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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Week of Dec. 24-30: Resilience in the Face of a Morally Corrupt Military Rule | The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine

Source: Week of Dec. 24-30: Resilience in the Face of a Morally Corrupt Military Rule | The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine

Timothy Snyder: Why We Must Not Abandon Ukraine | Diane Ravitch’s blog

The MAGA faction of the Republican Party has made clear that it does not want to defend Ukraine. It does not see the point of helping Ukraine resist a Russian takeover. As foreign policy expert and national security specialist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said, “Ukraine is not our 51st state.” Like Trump, the “Freedom Caucus” does not want to pay to repel Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Trump thinks that Putin might be our ally if only we give him whatever he wants. (He has said he wants to restore the USSR.). You need only look at any photo of Trump and Putin together to see how Trump looks at Putin with a deferential and adoring expression.

Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University, published this powerful article in the Kyiv Post. He should have published it in The Washington Post…

Source: Timothy Snyder: Why We Must Not Abandon Ukraine | Diane Ravitch’s blog