“Stop The War” is using an old Soviet playbook
It seems an odd name for a pro-war group, until you understand its Soviet-backed predecessor, the equally misnamed “World Peace Council”.
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The NASA that put humans on the moon didn't recognise fake annexations
They should remember their history and fix their map of Ukraine.
Seymour Hersh is still ‘a poor waif in his underwear’
This curious phrase was first used in a totally real conversation between Hersh and an anonymous US official.
Just negotiate with Russia to end the war, they said.
If Ukrainians stopped resisting, the fate of the Chechens today would be theirs tomorrow.
"Enough of this Soviet shit": How students created a ‘NATO Brigade’ in occupied Estonia
Satterfield was an imagined NATO base and a pre-internet meme. Some of its inhabitants went on to play a major role with the real NATO decades later.