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Fighting for your oppressor?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/26/ukraines-persecuted-roma-community-joins-war-effort
Despite being persecuted and marginalised throughout Ukraine’s history, the Roma minority – an estimated 400,000 people – have contributed enthusiastically to the war effort.
Ukrainian media outlets have not been too proactive in reporting the Roma community’s efforts.
When the war ends, Roma service members who survive the conflict will return to dirt-poor communities where barriers to social integration remain and where the pace of change is glacial.
Some may find this essay on Wolff and his WSDEs a useful link
https://www.worldsocialism.org/wsm/2022/04/27/a-wolff-in-sheeps-clothing/
Russia’s defence ministry has warned of an immediate “proportional response” if Britain continues its “direct provocation” of Ukraine to strike targets in Russia
Russia’s defence ministry said: We would like to underline that London’s direct provocation of the Kiev regime into such actions, if such actions are carried out, will immediately lead to our proportional response.
As we have warned, the Russian Armed Forces are in round-the-clock readiness to launch retaliatory strikes with high-precision long-range weapons at decision-making centers in Kyiv.
The ministry added that if such Russian strikes were made, it would not necessarily be a problem if representatives of a certain Western country were located at those “decision-making centres” in Kyiv.
https://socialistbanner.blogspot.com/2022/04/evictions-for-masai-in-tanzania.html
More than 150,000 Maasai people face eviction by the Tanzanian government due to moves by the UN cultural agency Unesco and a safari company to use the land for conservation and commercial hunting.
One of the most senior US officials in the Pacific has refused to rule out military action against Solomon Islands if it were to allow China to establish a military base there, saying that the security deal between the countries presented “potential regional security implications” for the US and other allies.
It would be acceptable for Ukrainian forces to use Western weapons to attack military targets on Russian soil, a UK defence minister has said.
James Heappey said strikes to disrupt supply lines were an “entirely legitimate” part of war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61226431
incitement to escalation
Under the Trump administration, the Washington Post consistently framed Title 42 as a pretext for severe restrictions on immigration, rather than presenting it at face value as a legitimate public health measure.
By contrast, in 2021 and 2022, with Biden in the White House, Title 42 restrictions were generally contextualized as a response to the pandemic.
China increases coal use.
Much is being said of Ukraine’s national sovereignty to decide its defence policy as it views fit.
How different it is for the small island nation of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
The USA threatens it with repercussions if it enters into any form of alliance with China.
Russians stage fake French atrocity in Mali?
A small indication of the globalisation of the war?
