Alternative media the way forward...

Alternative media the way forward... Alternative media in today's world is essential if you seek to reach the masses, through social media networks we can reach people on mass at the click of a button, this was unimaginable a decade ago. The power we have to reach so many people gives us a stage on which we can highlight causes or peoples struggles around the world, all the while connecting with like minded people. Social media is essential for informing and educating the masses on any given topic, at one stage people had to go out and scream over a microphone to reach only a percentage of those that can be reached over social media. It is up to us in the alternative media with the reach we have to continue highlighting injustices, human rights abuses, peoples struggles and humanity's achievements and breakthroughs across the globe, all of this adds to the collective awakening we are seeing among or peoples across all nations on Earth. The times of things being hidden in the dark from us and kept there at the expense of humanity's betterment is coming to an end, because of this power to reach the masses things can no longer just be swept under the carpet, tho this does not mean it does not continue and things do continue to be hidden from us but what i am saying is as we go on it will become more and more difficult for those who wish to hide things from us to do so while we the people continue to spread the information. They can't stop us all!

The new Era of Warfare, and the rise of the PMC's

It’s a recurring theme, seen right across the globe, with some of the worlds most powerful nations utilizing the services of private military contractors(PMC’s) to their benefit, and there is many benefits from using such unconventional means.

For me it was during the Iraq and then Afghan war when I started to notice that more and more of the jobs that were normally done by US and British military were slowly being outsourced to PMC’s. The most well known being ‘Blackwater’ which changed its name twice since 2009 to Xe(Zee) and now called ‘Academi’.

Even after ‘Blackwater’ or ‘Academi’ gained notoriety from it’s heinous crimes on the native population of Afghanistan and Iraq, the US establishment continued to sign contracts with the organization, and the pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq by US and Allied troops did not spell the end of the occupation - it marked a beginning of the rise of the PMC.

As stated before ‘Blackwater’ it seemed were the new ‘Land Lords’ for US special forces operations in the country, after a deal was struck worth $22 million with the US establishment to house special forces in a Private Base call 'Camp Integrity’.

‘Academi’ is most notorious for its slaughter of 28 Iraqi civilians in Al-Nisour Square in central Baghdad and again killing and wounding dozens more on September 16th 2007.

Crimes committed by these PMC’s would be subject to long term jail terms for regular soldiers or people, though unlike the conventional armies PMC’s never usually see themselves being held account for their actions.

Statistics in a Congressional report said at the time PMC’s were involved in at least 197 shooting incidents in Iraq shooting first on 165 of those cases

In his book "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," Jeremy Scahill described a:
"shadowy mercenary company (employing) some of the most feared professional killers in the world (accustomed) to operating without worry or legal consequences....largely off the congressional radar. (It has) remarkable power and protection within the US war apparatus to practice violence with impunity, including cold-blooded murder of non-combatant civilians."

Plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan and hand over operations to PMC’s was in the pipeline since the decision to pull out was brought up. This is just a small example of the new era of war, from open conflicts fought by troops that are part of a nation’s army, to covert proxy wars being fought by private contractors.

The rise in the use of PMC’s especially over the last decade marked a change in the ‘Elites’ ideology, with the mentality that whatever government can do business can do better. The privatization of war, the privatization of policing operations by contractors instead of police like seen with G4S is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to operations being carried out by PMC’s and ordinary private contractors. It’s a worrying trend seen right across the globe from country to country..

In Ukraine reports since the violence began on Maidan square indicate that PMC’s were in fact operating in the country, namely ‘Academi’,

When the Western Media portrayed what was happening during the sniper shootings in Kiev, they told us that there were snipers both sides, shooting eachother. However, medical examiners have deduced that all the casualties that resulted from said snipers were shot from the same point of origin, with even some of the ballistics matching up.

 It just so happens, that three weeks prior to this awful, awful event, American private military travelled to the area. I do not know under which name they travelled, they have a few to choose from, there's Blackwater, Xe Services, Constellis Holdings (they could potentially use the name of the other companies that are under the umbrella of Constellis) and Academi. It was confirmed that they were there for a covert operation of some sort...

Academi denied its involvement in Ukraine, claiming on its website that “rumors” were posted by “some irresponsible bloggers and online reporters.”
“Such unfounded statements combined with the lack of factual reporting to support them and the lack of context about the company, are nothing more than sensationalistic efforts to create hysteria and headlines in times of genuine crisis,” the US firm stated.

Under who and what these contractors were there for was unclear but we will try and shine a light on who and why they were there.

