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💥Scoop: As EU leaders rally around Zelensky in support, I have obtained this fresh letter from Viktor Orbán to António Costa, threatening to obstruct EU unity in support of Ukraine. As I previously wrote, Hungary is becoming a Trojan horse for Trump after already serving as one for China and Russia.

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Das gestrige Schauspiel des Grauens war eine Inszenierung, um Selenskyj zur Kapitulation zu zwingen. Die Ukrainer kennen diese mafiösen Demütigungspraktiken nur zu gut. In der postsowjetischen Welt, in der auch die ukrainische Gesellschaft lange existierte, waren sie gang und gebe,

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Decent people thank Ukraine.

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Pro-Irishness was part of the Democratic-Party-dominated political culture that MAGA despises and whose day is done. Time for Ireland to opt once and for all for Brussels over Boston, argues co-editor of the Dublin Review of Books Maurice Earls www.eurozine.com/crash-baby-c...

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Neo-colonial assumptions regarding minorities and gender are a source of tension that Europe would do well to reflect on when engaging with representatives of the New Syria, argue Layla Saleh and Larbi Sadiki www.eurozine.com/civil-societ...

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The ‘Trump–Putin deal’ again places Ukrainians in a subaltern role. The leaked contract with its fantasy $500 billion ‘payback’ has been compared to Versailles, but the US betrayal recalls nothing so much as Molotov–Ribbentrop. By Mykola Riabchuk www.eurozine.com/making-putin...

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Musk’s ‘Roman salute’ at the inauguration parade wasn’t the only portent of America’s imminent descent into tyranny. Art historian Konstantin Akinsha on Trump’s tawdry imperialism. www.eurozine.com/nero-in-wash...

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Popularity v. prestige - a zero sum game? What the conglomeration of the publishing industry means for literary quality and why independents are more vital than ever. Great piece by @versobooks.bsky.social editor @johnmerrick.bsky.social

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I am wondering what the Arab American voters of Dearborn, who helped swing Michigan to Trump and reportedly felt “vindicated” by Harris’s loss, are thinking about the massive grift they have now been presented with. clairepotter.substack.com/p/deranged-n...

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Irina Borogan and I are thrilled to announce that our new book, Our Dear Friends in Moscow, will be released this June, with Public Affaiss, and is now available for pre-order. t.co/GfHzYZNTV6

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The problem with Mishra's article (apart from its being derivative) is not that it's all wrong, on the contrary, but that it never once stops to examine its own premises, so that it reads like a patchwork of sources selected for their compatibility with a conclusion already reached.

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Noch wird geschrieben, korrigiert und geknechtet - aber zur Leipziger Buchmesse ist es dann hoffentlich da. Erscheint beim großartigen Berliner Verlag Edition. foto.Tapeta. ingopetz.com/aktuelles/di...

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“My concern is not whether God is on our side. My greatest concern is to be on God’s side." Abraham Lincoln. "I was saved by God to make America great again." Donald Trump.

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Warum Berlin nicht Wien ist ... zumindest bis 2029

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That's that then.

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Thomas Meaney writes like early Enzensberger newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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For those of us who actually live here, that opening gambit really grates 😂

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Published first at the Guardian, this is about Syria's domestic transition, and the foreign aggression.

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Before you get completely in the Christmas spirit, please read this. And stiffen our European sinews in whatever way you can…. ‘What if Russia wins?’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Sanity from @tenuredradical.bsky.social and @areichardt.bsky.social 👇🏼

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“I haven’t seen the sun until today” #Syria-n rebels free prisoners from Assad’s notorious dungeons who celebrate in Damascus streets apnews.com/article/syri...

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Syria has finally broken free of Bashar al-Assad's chains. Whatever comes next, the Syrian people can be assured of their heroism, writes Karim Safieddine. Read 🔗 www.newarab.com/opinion/bash...

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The image shows a young man, Abdul Wahab Daddoush, who was released from Sednaya yesterday, having lost his sanity and memory. He was identified as a former medical student who disappeared 13 years ago at the age of 20. His grieving mother, who believed he was dead, went blind from sorrow. #Sednaya

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Short 🧵on Syria: Under the Assads' 53yr despotic rule generations automatically learned to lower their voice when speaking of the Assads or politics - even abroad. Children were born inside jails, their mothers, tortured, raped, jailed on political charges w/no due process 1/11

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When crypto-fascists and flat-earthers get hold of the cultural ministry: explainer of the situation in Slovakia by Tomáš Hučko, editor of Kapitál.

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The Russian State Duma is considering further restrictions on library books by ‘foreign agents’. Read Miron Samkov, Svetlana Sinitsa, Natalia Baranova and Violetta Grishkova, via Novaya Vkladka and @neweasterneurope.eu www.eurozine.com/fell-without...

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FPÖ: Der ORF muss ein Spiegelbild der Gesellschaft sein. ORF:

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On the mutation of Romania’s far-right from anti-vax movement into a pro-Russian protest bloc (from 2023): www.eurozine.com/romania-prop...

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Hi @bsky.app any chance of a bookmark function?

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I am very excited to finally announce that our final issue of 2024 is out! This one discusses the current anxiety and uncertainty of geopolitics in our region. Definitely worth catching with some great contributions in there!

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Zentralasien ist im Fluss - das zeigt auch das neue Heft der OSTEUROPA, das der Region satte 412 Seiten widmet. Die Themen: Der globale Wettbewerb von Russland, China und dem Westen um die Region, Wirtschaft, Energie, russische Interessen u.v.m zeitschrift-osteuropa.de/hefte/2024/8...

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In his new book Ilan Pappe details the historical alliance between Christian Zionism and the Israel lobby in the US (and UK): timely in light of positions of Trump appointees on the ME as well as discussion around impacts of Dem's stance on Gaza. oneworld-publications.com/work/lobbyin...

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