Source: Most California voters support school mask, vaccine mandates – Los Angeles Times
‘Fantasy is not history’ Historian Victoria Smolkin assesses Putin’s claim that modern-day Ukraine is a ‘gift’ from the Bolsheviks — Meduza
No to War An editorial from Meduza — Meduza
There’s only one situation that can justify the use of tanks and military aircraft: self-defense. That’s exactly what Putin referred to when he announced this “special military operation.” The problem is that we don’t have a single piece of convincing evidence that anybody was planning to attack Russia. And the responsibility for the humanitarian catastrophe in the Donbas lies to a great extent with the Russian authorities themselves.
The tragic experience of the twentieth century should have been enough to convince Putin that Moscow’s intrusion into its neighbors’ lives wouldn’t bring them closer to Russia, but drive them further away. That’s what happened after the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states in 1940, after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, and, of course, during the Prague Spring of 1968. Evidently, President Putin would rather lecture people about history than learn from it.
We understand that we’ve found ourselves in a situation where we hold little sway. But we have a duty to state loudly and clearly that this is not our war and we do not support it. The invasion of Ukraine was started on behalf of Russian citizens but against our will. The shame that comes with it will be with us forever.
The fighting must be stopped immediately and the Russian army must return to Russian territory. Let’s stop this. It’s never too late to end a war.
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Exclusive: The group, once called Conservative Friends of Russia, is set to hold a ‘multilateral relations conference’ next week – despite Russia invading Ukraine Source: Conservative lobbying row over ‘Westminster Russia Forum’ as Putin invades Ukraine | openDemocracy
Exclusive: 623 new ‘British’ companies are actually controlled from Russia | openDemocracy
Since January 2021, at least 623 firms have been set up by Russia nationals based in Russia, according to analysis by openDemocracy and Companies House expert, Graham Barrow. Source: Exclusive: 623 new ‘British’ companies are actually controlled from Russia | openDemocracy
4 maps that help you understand what’s going on in Ukraine – Magic Mistura を
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La guerra che verrà

Bertolt Brecht, La guerra che verrà
La guerra che verrà
non è la prima. Prima
ci sono state altre guerre.
Alla fine dell’ultima
c’erano vincitori e vinti.
Fra i vinti la povera gente
faceva la fame. Fra i vincitori
faceva la fame la povera gente egualmente.
Bertolt Brecht, Der Krieg, der kommen wird
Der Krieg, der kommen wird
Ist nicht der erste. Vor ihm
Waren andere Kriege.
Als der letzte vorüber war
Gab es Sieger und Besiegte.
Bei den Besiegten das niedere Volk
Hungerte. Bei den Siegern
Hungerte das niedere Volk auch.

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