Hundreds of protesters — Ukrainians, but also Russians, Georgians, Kazakhs, Latvians, Poles, and other folk from former Soviet bloc nations — marched from UNICEF headquarters, near the United Nations, to Times Square yesterday. They carried home-made signs, flags of their homelands, and the American flag. They brought their children. They also carried dolls splattered in red paint, in a plea for us to see more clearly and demand action to stop what we already know is happening: Putin is carrying out a war of attrition in Ukraine, targeting civilians, including children, in their homes, in hospitals and in schools, and in clearly marked places, like the theater in Mariupol, where they seek shelter. The group stopped at Fox News — a grim irony, in that Fox has sold and continues to sell lies about Russia and Ukraine to benefit the Trump administration and Trumpist politicians. Trump actively worked against the Zelenskyy government while fawning for Putin — his first impeachment trial centered on this this issue — and Tucker Carlson and usual Fox talking heads continued to make light of or even deny his obvious intentions toward Ukraine.
The Telescope Effect
The Telescope Effect
The Telescope Effect
Hundreds of protesters — Ukrainians, but also Russians, Georgians, Kazakhs, Latvians, Poles, and other folk from former Soviet bloc nations — marched from UNICEF headquarters, near the United Nations, to Times Square yesterday. They carried home-made signs, flags of their homelands, and the American flag. They brought their children. They also carried dolls splattered in red paint, in a plea for us to see more clearly and demand action to stop what we already know is happening: Putin is carrying out a war of attrition in Ukraine, targeting civilians, including children, in their homes, in hospitals and in schools, and in clearly marked places, like the theater in Mariupol, where they seek shelter. The group stopped at Fox News — a grim irony, in that Fox has sold and continues to sell lies about Russia and Ukraine to benefit the Trump administration and Trumpist politicians. Trump actively worked against the Zelenskyy government while fawning for Putin — his first impeachment trial centered on this this issue — and Tucker Carlson and usual Fox talking heads continued to make light of or even deny his obvious intentions toward Ukraine.