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PBC News & Comment: Weekend Coup in Ukraine is Another Trophy for American NeoCons

Elvis Costello’s “Goon Squad” opens the podcast and lead story on the US-approved coup in Ukraine, Robert Parry provides analysis….Click here for free audiobook download from Audible that generates $15 for the PBC Podcast!

Read Parry’s commentary here, showing that NeoCons remain powerful in the Obama administration, and that the “protesters” in Ukraine include neo-Nazis and neo-fascists

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