Neoliberal whitewashing of neo-Nazis in Ukraine There is no such ‘miracle’ that cannot be done with the help of just media whitewashing. As if with a wave of a magic wand, those who were first portrayed as reactionary thugs suddenly… Read More ›
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Editorial: Get off that Bandwagon
by George Bialek If you’re a Facebook user chances are you’ve probably seen a popular “meme” regarding Iceland. It’s the one that supposedly quotes some Icelandic politician who was asked something like “Why has Iceland managed to do so well… Read More ›
Not My War
By Svitlana Tsiberganova Dear activists of Maidan, I understand that you have your mobilization, resistance, and your own war. But every one of your posts and reposts calling “all real men to come out” I associate with a call, voiced from… Read More ›
Lenin Statue Reinstated Hours After Being Toppled by Ukraine Fascists
KIEV, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – A statue to Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin was toppled in the central Ukrainian town of Vatutino on Sunday night only to be put back in place several hours later, the UNIAN news agency… Read More ›
Majority in former Soviet states believe breakup was harmful mistake – poll
More than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed a majority of citizens in the independent states believe that the split brought nothing but harm, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup a research-based, global performance-management consulting company released a… Read More ›
All Militant Chauvinists Must Depart the Scene
By G .V. Buyko – Chairman of the Anti-fascist Committee of Ukraine Ukraine is more and more being taken over by nationalism and Russophobia. This can be understood during this time of economic crisis and the terrible conditions for the… Read More ›
As pro-imperialists besiege Ukraine, Communists warn of fascist coup attempt
By Greg Butterfield The Communist Party of Ukraine has issued an urgent call for solidarity from the international workers’ movement, warning that an attempted fascist coup is underway in the former Soviet republic. On the afternoon of Dec. 8, protesters in… Read More ›
Protesters topple Lenin monument in Kiev, smash to pieces with hammers (PHOTOS)
Masked anti-government protesters toppled the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Kiev on Sunday pulling him down with steel ropes, and smashing the granite figure with sledgehammers. A huge crowd queued to get a piece of the statue. A group of… Read More ›
Past undetected: Nazi commander found living in US since 1949
A top commander of a Nazi SS-led hit squad and officer in an SS Division, accused of burning villages to the ground during World War II, has been living in Minnesota since 1949 after tricking US immigration officials. Michael Karkoc… Read More ›
‘If you were a man, we’d kill you’: Captive journalist tells RT how she escaped Syrian rebels
‘I couldn’t bear it any longer’, recalls Anhar Kochneva. The Ukrainian journalist who escaped Syrian rebels five months after she was kidnapped told RT about what she had to go through while in captivity and how she managed to run… Read More ›
Nazism nyet? Not yet
Moscow is dismayed after a number of countries failed to support a resolution designed to fight against the glorification of Nazism. The Foreign Ministry said Moscow regrets that the United States, the European Union and Ukraine have refused to support… Read More ›
Where did America’s missing millions go? Holodomor Lessons
The posting of this article does not imply endorsement of the views of the author. — The Red Phoenix Editorial Board. U.S. history contains a serious crime against its own people – the Great American Holodomor of 1932/33, which cost… Read More ›
Editorial: Pussy Riot and the Media Bandwagon
by George Bialek “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H. L. Mencken As an American living in Moscow I have often been a witness to concrete examples of how the Western… Read More ›
UN outlaws praising Nazis (Baltic states disagree)
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a Russia-sponsored draft resolution against the glorification of Nazism and attempts to rewrite WWII history. The document states that any attempts to revise the history for war, the Nuremberg decisions and to whitewash… Read More ›
Chaos and carnage as Europe freezes – Death Toll from Freeze Reaches 175
THE big freeze gripping Europe has claimed the lives of 175 people – with forecasters warning: “It’s only going to get colder.” Temperatures have tumbled below -10C in most capital cities, with 38 people dying from frostbite in Ukraine and… Read More ›
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