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Independent Journalist
Kovalik’s book on Nicaragua is highly relevant because US interference in Nicaragua and Central America continues.
From Hillary Clinton being his mentor, up to his planning for the Nord Stream sabotage operation, Jake Sullivan has risen through the ranks of the US policy circles to become the man effectively running US Foreign Policy today.
We spent nearly 20 days in Russia, including 5 days in Crimea. During our journey, we spent around 70 hours in trains riding in close quarters with Russians who we had never met before but who freely shared food and drink with us. Indeed, throughout our travels, we were treated invariably with kindness, generosity and hospitality.
What we found in this historic peninsula on the Black Sea was a beautiful, almost idyllic place, with a bustling economy and a general sense of prosperity and hopefulness. We also found a people who seem quite content to remain a part of Russia just as Crimea has been, except for a brief interval, since 1783.
At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans.
Rick Sterling reviews the book Black Ops / Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, The Memoirs of Enrique Prado (St. Martins Press, New York, 2022)
Any attempt by a Ukrainian government to “take back” Crimea would be met with firm opposition and resistance from the people who live there.
What happens in Ukraine will have a profound impact on the globe. The “New American Century” dreamed by US hawks has been challenged.
The ruling elite is content when the mass of working people are divided and fighting over racial, cultural and social issues. What threatens the ruling elite is the possibility of a mass movement demanding a change in US foreign policy of aggression, sanctions and wars.
Just as the US could have lived with Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh leadership without the war, the US could live with Ukraine being a neutral country and bridge between east and west, Russia and western Europe.
