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Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 7

24May

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Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 7

Posted by: John Phoenix Stalin on Russian history Stalin also objected to Russia’s history being reduced to that of revolutionary movements: “In school textbooks, Stalin complained, history was replaced by sociology and class struggle by periodisation and the classification of economic systems. Also unacceptable to him was that Russian history was reduced to that of revolutionary movements. “We cannot write such history! Peter was Peter, Catherine was Catherine. They rested on certain classes, expressed their moods and interests, but they acted, they were historical figures. While they were not our people, it is necessary to present the historical epoch, what happened, who ruled, what sort of government there was, the politices that were conduct...

Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 8

23May

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Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 8

Posted by: John Phoenix Science and society Under Zhdanov’s leadership, the campaign against Western capitalist cultural influences was initiated in the summer of 1946. Stalin was determined to expand Soviet influence in eastern and central Europe as a barrier against future German aggression against the Soviet Union. Instead of understanding Soviet concerns after such a costly war, Anglo-American imperialism launched the Cold War, with Churchill declaring in his notorious Fulton speech that an “iron curtain” had “descended on Europe from the Baltic to the Adriatic. Behind the screen, all the ‘ancient states’ of central and eastern Europe were succumbing to communist totalitarian control” [Note that Churchill borrowed the expression ‘Iron Curtain’ as a prop...

The Ukraine war and the manufacture of consent

20Mar

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Russia, Ukraine

The Ukraine war and the manufacture of consent

Posted by: John Phoenix The Ukraine war. Three simple words that roll off the tongue with little thought or consequence. Like the Iraq war. The Afghanistan war. The Libyan war. And all the others. Each becomes a label, a shorthand, stripped of history, politics, humanity and class content. We read the headlines when they surface, absorb the approved outrage, and move on. For most people in Britain, what is happening does not yet intrude directly into daily life. Our children are not being conscripted. Our homes are not being bombed. There is no rationing, no air-raid sirens, no visible sacrifice demanded. It’s what happens to other people, in other places and has little to do with us. As long as the war remains ‘over there’, ignorance is not only possible but encouraged. We ...

Here’s Who Really Weaponizes Children in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

5Feb

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Russia, Ukraine

Here’s Who Really Weaponizes Children in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Posted by: John Phoenix As accusations of abductions resurface, it’s clear the West doesn’t care about facts on the ground if they contradict the narrative By Eva Bartlett Global Research, For the last three years, Ukraine and concerted legacy media campaigns have been screaming that Russia has abducted, or forcibly displaced, thousands of Ukrainian children – even up to 1.5 million! The accusations resurged in December, with a UN General Assembly vote on a draft resolution on the return of Ukrainian children. To read this article in the following languages, click the Translate Website button below the author’s name. Русский, Deutsch, Italiano, Español, 中文, Portugues, Français, عربي, Hebrew, Farsi, 日本語, 한...

25Nov

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Russia, Ukraine, USA

The 28-Point Theater of the Absurd

By: Pepe Escobar The chihuahuas of war will keep barking while the SMO will keep rollin’ along. The Circus Ringmaster’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine may be seen as a pet seal splashing around in a pond to amuse the galleries. And up next, we move to another attraction. Yet if taken seriously – and that requires not a pinch but a barrel of salt – it’s like a twin to the Circus Ringmaster’s “plan” for Gaza, this time with the objective of snatching a pitiful “victory” from the jaws of the Empire of Chaos’s own, de facto strategic defeat. Let’s check the reactions. Here you will find Larry Johnson’s analysis – which I share – , but most of all the video of the stunning two-hour interview we had mid-week in Moscow with stellar Maria Zakharova, the mos...

Russian Forces Make Rapid Gains in Key Donbas City

1Nov

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Russia, Ukraine

Russian Forces Make Rapid Gains in Key Donbas City

Posted by: John Phoenix by Kyle Anzalone Map via South Front Ukrainian forces are quickly losing territory and are nearly encircled in Pokrovsk. The nearly two-year-long battle appears to be nearing its end. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Tuesday that Russian forces had reached the central, northern, and northeastern regions of the city. Pokrovsk is considered pivotal to Ukrainian defenses in the Donbas region. South Front reports Russian forces are tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian forces near the city center, and Kiev’s troops east of the city have retreated. “Unfortunately, everything is sad in the Pokrovsk direction,” wrote a Ukrainian drone unit calling itself Peaky Blinders on the messaging app Telegram. “The int...

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about parliamentary elections in Moldova 29-09-2025

30Oct

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Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question about parliamentary elections in Moldova 29-09-2025

Posted by: John Phoenix Question: Moldova held parliamentary elections on September 28. The Moldovan Central Election Commission says the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity won. How does the Foreign Ministry assess the election outcomes? Maria Zakharova: The election campaign was assessed as unprecedentedly dirty and politicised in Moldova itself. It was marked by massive use by the authorities of administrative and coercive resources, all kinds of extra-legal mechanisms, blackmail, and threats. Political analysts describe it as a “theatre of the absurd,” a “cheap spectacle,” and an “operetta-like show.” To remain in power, the current regime effectively used barbaric medieval methods to intimidate its opponents; it removed competitors, shut down independent media, blo...

Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 4

10Aug

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Stalin’s Library by Geoffrey Roberts – a resumé and review – Part 4

Posted by: John Phoenix Roberts calculates that the size of Stalin’s library at some 25,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals. In Stalin’s collection, “Apart from the works of Marx, Engels, Kautsky and Luxemburg, there are few foreign translations in Stalin’s collection. Notable exceptions include Russian translations of Winston Churchill’s book about the First World War, ‘The World Crisis’; three books by the German revisionist social democrat Eduard Bernstein; two books by Keynes, including ‘The economic consequences of the peace’; Jean Jaurès’s ‘History of the great French revolution’; Tomáš Masaryk’s ‘World revolution’; the German economist Karl Wilhelm Bucher’s ‘Work and rhythm’; an early work by Karl Wittfogel on the ‘awakening’ of China; John Hobson’s ‘Imperialis...

World’s largest offshore wind monopoly reports record crash

10Aug

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Europe, Russia, USA, World

World’s largest offshore wind monopoly reports record crash

Posted by: John Phoenix Is the green stock market bubble starting to burst? Ørsted, the Danish company which controls 25% of the global offshore wind market share, reported a record loss of 30% of its share value in early August 2025. The company said it was negatively affected by US market ‘adversity’. US capital exacts energy market share from EU sidekicks The crash was precipitated by the US decision to halt all offshore wind leases, in order to support US oil and gas monopolies. The move means that Ørsted’s assets in the US are not only useless, but also unsellable. The stocks of other European energy monopolies have also been negatively affected since the US policy was announced, while US energy monopolies benefited. The US is not a major global player in wind ...

The West prepares the European theatre for World War 3

10Aug

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The West prepares the European theatre for World War 3

Posted by: John Phoenix The failure of Western military technology to produce the weaponry necessary for Nato to prevail in Ukraine and for the Israeli puppet to prevail against Iran has caused great alarm to the imperialist warmongers, led by the US but with active complicity of the European ruling classes. This alarm was, for instance, eloquently expressed by General James E Rainey, a US 4-star general, who warned that the way wars were fought was changing at “hyperspeed” and America was failing to keep up. “Conceding that Russia is ‘ahead of us on UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] right now’, Rainey told The [New York] Times…’There’s technology that we absolutely know we need the next time we go to war, indisputably — to counter UAS [unmanned aircra...