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A demonstrator in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague replicates a real civilian killing in Bucha to protest Russian atrocities against civilians across Ukraine. Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP via Getty Images
Faced with horrific evidence of their atrocities in Ukraine - cities razed, millions in exile, tens of thousands of dead civilians - Russia's state-run media has spun a ghastly, fetid fantasy to tell its own people: Nothing to see here. Over and over, on huge screens, TV hosts declare the bodies in the streets are fake news, Western agitprop, crisis actors playing a part, or victims of Ukrainian "Nazis." The world fights back with protests, sanctions, music, vital facts. Those same grim images, war crimes experts have testified, show "definite signs of death."
Facts, even when gruesome, remain the most potent weapon against malignant fiction. Following the massacre in Bucha, the New York Times published a map locating and identifying the bodies found there. It speaks grim volumes: "Man who went out for bread. Six dead in home for seniors. Woman killed in garden. Mother shot next to daughter. Boy found in basement. Family of four. Son shot next to father. Sisters killed in home. Man covered in dirt. Man and woman in concrete pit. Four bodies in street. Man shot in head..."
Trump and Musk are on an unconstitutional rampage, aiming for virtually every corner of the federal government. These two right-wing billionaires are targeting nurses, scientists, teachers, daycare providers, judges, veterans, air traffic controllers, and nuclear safety inspectors. No one is safe. The food stamps program, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are next. It’s an unprecedented disaster and a five-alarm fire, but there will be a reckoning. The people did not vote for this. The American people do not want this dystopian hellscape that hides behind claims of “efficiency.” Still, in reality, it is all a giveaway to corporate interests and the libertarian dreams of far-right oligarchs like Musk. Common Dreams is playing a vital role by reporting day and night on this orgy of corruption and greed, as well as what everyday people can do to organize and fight back. As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover issues the corporate media never will, but we can only continue with our readers’ support. |
Facts, even when gruesome, remain the most potent weapon against malignant fiction. Following the massacre in Bucha, the New York Times published a map locating and identifying the bodies found there. It speaks grim volumes: "Man who went out for bread. Six dead in home for seniors. Woman killed in garden. Mother shot next to daughter. Boy found in basement. Family of four. Son shot next to father. Sisters killed in home. Man covered in dirt. Man and woman in concrete pit. Four bodies in street. Man shot in head..."
Facts, even when gruesome, remain the most potent weapon against malignant fiction. Following the massacre in Bucha, the New York Times published a map locating and identifying the bodies found there. It speaks grim volumes: "Man who went out for bread. Six dead in home for seniors. Woman killed in garden. Mother shot next to daughter. Boy found in basement. Family of four. Son shot next to father. Sisters killed in home. Man covered in dirt. Man and woman in concrete pit. Four bodies in street. Man shot in head..."