Category: history

• Music : Motherland

  Oleg Gazmanov & Alexander Marshal Oleg Gazmanov – composer, 2022, vocals Alexander Marshal – vocals She was not a glamorous diva Yes, and not very pedigree And I didn’t think how to be happy for her – Worked day and night She took care of everything and us Raised us young fools How could she…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  18 June 2023

  history, revolution, social struggles, ukraine

  alexandermarshal, history, motherland, music, oleggazmanov, perestroika, propaganda, revolution, russia, socialstruggles, sovietunion, ukraine

• Daily pictures : der Stahlhelm

  history against the empire of lies Skeletons and artifacts have appeared in the bed of Kakhovka bassin, which has dried out, after an Atlanticist attack has blown up the dam on Dnieper river on June 6, 2023 Soviet Union completed in 1956 the construction of Kakhovka dam and its hydroelectric power plant. During 67 years,…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  13 June 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  atlanticism, dnieper, europeanunion, fascism, germany, history, intelligence, nationalism, NATO, normandy, novayakakhovka, russia, sovietunion, UK, ukraine, UPA, US, warcrime

• [Sharing] The West Must Prepare for a Long Overdue Reckoning – Chandran Nair, The National Interest

  Five major trends illustrate how the world is changing, and that the West must grapple with the reality that it can no longer impose its “leadership” on the world as it once did. The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming to pass. As the world grapples with the implications of this shift in power, the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  13 June 2023

  BRICS, history, ukraine

  afghanistan, africa, arabworld, atlanticism, australia, BRICS, burjkhalifa, chandrannair, china, civilization, climatechange, colonialism, decline, dedollarization, diplomacy, disinformation, dollar, dubai, europe, G7, hegemony, history, hongkong, india, indonesia, iran, jokowidodo, journalism, luladasilva, multipolarworld, myanmar, narendramodi, NATO, newworldorder, nordstream, palestine, pentagon, petervanburen, propaganda, racism, russia, sanctions, saudiarabia, siliconvalleybank, socialmedia, SWIFT, taiwan, terrorism, theamericanconservative, thenationalinterest, UAE, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, venezuela

• [Sharing] A War Like No Other – Peter Van Buren, the American Conservative

  The Biden doctrine is a cynical effort to cash in on the blood of another nation Joe Biden created for the U.S. a war like no other, one where others die and the U.S. simply sits back and pays the bills on a gargantuan scale. No attempts are made at diplomacy by the Americans, and…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  1984, afghanistan, barackobama, blackrock, cannonfodder, china, diplomacy, drones, europe, F-16, genocide, georgeorwell, goldmansachs, HIMARS, history, iraq, joebiden, jpmorgan, lancet, M777, NATO, nikolaev, NYT, pentagon, petervanburen, poland, proxywar, romania, russia, sovietunion, strategy, terrorism, theamericanconservative, ukraine, US, vietnam, volodymyrzelenskyy, WEF, yemen

• [Sharing] Finally the Bull Charged – Scott Ritter

  Finally the bull charged, the horse leaders ran for the barrera, the picador hit too far back, and the bull got under the horse, lifted him, threw him onto his back. Zurito watched. The monos, in their red shirts, running out to drag the picador clear. The picador, now on his feet, swearing and flopping…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  anneapplebaum, armenia, atlanticism, balticstates, barcelona, bradley, chrystiafreeland, civilization, denmark, ernesthemingway, europe, europeanlegion, europeanunion, fascism, finland, friedrichpaulus, georgesoros, germany, hegemony, history, hungary, IFV, intelligence, iraq, josephstalin, lebanon, leningrad, leopard, LGBT, liliyavezhevatova, malakelhalabi, NATO, novosibirsk, opensociety, panzer, poland, proxywar, russia, russophobia, scottritter, sovietunion, spain, stalingrad, sweden, tanks, theatlantic, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vladimirputin, volgograd, WMD

• [Sharing] Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant – Russian MFA

  Chronology The first information about the Ukrainian military mining the dam and hydraulic structures of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant appeared as far back as September 15, 2014. Reports by the Voenkor.Info agency indicated that Ukrainian sappers began installing engineering ammunition at these facilities in order to prevent the Novorossiya separatists from gaining control over…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  11 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  andriykovalchuk, antonovka, crimea, dnieper, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, kherson, mines, novayakakhovka, novorossiya, olkha, russia, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, terrorism, thewashingtonpost, tochka, ukraine, unitednations, US, vladimirleontyev, warcrime

