” … or can’t we at least begin a conversation? Do we now have such a distorted and desperate view of the other side? That we won’t even speak to them? To see conflict as inevitable has become the cornerstone of U.S foreign policy.” These are the words of Robery F. Kennedy Jr, about…
As a lifelong Democrat, it is painful for me to hear the truth about how Democrats stopped representing the worknig people of America, thus creating fertile ground for the rise of fascist-tending populists like Trump. It’s important to understand that Trump is a symptom, because unless the underlying conditions change, there will continue to…
I beg you to watch the following short video, in which Professor Jeffrey Sachs talks about the extraodrdinary “Peace Speech” given by President John F Kennedy during the first Cold War in June of 1963, a few months before his death. Professor Sachs explains how it can be a guide for peace today, during…
Professor Jeffrey Sachs is the ultimate insider and ultimate authority on the origins and history of the Ukraine war. He was an economic advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev in the immediate post-communist period, as well as an advisor to the first president of an independent Ukraine. In the following short (20 min) video, Sachs can…
by Benjamin Abelow Reprinted from Antiwar.com (June 7, 2023) The following is a revised and expanded version of an interview with Benjamin Abelow, author of How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe, originally published in Italian translation by the…
