slakemoth
An asset is something you own and have heavy influence on or control. I.e. Israel is an USAian asset, nazarbaev was a Russian asset.
This is just two powers taking their spoils. Russia spent a lot on this war , as did the usa. Now they want récompense.
Putin is a rational actor, not some demon. He is working with Trump because it benefits Russia in this instance.
This is such double speak. On what planet is Trump, commander of the worlds most powerful military and the dollar, an asset of Russia?
Trump is merely doing what the USA always does. Make favourable outcomes for it's corporations. Stopping the war once Ukraine was desperate and allowing Blackrock to hoover up the minerals was always the aim.
I mean what is the difference between terrorists and freedom fighters in your opinion? Its not a term serious academics of politics tend to use.
Where will all the fighters come from then? This is just a transfer of wealth to arms manufacturers, or perhaps a way to keeping Ukrainian people in debt after the war.
Unless you want to start ww3 by sending nato troops.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/02/26/ukraine-is-scrambling-to-find-fresh-fighters
In that case we would have to arrest every single person who ever met with the IDF - another terrorist organisation
Endless war, fuck the poor
Russian bribes, Israeli bribes, saudi bribes, private healthcare bribes
Which MPs dont take bribes ? I know one but he was deemed unelectable by the commentari
Labour continue to show that they are no different from the Tories.
How many of their major decisions have been different from Tory policy making?
But thank god they were so electable!
Also worth remembering that Lenin wanted Russia to lose ww1 (ie lose to a literal dictator) - having a critical stance against the military activities of your own government is not sucking up to a dictator which your own capitalist government has decided to make an enemy
Dude if you want to be a socialist you cant be pro nato as well. Nato's entire raison d'être is to protect capitalism.
Im a long time novara supporter but not sure i see the point of this book. The left has been critical of identity politics for years now. I don't enjoy the fact that she submitted to a guardian interview either, but i guess that's up for debate.