Dear CCI Friends,
Kit Klarenberg’s article on Ukraine’s ‘memory laws’ is hard to believe. If any of our CCI followers in Ukraine can throw any more light on the subject he explores below, please get in touch.
“Ukraine’s Ultranationalist War on History”
“….the weaponization of law in the service of memory politics…”
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/ukraines-ultranationalist-war-on
At the same time, please consider the following from Professor Glenn Diesen, originally published in Norway in 2023. It is an elegant recitation of the facts and events leading up to the Russian march into Ukraine in 2022 – a freshener, should anyone need one, for our memories today. However, there is one detail in Diesen’s analysis that is no longer accurate. He describes the scene in 2023 between Ukraine, Russia and the ‘West’ as a revival of the Cold War. We see nothing ‘cold’ in the scenario we find ourselves in today.
“NATO’s War in Ukraine”
“In 1994, even President Clinton warned that NATO expansion could destabilize Europe, as drawing a new line between East and West could create a self-fulfilling prophecy of future confrontation. When Clinton changed his mind, his Secretary of Defense, William Perry, considered resigning in protest. Perry claims that those pushing for NATO expansion acknowledged that it would destroy peace with Russia, but did not believe it mattered because Russia was weak, and their attitude was essentially: “Who cares what they think?”
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/natos-war-in-ukraine
A special Thank You! to all of our CCI friends for being with us in these dark times.
The Center for Citizen Initiatives