by Don Pelton I’ve been almost exclusively focused on Ukraine lately because the US is now in greater danger of a nuclear war than it has been in my lifetime, and I say this as one who was twenty years old at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The following interview (by Amy…
If Jimmy Dore seems gleeful here, it is not because he is especially pro-war or pro-Russian. It is more that his reporting has been so at odds with the predominant propaganda slant of Western media (which has pushed the tragically false notion that Russia is losing badly) that he is relieved to see the…
By Jeremy Kuzmarov First published April 26, 2022 in Covert Action Magazine Reprinted here with permission Bill Clinton signs NATO expansion legislation in May 1998. [Source: aparchive.com] Writes a Deceitful Article in The Atlantic Magazine That Distorts History to Defend His Fateful Presidential Blunder With the Ukraine war expanding and the threat of nuclear catastrophe rising, Bill…
Editor’s Note: Sometimes the expression, “the view from 30,000 feet” indicates the largest possible frame of reference we can use to understand the underlying dynamics of a historical event. I thought of this today while listening to the following discussion between the economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff. They agree that the Ukraine War…
Editor’s Note: This is well worth 13 minutes of your time, if you really want to understand what’s happening in Ukraine: OTHER RESOURCES: Here’s Jacques Baud’s original article, discussed in the video above: “The Military Situation in the Ukraine—An Update” Another perspective: “Is the Biden Administration Trying to Prolong the Ukraine War?“