Background: Why is the Sunflower the National Flower of Ukraine? Sunflowers (sunyashniki) are especially loved in Ukraine, where golden fields of them face the sunrise in the east. They are Ukraine’s national flower, and in folk imagery represent the warmth and power of the sun, which was worshipped by pre-Christian Slavs. In a strange twist, the fact … Read more
Before the official start of World War II, there was a period of appeasement of Germany by the World’s democratic powers. In March 1938, there was the Anschluss, the unification of Germany and Austria (which was against the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I). “On March 12 Germany invaded, and the enthusiasm that followed … Read more
It didn’t take long for Putin’s Puppet, Russian asset “Traitor” Trump, to praise his pal Putin for his invasion of Ukraine and to criticize President Joe Biden for trying to stop Russian aggression in violation of international law, and potentially spiraling out of control into World War III in Europe. Trump called Vladimir Putin a … Read more
Russia’s useful idiot Donald Trump and his fawning adoration of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin for five years turned a large number of formerly “better dead than red” anti-communist cold warriors into Putin-loving “fellow travelers,” giving Putin a “fifth column” of supporters in the U.S., especially at the Fox propaganda network. The most over-the-top Putin propagandist … Read more
For the first time since the end of World War II in 1945, there may be a major war in Europe over Russian agression in Ukraine. Russia got away with the “annexation”of Crimea in 2014, and Russian-backed militias in the Donbas region of Ukraine waging a civil war in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. Earlier this … Read more