• [Sharing of an unintentionally funny piece from the NYT] Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History – Thomas Gibbons-Neff

  Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate [Molière, Le Tartuffe : Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir] KYIV, Ukraine — Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine last year, the Ukrainian government and NATO allies have…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 June 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  abwehr, adolfhitler, azov, bellingcat, coup, crimea, denazification, dmitrykotsyubaylo, donbass, ethniccleansing, fascism, genocide, germany, history, humor, ihorkozlovskyi, intelligence, jakehyman, journalism, kiev, letartuffe, LGBT, maidan, mariupol, masskilling, michaelcolborne, moliere, nationalism, NATO, NYT, OUN, poland, pravyisektor, propaganda, r3ich, racism, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sicherheitsdienst, socialmedia, sovietunion, supremacism, swastika, thomasgibbonsneff, totenkopf, UK, ukraine, UPA, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, waffenss, warcrime

• Images du jour : fils de Pétain

  la vanité nationale trouble la perception de la réalité historique et perpétue une névrose collective Le 28 mai 2023, lors d’un entretien sur Radio J, la première ministre Elisabeth Borne qualifia le Rassemblement national (RN) d’héritier de Pétain. Deux jours après, c’est le drame, jusqu’en Conseil des ministres. Oui, le Front national (FN) fut fondé…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  30 May 2023

  fascism, history, police misconduct

  africa, alainbadiou, alfreddreyfus, algeria, alphonsejuin, antisemitism, charlemagne, charlesdegaulle, chauvinism, colonialism, communism, delattredetassigny, elisabethborne, emmanuelmacron, etatfrancais, fascism, france, francoismitterrand, frontnational, gendarmerie, genocide, germany, giscarddestaing, history, intelligence, jeanmarielepen, josephdarnand, journalism, justice, law, marceldeat, mauricepapon, milicefrancaise, morocco, music, neurosis, nicolassarkozy, operationtorch, paris, philippehenriot, philippeleclerc, philippepetain, pierrebousquet, pierredac, pierrelaval, police, policemisconduct, policenationale, presstitutes, racism, radioj, rassemblementnational, renebousquet, resistance, robertpaxton, schutzstaffel, socialdemocracy, UK, US, veldhiv, vichy, waffenss

• [Sharing] After Bakhmut – Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative

  Russia turned Bakhmut into the graveyard of Ukrainian military power. What comes next? Until the fighting begins, national military strategy developed in peacetime shapes thinking about warfare and its objectives. Then the fighting creates a new logic of its own. Strategy is adjusted. Objectives change. The battle for Bakhmut illustrates this point very well.  When…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  25 May 2023

  history, ukraine

  adolfhitler, alexandervasilevsky, alexeyantonov, artemovsk, attrition, bakhmut, donaldtrump, douglasmacgregor, europe, fascism, france, georgyzhukov, germany, heinrichhimmler, history, josephstalin, korea, kursk, mobilization, NATO, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, strategy, tactics, theamericanconservative, UK, ukraine, US, valerygerasimov, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy

• Pauvre Sacré Charlemagne

  album de famille Le fils de Pépin le Bref s’est retourné deux fois dans sa tombe. Tout d’abord en septembre 1944, lorsqu’une unité de SS français fut nommée Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS Charlemagne [en Français dans le texte]. Ce fut par un décret paru au Journal officiel du 22 juillet 1943 que l’État français permit les…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  14 May 2023

  corruption, corsica, fascism, history, ukraine

  aachen, adolfhitler, angelamerkel, badreichenhall, belarus, belgium, berlin, BRD, charlemagne, communism, corruption, corsica, coup, donbass, emmanueltodd, etatfrancais, ethniccleansing, europe, europeanunion, fascism, france, francegall, francoishollande, galicia, germany, history, intelligence, iraq, joebiden, josephdarnand, journalism, karlspreis, KGB, kiev, LVF, maidan, maroc, masskilling, milicefrancaise, minsk, music, nationalism, NATO, nicolassarkozy, nordstream, olafscholz, OUN, pepinlebref, philippeleclerc, philippepetain, poland, pomerania, proxywar, r3ich, resistance, robertametsola, russia, russophobia, sanctions, schutzstaffel, scottritter, sichbattalion, sovietunion, stepanbandera, strassburg, sviatlanatsikhanouskaya, svoboda, terrorism, thenetherlands, totenkopf, UK, ukraine, unitednations, UPA, US, USMC, values, vichy, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, waffenss, warcrime, wehrmacht, WMD