Canada's Globe and Mail joins in extolling Ukraine's extreme-right
Writers at the largest national daily newspaper in Canada, the Globe and Mail, have lately joined writers at the Toronto Star in publishing articles extolling the fundraising efforts in Canada of...
View ArticleSpeculations over Vladimir Putin are fuel for Russia destabilization effort
Russian President Vladimir Putin held an official meeting today in St. Petersburg with the president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev. Why is that news? Because for the last ten days, mainstream media...
View ArticleCeasefire prospects in Ukraine are dim as NATO offensive proceeds apace
There is a great deal of information and analysis published recently on The New Cold War: Ukraine and beyond concerning the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the NATO threats to Russia and military buildup...
View ArticleQuebec students launch anti-austerity, pro-environment 'social strike' and...
By Roger Annis, March 25, 2015Post-secondary students across Quebec have launched a “social strike” and protest movement opposing hikes in tuition fees and other austerity measures of the Quebec...
View ArticleCanada's political mainstream backs war in Ukraine, threats against Russia
Canadians will go to the polls next October in the first national election since the Conservative Party won a majority government in 2011. There is intense concern among progressive people in the...
View ArticleToronto Symphony cancels performances by Ukrainian-born pianist for anti-war...
The following statement was released on Facebook on April 6 by the renowned Ukrainian-born classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa. It is in response to the decision of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to...
View ArticleNew headaches for tar sands pipeline proponents as oil fouls Vancouver harbour
A bad turn of events for the local environment and for some of the oil barons targeting the entire planet in their climate-wrecing plans. That's an apt summary of the oil spill that has fouled the...
View ArticleTwo Canadian writers return from reporting trip to eastern Ukraine
Media release, April 21, 2015Two Canadian writers have returned from a reporting mission to eastern Ukraine. Roger Annis and Halyna Mokrushyna were part of a four-day reporting tour to the city of...
View ArticleFarewell Oles Buzina: Mourners bid adieu to slain journalist in Kyiv on April 19
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kyiv on Sunday, April 19 to bid farewell to slain Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina. A commemoration service was held in front of Buzina's home. Ruptly TV captured one...
View ArticleFrom the war zone of eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW--I have just returned from participating in a four-day reporting tour to the city of Donetsk and the countryside that lies between Donetsk and the Russian city of Rostov to the south and east. I...
View ArticleReturn from Donbas: Cracks begin to show in Canada's support for war in Ukraine
I recently returned from a reporting tour to the war zone of eastern Ukraine. I traveled to Donetsk city and region with a media tour group organized by concerned citizens in Russia and Germany.My...
View ArticleReleased prisoners detail widespread use of torture by Ukrainian army and...
Reviewing: War Crimes of the Armed Forces and Security Forces of Ukraine: Torture and Inhumane Treatment, published on March 1, 2015 by The Foundation for the Study of Democracy, 144 pages, in Russian...
View ArticleMost Ukrainians want a negotiated settlement to the war in eastern Ukraine
The following is a summary of the results of a survey recently published by The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) The summary is translated and prepared by New Cold War.org. The survey...
View ArticleFor Ukraine, Haiti experience shows that foreign peacekeepers do not bring peace
While in Moscow three weeks ago, following a media tour to Donetsk, eastern Ukraine in which I participated, I had the pleasure of meeting Jon Hellevig, a regular writer at Russia Insider. Jon was in...
View ArticleLatest Amnesty International Ukraine war crimes report fails the test
By Roger Annis, New Cold War.org, May 29, 2015. Also published in Counterpunch, May 29, 2015.read more
View ArticleNew reports on Red Cross in Haiti revisit the record of failed earthquake aid
On June 3, ProPublica and National Public Radio each published studies into the spending by the American Red Cross of the half a billion dollars that the agency raised in its name for relief and...
View ArticleVideo of talk: 'The NATO offensive in Ukraine and eastern Europe'
On June 12, 2015, Roger Annis spoke at a public forum in Vancouver, Canada where he reported on his reporting visit to the Donetsk People's Republic in April 2015. He was part of a four-day, media tour...
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Canadian journalist writes from Ukraine praising extreme-right paramilitaries
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.One of Canada's well-known journalists was in Ukraine last month on reporting duty. Readers of mainstream media in Canada will be surprised to read Diane...
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Canadian political leaders' non-debate over Ukraine
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Canada will have a national election on October 19. Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched the election campaign on August 2 in the middle of a holiday...
View ArticleUkrainians are voting with their feet against war and economic disaster
The people of Ukraine are finding new and innovative ways to avoid compulsory military service and the vigilante military recruiters who enforce it. Deepening resistance to the draconian measure is now...
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