ASBS (Analizy Systemowe Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz) is a Polish Private Military Organization created by Poland’s interior minister B. Sienkiewicz. This group was brought in by the new illegally established government in Kiev to try and help quell the uprising in the East of the country.

The fighters, who came on the pretext of a university exchange program, were mostly men of around 40; they received a month-long training course in organizing mass protests, erecting barricades, seizing government buildings, street fighting tactics, shooting techniques, including from sniper rifles, etc. The Polish weekly Nie published a photo from Legionowo showing Ukrainian forces dressed in Nazi uniforms alongside their Polish instructors in civilian clothing.

In early April, CIA director John Brennan visited Kiev. The very next day after his visit, the head of the Kiev regime, Turchynov, announced the beginning of “large-scale anti terrorist operations in connection with events in the Southeast” Not only American, but Polish mercenaries showed up for this operation.

This is a worrying trend for anyone who understands the implications of these events and changing dynamics of our society, this is truly a new era of warfare where nations can fight its battles at arms length using proxies. But this is not a new thing, the new thing is the kind of mentality and Ideology behind it, not to mention the major moves being made on the world stage by those that hire these people. The rise of PMC’s is a growing trend and it seems to me that this is the way wars will continue to be fought in the future with conventional troops playing a less prominent role in conflict zones where ever they may be.

The subjugation of Ukraine goes on living standards in decline, economic terrorism? And the brutal crushing of dissent....

Nearly 5 months after the military were given the go ahead by illegally installed Prime minister Yatsinych to launch what he called "Terror operations" against Self Defense Militias of the DPR we are seeing escalations both in the information war being fought thru-out the web and the airwaves, the war being fought on the ground with accusations being flung around by officials in the West and Kiev, nearly all of which have been shown to be nothing but just that accusations.

Most recent accusation being that a Russian armoured military convoy crossed the Ukraine border and was subsequently destroyed, the National Security And Defense Council of Ukraine said they had confirmed "A part of the column does not exist now" but did not elaborate further on what had actually taken place if anything at all as no evidence so far has been presented.

On Thursday the 15th two foreign journalists said they had seen a convoy of Russian army vehicles cross the border. Pictures were then posted later on a social networking site but with no information of where and when they were taken, but that has not stopped the war talk from the usual culprits in the media running with the narrative of Kiev without properly verifying the information. We have seen this before also with the MH17 tragedy and the lack of clear evidence for certain accusations.

If the recent history of the US state department is anything to go by this could be another escalation in their eyes that Russia is indeed invading Ukraine, without evidence of course, well not the evidence that would usually be credible in a normal court but trial by media shall continue it seems.

Valery Chaly, deputy head of Poreshenko's said "A huge military convoy accompanied by Russian soldiers and equipment

was moving towards the Ukrainian border, allegedly by agreement with the Red Cross,"

"A humanitarian column with 'peacekeepers' was to enter the territory of Ukraine, clearly to provoke a full-scale conflict,"

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, dismissed the statement by Chaly as untrue.

"Each time Kiev is more and more inventive in creating fairy tales," she said, noting that special protocols had to be completed before Russian troops could be sent abroad.

"The (Ukrainian) National Guard probably have to report about their achievements in the field, so they pretended they have some," she said.

Chaly said Poroshenko held urgent talks with his security chiefs and world leaders, though he did not specify which ones. Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said separately he had called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov who had assured him the convoy would be stopped.

"As of now, the danger of provocation has been removed, but operational staff continue to work," Chaly said.

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, dismissed the statement by Chaly as untrue.

"Each time Kiev is more and more inventive in creating fairy tales,"

Economic Subjugation Of The Ukrainian People

Soon after the illegal and unconstitutional overthrow of the democratically elected Yanukovych government with much from US funded NGO’s and Far right Neo Nazi groups. The new government came to power which included a number of the Far-Right Ultra nationalists taking key positions with Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk at the helm began the wholesale of Ukraine.

Secretary of state Victoria Nulan was quoted as saying "the US invested $5 billion into so called "pro democracy" NGO's inside Ukraine, we have seen the same scenario play out across the globe in recent years, Libya,Syria,Venezuela the list is endless, opposition being supported in order to cause social unrest and ultimately revolution inside Independent sovereign nations which is against international law.

After the long drawn Maidan protests which seen major violence on Maidan square came to a head deals were struck with the IMF and world banks, these deals look to subdue the working class of Ukraine with cuts right across the board, indeed it seems Ukraine could and most probably will end up like that of the economy of Greece or worse.

