From the Chris Hedges Report, “Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb:” If, as Joe Biden says, Putin is “not joking” about using nuclear weapons and we risk nuclear “Armageddon,” why isn’t Biden on the phone to Putin? Why doesn’t he follow the example of John F. Kennedy, who repeatedly communicated with Nikita Khrushchev to negotiate an end…
China and the U.S. Face an Unprecedented Crisis BY ALFRED MCCOY Originally published in (and reprinted with the permission of) Tomdispatch.com If the world is indeed entering a new Cold War, it bears little resemblance to the final years of that global conflict with its frequent summits between smiling leaders and its arms agreements aimed…
Steven Donziger If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism It is well-known that intense competition between democracy, authoritarianism and fascism is playing out across the globe in a variety of ways – including in the United States. This year’s US supreme…
American officials keep insisting they won’t negotiate with Russia, but now they’re also leaking a belief that Ukraine can’t win. Is this 4-D chess, or cluelessness? Or is there no plan at all? Matt Taibbi Fifteen years ago, in a July 2007 Democratic primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Senator Barack Obama won applause…
Benjamin Abelow explains his book, “How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe.” Part 1 See Parts 2 & 3 here: Part 2 Part 3 READ IT: