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Friday Nite Videos | December 19, 2025

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Europe's Great Power Move: Ukraine Funding

The EU's decision to secure the funding of Ukraine's war for the next two years is one of the most important developments of the entire year. It is a disaster for Russia, and it shows what Europe exerting itself as a strategic actor looks like in practice.

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The View From Poland

E. Ethelbert Miller
Poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller considers what it's like to be caught in the crosshairs of two superpowers.

Europe Needs a New Strategy Too

Minna Ålander Northern Flank Notes
Europe needs to finally seize the initiative and stop wasting time trying to manage Trump. It is time for Europe to formulate clear conditions under which real negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine can take place.

Tidbits-Dec. 11- Reader Comments: Trump’s Deportations; Starbucks Strike; Rural America Myths; Trump’s MRI Results; New Resource – Zohran and Municipal Socialism; Amazon Labor Union; Online Forum-Building Working Class Solidarity With Ukraine; More..

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Reader Comments: Trump's Deportations; Starbucks Strike; Rural America Myths; Trump's MRI results; New resource - Zohran and municipal socialism; Amazon Labor Union; Online Forum-Building Working Class Solidarity with Ukraine; Lots more....

Tidbits-Dec. 4-Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation Is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Peace in Europe; New Unreleased Song by John Lennon; Lots More…

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Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Europe; Palestinians Offer a Much Clearer Path; New Unreleased song by John Lennon

Peace in Ukraine – Peace in Europe

Walter Baier European Left
The EL has condemned Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine as a violation of international law and denial of Ukraine’s sovereignty. However the EL has not aligned itself with NATO whose objective has been to end the war through military means.

Notes on How To Survive a War

Aman Sethi Open Democracy
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on, philosophers, poets, anarchists and soldiers contemplate what they have lost, and what is still to emerge.
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