sonar21.com 
For a crusty, old, demented codger, Biden is doing the political equivalent of a gymnastics floor exercise. He is proving to be extraordinarily agile and flexible on policy redlines, doing…
(2023-09-24). Collaboration, Not Confrontation. popularresistance.org The United States has articulated a policy that it wishes to continue this war to severely 'weaken Russia' — as US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and other high officials have been explicitly stating — and, it is claimed, to place Ukraine in a stronger bargaining position for eventual negotiations (or in a weaker position, if the Russian offensive makes an impact, a strong likelihood that is quietly ignored). The policy of trying to 'weaken Russia' through the escalation of the war in Ukraine is the position of the United States and the United Kingdom, and with some variation, their European allies (F…