Dear CCI Friends and Colleagues,
As the war in Ukraine continues unabated, and the West continues to take the position that Russia’s actions were ‘unprovoked’, it is important to consider the timeline to this war. In the communication below is a very useful summary put together by Joe Lauria, a distinguished journalist and historian. Joe outlines the history of this crisis going back to the end of the Second World War, and the events that have transpired since then.
In addition to Joe’s timeline, we are also providing in this communication certain historical documents by US diplomats that clearly and unequivocally convey Russia’s deep concern about Ukraine’s accession into NATO and why that could lead to military conflict.
Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News and a former U.N. correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and numerous other newspapers, including The Montreal Gazette and The Star of Johannesburg. He was an investigative reporter for the Sunday Times of London, a financial reporter for Bloomberg News and began his professional work for The New York Times.
We would welcome any thoughts or suggestions you may have.
Center for Citizen Initiatives
Ukraine Timeline Tells the Story
July 1, 2023
Without historical context, buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story. But the Establishment hits back at journalists, like at CN, who try to tell it now.
By Joe Lauria
The way to prevent understanding of the Ukraine war is to suppress its history.
A cartoon version says the conflict began in February 2022 when Vladimir Putin woke up one morning and decided to invade Ukraine.
There was no other cause, according to this version, other than unprovoked, Russian aggression against an innocent country.
Please use this short, historical guide to share with people who still flip through the funny pages trying to figure out what’s going on in Ukraine.
The mainstream account is like opening a novel in the middle of a book to read a random chapter as though it’s the beginning of the story.
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