If he's a legitimate Russian dissenter, why does he say the Ukraine war is presented as Russia vs "the world"? It's the US and its NATO subservient "allies", who are using Ukraine to fight Russia, not "the world". Govts representing the majority of the world's population have not cut ties with Russia, e.g. India, which is buying more Russian energy than before the war. China is also, and those are the 2 biggest populations in the world.The US population is deluged with anti-Russia and anti-China propaganda 7 by 24. It is sad to see Counterpunch supporting US hegemony. No
country has approached the US body count in wars far from its shores since WW 2. History teaches that. I expect Counterpunch, with its proud history of dissent against US aggression and meddling all around the world over decades, to look at the situation more strategically and globally than this interview does- and you can add Bill Fletcher Jr. and his Ukraine solidarity stance to the reasons why I'm unsubscribing to your podcasts. I don't listen to MSNBC propaganda, and you've apparently joined them. Red-baiting when there aren't any Reds in Moscow? Good bye.
