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TS – “76% and 64% Nazi. Still a lot of de-Nazification necessary by the looks.”
Can you clarify what you actually mean by de-Nazification?
Originally, I believed that Putin intended to remove the Ukrainian government, make illegal certain political parties and disarm various militias. Also, put on trial certain individuals linked to crimes against secessionists.
Your use of de-Nazification appears to go well beyond those objectives.
Can you explain how you de-Nazify three-quarters of Ukrainian males and two-thirds of Ukrainian women?
The easiest way to remove the danger to lives from the channel boat crossings is simply for the government to lift the rule on ferry and airline operators that all passengers must have the appropriate visas (the operators presently face hefty fines). It is these travel companies that act as the first line of immigration control, not Border Force.
Let all applications for political asylum be lodged at the port or airport of arrival and then allow the normal process be followed.
The Gallup organisation organised a telephone poll of Ukrainians in September.
Although 76 per cent of men wanted the war to continue until Russia is forced to leave all occupied territory including Crimea, and 64 per cent of women had the same view, the rest — a substantial number of people — wanted negotiations.
When the survey results were analysed according to Ukraine’s regions, in areas closest to the front lines where the horror of war is felt most keenly people’s doubts about the wisdom of fighting until victory are highest, only 58 per cent support it in southern Ukraine. In the East, the figure is as low as 56 per cent.
It seems the article is predicated on the existence of a mass socialist party. What does an insignificant socialist body do to gain a political presence?
Paying for the war
Denmark is set to scrap a bank holiday to boost defence spending.
To be cancelled is Store Bededag (the “Great Prayer Day”), which falls every year on the Friday before the fourth Sunday after Easter and was introduced as a public holiday in 1686.
Radio play on the 1797 Mutiny.
“For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.”
Peru’s new government has declared a 30-day national state of emergency to quell violent demonstrations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/14/peru-state-emergency-pedro-castillo-protests
Re-edited to read “Despite the Sahrawi people’s claim to self-determination and for control of the resources and international criticism, foreign nations are signing trade deals with Morocco.”
I have still to read any media coverage of Morocco’s colonial ambitions for the region and its resource grabbing. Perhaps I have missed it.
As with Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the World Cup and its executions during it, the only political criticism was centered on Iran.
The USA involvement and the view from the Left
https://www.alternet.org/united-states-instigated-coup-peru/
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/12/08/perus-oligarchy-overthrows-president-castillo/
No release from jail for Castillo
Meanwhile, Amnesty International urged the Peruvian authorities to avoid using “excessive force” in response to the demonstrations
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backs Castillo. He highlighted that the results of the elections should be respected and that Castillo should not have been removed from office. Obrador told reporters that the ousted Peruvian leader had won democratically and thereby could not be removed from being president. He stated he would continue to regard Castillo as Peru’s leader.
The governments of Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia and Argentina jointly urged for the protection of Castillo’s personal and judicial rights.
https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-backs-perus-ousted-leader-amid-deadly-protests/a-64082439
