This Website, originally constructed in 2003 and recently reconstructed into a blog format, is inspired by Detroit’s several decades long economic decline. As a resident of the City of Detroit for most of this period, I, along with others, watched
Americans love competition, particularly in sports, in business generally, and apparently in war. This appears to be true in Ukraine. At this point we should move beyond the question of who is more at fault for the Ukrainian war, the
Having argued with a few people about the war in Ukraine, my take-away is this. People are very willing to sacrifice the lives of others for their ideas. People who support the idea of a victorious western outcome in Ukraine,
Recently posted on this website was a piece entitled “End the War Now”. The essay was also published on a Facebook Page which I administer where it received a lot of support, but also a lot of pushback. The pushback
The Russians claim they would not have gone to war if Ukraine had followed through on the Minsk agreements. The Minsk agreements were a series of failed agreements signed during September of 2014 and February of 2015 designed to end
It seems to me that peace movements should be peaceful. When anger and hate take over the peacemaker’s quest, peacemakers succumb to the tools of the opposition, in effect, becoming their enemies. Failing to look deeper into the motivations of
With U.S. intelligence reports likely assisting in both the sinking of the Russian ship the Moskva, and also leading to the deaths of Russian Generals’, along with the transfer of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to the Ukrainian armed forces, all while
Another headline and another “the West is going to impose more sanctions on Russia”. The harsh economic sanctions might impede the Russian war effort, thereby continuing Western dominance in the global scheme of things, but will do little to solve
The only way to assure the war in Ukraine is ended is for the West to negotiate on Ukraine’s entrance to NATO. Without assurances from the U.S. and NATO that Ukraine will not be admitted to the alliance, short of
One thing is for certain, the West has won the public relations battle over Ukraine. The U.S. and the European political establishments have managed to create a narrative which attributes the Ukrainian war to the machinations of an evil man
Continue reading…Privatized Propaganda: Ukraine & The Western Press
Let’s be clear, whether it be the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the NATO bombing of Libya, or U.S. involvement in Syria, war is to be condemned. There is plenty of blame to
