Finally getting round to reading this after months on the shelf.

"Afterward in thinking it over I realized how Stalin’s genius for listening helped each of us express ourselves and understand the others. I recalled his trick of repeating a word of mine either with questioning intonation or a slight emphasis, which suddenly made me feel I had either not quite seen the point or perhaps had overstated it, and so drove me to make it plainer. I recalled how he had done this to others also. Then I understood that his listening has been a dynamic force.
This listening habit dates back to the early days of his revolutionary career. “I remember him very well from the early days of our Party,” said a veteran Bolshevik to me. “A quiet youth who sat at the edge of the committee, saying almost nothing, but listening very much. Toward the end he would make a few comments, sometimes merely as questions. Gradually we came to see that he always summed up best our joint thinking.” The denoscription will be recognized by anyone who ever met Stalin. In any group he is usually last to express his opinion. He does not want to block the full expression of others, as he might easily do by speaking first. Besides this, he is always learning by listening.

“He listens even to the way the grass grows,” said a Soviet citizen to me."

- Anna Louise Strong, The Soviets Expected It.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1941/x01/stalin.htm

This is a cut from a KVN game from November 8, 2001. This team is made up of comedians from different former Soviet Republics. The comedians are playing out “The Last Hero” game show, in which they are on an island. Having discovered that they are surrounded by cameras, they appeal to the presidents of their respective countries.

Let’s check out Zelensky’s plea.

Bob Dylan's embrace of Israel's war crimes | The Electronic Intifada
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/bob-dylans-embrace-israels-war-crimes

If you look at this footage you can see the precision nature of the airstrike that killed the aid workers yesterday. This is what that USAF veteran was arguing recently, that modern air forces can deliver pinpoint strikes to hit relatively small targets if they want to. Not only was this a deliberate act of murder carried out to discourage anyone from trying to aid the Palestinians in the smallest ways but it also reveals that the mass slaughter US imperialism has engaged in here is a very deliberate choice. I say the US imperialism because, as Nasrallah correctly argues, that is who is actually carrying this out. 'Israel' is merely a front for US imperialism here.

🇪🇺🇷🇺European Demand Surges: Record Purchase of Russian Gas

According to European ENTSOG, gas transit via the "Turkish Stream" to EU nations has peaked this month at 46.2 million cubic meters per day.

While the pipeline consists of two strings of equal capacity, one exclusively serves Turkish consumers, leaving the other to cater to European demand.

Simultaneously, the Ukrainian route's remaining branch is operating at maximum capacity, indicating active importation of Russian pipeline gas by the EU.

This surge in purchases could be attributed to the competitive pricing of Russian network raw materials compared to spot supplies.

The growing demand is further fueled by statements from EU authorities and Kiev regarding their reluctance to renew the transit contract for gas transportation with Russia.

#EU #gas #Russia
@songofoil

Two years ago, neo-Nazi thugs of the Safari Unit led a rampage through the Kiev suburb of Bucha, “cleansing” it of pro-Russian citizens labeled by the Ukrainian authorities as collaborators.

The British government helped manufacture the lie that these crimes were carried out by Russia.

The purpose of this lie was to create an excuse for Ukraine to walk away from the recently negotiated Istanbul communique, which would have brought an end to the conflict.

Instead, Ukraine fought on for two more years, leading to the present situation, where Ukraine is perched on the abyss of its collective demise.

Every Ukrainian and Russian should forever condemn the British government, which has the blood of hundreds of thousands of Slavs on its hands.

Scott Ritter


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Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov look at a botanical album. Moscow. 1930s