Dear CCI Friends,
There has never been a time when the need for critical thinking was more important. Without it, without paying close attention to what is going on around us and searching diligently for the truth in the miasma of propaganda that surrounds us, we are at risk of being led to our destruction.
At the same time, the movement to stop the free flow of information, discussion, analysis, and opinion, the necessary ingredients for the exercise of critical thinking, from those who disagree with the accepted narrative of the West has also never been greater, with Europe and Great Britain leading the repression.
Please consider the following discussions with Mary Dejevsky, a respected establishment British journalist with decades of experience in Russia and the US who now finds herself no longer part of the ‘in crowd’ for daring to consider Russia’s position in Ukraine.
Interview with Tom Switzer: Silencing of Dissent
With Ian Proud and Steve Jermyn: “Boris Johnson Must Answer for Ukraine’s Destruction”
And another voice of reason on the same topic, the repression of dissent.
Shane Fitzgerald: “War With Russia Is Not Inevitable”
“Let us remember it is never history’s good guys who bang the war drums the hardest.”
https://truthandbalance22.substack.com/p/war-with-russia-is-not-inevitable
Best wishes to all in the CCI community. In these dark and dismal times it is a pleasure and a relief to know you are there.
The Directors
The Center for Citizen Initiatives