Some Ukrainians fought with the Nazis, and that was mostly because after the horrors of the Holodomor it probably seemed the better option at the time. Mass genocidal starvation does tend to colour one's perceptions somewhat, no?
So why isn't the Russian invasion war-mongering imperialism? Or are you still harbouring some fantasy that Russia is socialist?
And what of the working people having the crap bombed out of them because an imperialist colonial power decided it didn't like that the neighbours were being less subservient?
I expect the Holodomor might have influenced that decision.
What's more useful and better than calling out fascist propaganda?
Awww look at you bootlicking for Russian imperialism.
If you're going to die on the battlefield, fighting the naked aggression of Russian imperialist colonialism seems like a better reason to do so than most.
It's not a smear if it's true.
You're assuming the financially vulnerable all have Kiwisaver. They don't.
So basically you're full of it
Um, being on leave without pay is actually a thing. It doesn't automatically mean they're fighting in Ukraine. An employer might consider agreeing to a period of leave without pay, for example: if an employee doesn’t have enough annual holidays to cover ...
Cheerleading a colonialist war of imperial aggression to own the libs. Classy.
It has been reported there may be as many as 100 in Crimea not just one. What are they doing in Crimea when the action is in Donbas? There's no on the ground fighting in Crimea. There may be - then again, there may not be. I would be very much surprised ...
Probably because he didn't tell them he was going to fight in Ukraine because they're not allowed to? Don't call it "the Ukraine" - it's a sovereign state. I find it extraordinary you can't conceive that he asked for leave on some pretext or other, it was ...
You read far too many Robert Ludlum novels. He wasn't SAS and was fighting in an international brigade. Even if we were to get involved, which would be highly unlikely as our forces aren't really trained for slogging through Eastern European mud in the ...
Clearly the government hasn't declared war on anyone. Go sit down and have a cup of tea or you're going to have an aneurysm over one AWOL soldier who wanted to see action.
So we have an ' unofficial ' force of nz soldiers fighting in Ukraine under the genius description of ' unpaid leave ' mightive missed it but i dont remember that being debated in parliament . Um, no. Sounds like an individual wanted an adventure or felt ...
Maybe people shouldn't be so thirsty for salacious Russian agitprop
Unlike Sharma he was actually elected by his constituency and worked his way up through the system.
It was only a meeting a la Methode Caucasone. It's not a real caucus unless it comes from the Caucasus region of Caucasia.
I rather like this analysis of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the context of colonial and imperial aggression. Full article: The Postcolonial Moment in Russia’s War Against Ukraine (tandfonline.com)
Was Muller bullying his staff? Not as far as I am aware. And frankly there are few things that irritate people who live with mental health issues than someone who spins theirs as an excuse for shitty behaviour.
Oh if only! In the literal sense.
Much as I am not a fan of smoking or alcohol advertising, I think the Fashion Awards lasted one, maybe two years funded by SmokeFree and then ceased altogether. It was a similar situation with the Moët & Chandon NZ artist fellowship and residency in France...
As a rule of thumb it's never a good idea for a democracy to concentrate too much power in the hands of the state because you never know who the next bugger will be.
I'm not missing your point, you're reading the data wrong. First, cumulative - overall we've lost a lot fewer people compared to Australia per capita, which if you will insist on making it a competition, is the important number. Second, their per capita ...
Actually for all intents and purposes we are currently at parity. 2/m isn't much of a difference. And Australia is at a very different point in their wave cycle - a lot more people died getting to where they are now compared to NZ.
Profitable for whom though? That model mostly relies on bulk low wage, high skill labour to staff call and data centres, and given we're only two hours ahead of the Philippines it's debatable how competitive we'd actually be.
I think Corbyn has rather blotted his copybook since then with his remarks about Ukraine.
Oh please don't pretend Pelosi is an ordinary American or that her physical presence was required to assert the US position. She didn't just decide to go for her health and I'm pretty sure the Taiwanese authorities didn't invite her. Unless there's overt ...
Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is really the most perplexing move on her part. One can only put it down to ego given that the Defense Department asked her not to go, Biden was deliberately ambiguous about the whole thing in the media, and it clearly ...
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