BIONEERS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bioneers, under its parent foundation, Collective Heritage Institute, is a nonprofit organization based in New Mexico and California that promotes practical and innovative solutions to global environmental and bio-cultural challenges. The organization operates within a philosophy that recognizes and cultivates the value and wisdom of the natural world…. Continue reading

Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes

In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken. Murtaza Hussain February 27 2022 (TheIntercept.com) An engineer examines the engine of an SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missile in Dnipro, Ukraine, on July 26, 1996. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP UKRAINE WAS ONCE home… Continue reading

WARLORD WHO PERSECUTED GAY CHECHENS KILLED IN UKRAINE FIGHTING

WARLORD WHO PERSECUTED GAY CHECHENS KILLED IN UKRAINE FIGHTING

EASTERN EUROPE Magomed Tushayev killed during Ukrainian military skirmish Published 4 hours ago on February 27, 2022 (WashintgonBlade.com) By Michael K. Lavers Magomed Tushayev, (L) & Ramzan Kadyrov (Photo via Illia Ponomarenko, defense reporter, The Kyiv Independent) One of the top warlords and close advisor to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was killed Saturday in… Continue reading

‘UKRAINE’S GUERRILLA WARFARE COULD TOPPLE PUTIN’ – MARK GALEOTTI ON RUSSIA’S INVASION

The Telegraph When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 the West had an historic opportunity to form a close and friendly relationship with Russia. As Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, the question becomes: what went wrong? To discuss the history behind the current invasion Steven Edginton is joined by the Russia… Continue reading

PUTIN TO UKRAINE: ‘MARRY ME OR I’LL KILL YOU’

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Jan. 18, 2022 (NYTimes.com) By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 Why is Vladimir Putin threatening to take another bite out of Ukraine, after devouring Crimea in 2014? That is not an easy question to answer because Putin is a one-man psychodrama, with a giant inferiority complex toward America… Continue reading

Ukrainians Across Bay Area Rally at SF City Hall as War with Russia Sparks Fears for Family, Friends Back Home

Written by Sarah Wright, Sophie Bearman Published Feb. 24, 2022 (SFStandard.com) Hundreds of people gathered Thursday at San Francisco’s City Hall to protest the Russian bombing and invasion of Ukraine in a war that is threatening to destabilize the global economy and draw other nations into the fight. Russian aggression has been… Continue reading