Preview: Their Blood, Our Bullets by Aaron Maté

Award winning independent journalist Aaron Mate, son of Hornby Islanders Gabor and Rae, has a new book coming out in October. In it, Mate discusses the precursors to the proxy war in Ukraine, including the falsities of RussiaGate, in deconstructing the lies we’ve been told about Russia’s motivations, and revealing the U.S. and NATO’s interference in Ukraine in opposition to peace agreements, and that have been undermined by Western governments, leading to the death of 100s of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and mass destruction in Ukraine.

About the book: “In this bombshell investigation, years in the making, Aaron Maté exposes Washington’s professed support for Ukrainian sovereignty and democracy as a sham. Building on the rigorous, fearless reporting that has established him as a leading independent journalist, Maté irrefutably documents how the US and its NATO allies have meddled in Ukraine with the real aim of weakening and destabilizing Russia.

In pursuit of this aggressive geopolitical design, successive US administrations exploited Ukraine’s internal divisions and sabotaged every chance for compromise while relentlessly backing Russia into a corner. Gambling with the global economy and risking nuclear war, US planners then provoked and prolonged an illegal Russian invasion that has had catastrophic consequences—for the Ukrainian people above all.”

Praise for Aaron Mate: “One hell of a reporter.” Seymour Hersh, legendary investigative journalist.

“Exposes wars and crimes and corruption—Maté, a courageous, independent journalist, has done a great service.” Katrina vanden Heuvel, Publisher of The Nation magazine. 

“A must-read for anyone hoping to transcend Western propaganda about the Ukraine War.” John J. Mearsheimer, geopolitical analyst and professor at the University of Chicago.

Their Blood, Our Bullets can be pre-ordered here: https://orbooks.com/catalog/their-blood-our-bullets/

Next Week: A review of Hornby Islander Sally Campbell’s new book, “A Mediator’s Eye View, Essays on War, Peace, and Shared Humanity”

Campbell touches on the proxy war in Ukraine, the genocide and apartheid in Palestine, among many other topics. This is Sally Campbell’s clarion call for peace, sanity, and environmental activism in a troubled world, amid the confusion propelled by the ubiquity of propaganda in corporate media. Many of these essays first appeared in print in The Islands Grapevine.