Common Grounds

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• War in a World that Stands for Nothing

  
  April 21, 2022 20:07

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-ukraine-war-highlights-truths-about-global-capitalism-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-04?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=9c6fbe2bbc-covid_newsletter_04_20_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-9c6fbe2bbc-93791313&mc_cid=9c6fbe2bbc&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  Bu SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK

  Published April 18, 2022

   

  Vladimir Putin’s war engine is being sustained not just by European payments for Russian oil and gas but also by a complicit class of “lumpen-bourgeoisie” motivated solely by the trappings of material wealth. Ukrainians, and everyone else, are learning the hard way how global capitalism trumps democracy and human rights.

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• Our Friday Edition | What is the Side of the Story that is Not Yet Decisive?

  
  April 21, 2022 21:37

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-is-the-side-of-the-story-that-is-not-yet-decisive/

   

  By Abraham A. van Kempen

   

  Who's Wise?

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• Nina L. Khrushcheva - Says More…

  
  April 21, 2022 20:28

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/say-more/an-interview-with-nina-l-khrushcheva-2022-03

   

  Published March 29, 2022

   

  This week in Say More, PS talks with Nina L. Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School.

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• Who's behind alleged war crimes in Ukraine?

  
  April 14, 2022 11:04

  Source: Veterans Today

  https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/04/10/whos-behind-alleged-war-crimes-in-ukriane/

   

  By John White

  Published April 10, 2022

   

  "The Ukrainian National Police committed numerous crimes against humanity in Bucha." - Scott Ritter

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• Palestinian victims of the Ukraine war

  
  April 14, 2022 08:57

  Source: Press TV

  https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/04/08/679969/Palestine-Ukraine-Zelensky-Israel-weapons-containment--racism-

   

  By Denijal Jegic

  Published April 8, 2022

   

  Projecting the future of Ukraine after the current war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected "liberal, European" concepts and instead identified the idea of a "big Israel" as his vision for Ukraine.

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• Zelensky, entering new stage of war, faces political test

  
  April 07, 2022 11:25

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/03/zelenky-putin-peace-deal-ukraine-politics/

   

  By Paul Sonne, Shane Harris, Michael Birnbaum and Souad Mekhennet

   

  As the war grinds on and peace talks continue, the Ukrainian president confronts new challenges

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• Israel and the Triangular Crisis of Ukraine, Iran, and Palestine

  
  April 05, 2022 15:07

  Source: The New Yorker

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/israel-and-the-triangular-crisis-of-ukraine-iran-and-palestine

   

  By Bernard Avishai

  Published April 1, 2022

   

  A summit in Israel, at a decisive moment, highlighted the tensions that have rendered the nation an outlier among democratic states.

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• Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History

  
  April 05, 2022 14:29

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/is-europe-really-more-civilized-ukraine-conflict-a-platform-for-racism-and-rewriting-history/

   

  By Ramzy Baroud

  Published April 4, 2022

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• Russia Is Finished as a Major Energy Power

  
  April 07, 2022 14:38

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ending-russia-energy-leverage-by-simon-johnson-and-oleg-ustenko-2022-03?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=01b9aced13-sunday_newsletter_04_03_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-01b9aced13-93791313&mc_cid=01b9aced13&mc_eid=284f1f0e24

   

  By SIMON JOHNSON, OLEG USTENKO

  Published March 31, 2022

   

  In the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, no European in their right mind wants Russia to have the free cash flow that its hydrocarbon exports currently provide. And the European Union, the United States, and their allies are already on track to remove this major source of the Kremlin's geopolitical leverage.

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• This Geopolitical War is a ‘Geopolitical Crime’

  
  April 12, 2022 13:57

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/this-geopolitical-war-is-a-geopolitical-crime/

   

  By Richard Falk

  Published April 10, 2022

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