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Joe Shlabotnik

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1. Bravo

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2014, 03:19 AM

May 2014

I hope they absorb some the aspects of the BH uprising that media refuses to cover. Workers, citizens regardless of all ethnicisities, converging in plenums, exercising consensus building and direct democracy to decide their vision and fate: not believing the IMF, and their pre-selected and vetted government shill representatives.

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Ukraine Crisis: Eastern Rebels Hold Self-Rule Referendums [View all] Comrade Grumpy May 2014 OP

Bravo Joe Shlabotnik May 2014 #1

Eh, Russia is hardly a democracy: joshcryer May 2014 #4

East Ukraine referendum raises fears of partition dipsydoodle May 2014 #2

Only 130 polling stations. joshcryer May 2014 #3

Guardian live updates here dipsydoodle May 2014 #5

Already several reports of people voting more than once. joshcryer May 2014 #6

Vote early, vote often davidpdx May 2014 #8

"In this building, when the President stands, nobody sits." joshcryer May 2014 #9

The referendum is a mistake - But it does appear people are interested newthinking May 2014 #7

Some are. Igel May 2014 #13

It's not going to do any good. Nobody is supporting it including Putin. But that does not mean that newthinking May 2014 #14

Everything proceeding as planned. Your point ballyhoo May 2014 #15

I wonder if they will use the same far-right election observers as with the Crimea referendum. pampango May 2014 #10

I remember when a Jobbik outlet was cited frequently here. joshcryer May 2014 #11

You have a better memory than me. I suppose a few of Jobbik's policies may be superficially pampango May 2014 #12

I just watched crowds of people voting and waiting to vote on the BBC. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #16

Ukraine guardsmen open fire on crowd in east after referendum bemildred May 2014 #17

Ukraine security forces riven by mistrust, wrangle over prisoners bemildred May 2014 #18