The International monetary fund announced on March 27th that they had reached a tentative loan agreement“financial lifeline” to Ukraine worth $14 -18bln over a 2 year period, one of the first reforms made was to heighten the price of natural gas, President Barack Obama called the deal a “major step forward” that will “meet the needs of Ukrainian people over the long term.” This of course could not be further from the truth as i will explain now...

This loan may have been heralded as a "major step forward" by president Obama but what he didn't mention is that the loan agreement came with demands for "economic reforms", which has usually translated into austerity measures like that seen in Europe, and as in Europe the working class will be bearing the brunt of the measures, It's exactly these kind of imposition of conditions that led to the European Network of Debt and Development to call for reform inside the IMF itself.

Unlike in Europe the IMF conditions for Ukraine will not include debt relief, this agreement and its so called success all hinges on cuts to subsidies and social services. Prices will rise nearly 30% on all imported goods due to the devaluation of the  hryvnia, all of this combined will lead to the further drop in living standards inside Ukraine and will push even more people into poverty,  according to economists. “I don’t think half the population will live below the poverty line, but the majority of the population will be worse off economically—that’s understood,” Kiselyov said.

“Ukrainians differ from the Portuguese and the Greeks because they don’t have many savings left,” Koltashov said. “Wages now in Ukraine are, as a rule, not enough to feed a family, and the devaluation of the hryvnia will make it totally impossible.”

The Revolution won, but the people lost

The Ukraine government it seems is not interested in the slightest about its people in regards to life and liberty all of this is not for the benefit of the people, the government seeks to pay back its buddies at the expense of the nation, we have seen moves in the energy sector by western firms to try and move in on a piece of the pie, Crimea was the jewel in the crown with its vast reserves of natural gas just off shore in the Black Sea, the people of Crimea decided they would be better off back with Russia and voted as such.

If it was not bad enough that the wholesale of natural resources in Ukraine is well underway, the country owes European banks a reportedly 23 billion in unpaid loans, and also outstanding loans of $1.5 billion with US banks. The only winners in all of this are the multi national corporations that stand to gain from privatization of the states assets that have not yet already been sold off.

Indeed this all seems to me to be leading to people becoming more and more disinfrantized with the whole "Maidan Revolution" and those that have came to power because of it, poverty caused by these loans could and may very well come back to bite Kiev, dissent is being crushed from Kiev to Donetsk, and it is not just the “pro russians” feeling the brunt, camps that have stayed in Maidan square were tore down by heavies of the government, some scuffles occurred and a few handbags swung but no one killed this time, but it certainly shows us a picture of a country in turmoil far from the rose tinted narrative of the Mainstream or officials in the EU and US, as long as the "Terror operations" in the East and the wholesale of state assets and national resources continue slaughter of innocent civilians and the rape of a country Ukraine will find itself shattered  literally.

Recent Updates 17.08.2014:

Kiev is claiming to have gotten the upper hand in the key city of Luhansk with pictures being pocted on twitter of what looked like a Ukrainian flag being raised above a police station in the Zhovtneviy neighbourhood of the city, the picture could not be independently vereified.

Officials in Kiev allege to have pushed a contingent of self defense members out of the city itself, they say they have nearly encircled their strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk and have taken over control of the road between the two cities, this is denied by self defense militias in the area.

Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said over the weekend that rebels were in the process of receiving some 150 armoured vehicles, including 30 tanks, and 1,200 fighters trained in Russia to launch a major counter-offensive.

A spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine said: “We have information that rebels used their routes, which are not under the control of the Ukrainian army, and got some ammunition and troops that came across from the Russian Federation. We can’t say the exact numbers, we’re checking this information.”

A Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for the people most affected by the turmoil in the East of the country, the Kiev government claimed that Russia was in the middle of pulling a "Trojan Horse" type stunt to try and invade Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian aid but there is nothing to suggest this to be the case but it's of my opinion the Kiev government knew this anyway.

The Minister of Social Policy in Ukraine signed an order officially recognizing the convoy  as humanitarian aid cargo of the International Red Cross that is currently on the border of Ukraine.

"In accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the Law of Ukraine 'On Humanitarian Aid' considering the initiative of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on receiving humanitarian aid within the framework of international humanitarian missions under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to recognize the cargo as humanitarian aid,” the document reads.

Supervising the delivery of the humanitarian aid to Ukraine will be the ICRC, the convoy will go ahead after it receives some security guarantees from both the warring sides in the country.  

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