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Month: February 2021

Douma

Douma

Published by Hari Kumar on February 11, 2021

Introduction The chlorine bombing in Douma Syria, by the Assad forces during the Syrian Civil War was another horrifying episode of Assadite fascism. But several sources of mis-information (In an older time this was known as lies) have tried hard to obscure the underlying truth. The events at Douma did not take place in an abstract isolation. The Syrian army committed innumerable massacres on behalf of Assad. Russian imperialist agencies were complicit in this. In the face of this, the smaller particular incident in Douma should be of far less concern to the left. But the April 2018 bombing in…

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Navalny and Putin – Is there a good guy here?

Navalny and Putin – Is there a good guy here?

Published by Hari Kumar on February 9, 2021

Introduction Who does Victor Navalny represent? Certainly he has admirable courage and is determined to challenge the oligarchy of Putin and its power. But a clear view of his links to Western capitalism show that he is no hero of the working classes of Russia. In reality the current battle pits the Putin class of ‘Siloviki’ (the so-called ‘strong-men’) newly minted oligarchs against Navalny, who is a flag bearer of Western capitalism. Sad to say, there are no simple heroes here. However Navalny has roused a large portion of people to see through Putinism. That movement should be supported by…

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