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Overviews and takeaways

The ten years since the annexation of Crimea has been a dismal exercise in the suppression of a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society by a ruthless regime that tolerates no identities apart from the one that it prescribes

Politics above — politics below

On the electoral front, surges and splits

Feminists against dictatorship of the dollar

Reader Comments: Democrats' Immigration Policy; Presidential Immunity !?!; Aleksei Navalny; Alabama Decision Weaponizes Religion; More Gun Shootings, Deaths; Artists Call for Ceasefire Now; Paul Robeson New Documentary; Cartoons; more.....

According to Putin, Poland started World War II by refusing to give up Gdansk. Hitler had no choice. In a way, Putin is telling us about today. What's truly amazing about our time, however, is the emergence of the GOP as Putin's ally.

A new generation of Russian activists is Navalny’s legacy. Before his death, Navalny spoke to this new generation: “Listen, I’ve got something very obvious to tell you. If If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong.”

Left views on elections abroad, the one-state solution, and more

I was arrested for a video I published on YouTube, including a joke about the Crimean bridge. It was probably a poor joke, but hardly sufficient grounds for arrest. Unfortunately, Leviathan has no sense of humor. I spent four months in a prison cell.