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Baiting the bear: NATO and Russia stumble toward new Cold War
May 3, 2016U.S. and European leaders say Russia is becoming more "aggressive" lately; with NATO troops on its border, Moscow sees things differently.
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Right and left in German state elections
April 11, 2016The vicious slogans of the AfD and its fascist accompanists as well as to the guilty leaders of the old parties are still steering Germany into ever more dangerous waters.
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Ukraine moves ahead with plan to abolish Communist Party
December 29, 2015This creates a deplorable situation in Ukraine, and a horrible precedent for the rest of Europe and beyond.
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Changing captains in Germany’s Left Party
June 11, 2015The Left Party is the only opposition force with any real clout in Germany, so a gathering with representatives of its 60,000 members was important enough.
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Ukraine Elections: Free and democratic?
October 28, 2014Sectors of the ultra-right with fascist and Nazi origins were allowed to run riot by the respectable" conservatives who took over the Ukrainian government in February.
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