EU politics
Marco D’Eramo: Western Pravdas
There is a strong whiff of McCarthyism in The West over the Ukraine war. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Ukraine
EU politics
David Jamieson – Ukraine viewed from Mount Olympus
The politics of internationalism from above does not serve workers anywhere, it only builds bridges between them and their exploiters. David Jamieson is a journalist and editor of Scottish anti-capitalist website Conter. Cross-posted from Conter. […]
EU politics
Binoy Kampmark – “A Good Investment”: The Ukraine War and the US Arms Racket
The US military-industrial complex is making money hand over fist, but the American people are growing war weary. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Cross-posted […]
EU politics
Anatol Lieven: US Experience in Afghanistan offers lessons for Ukraine, if leaders will heed them
Another anniversary, the second since the US was chased out of Afghanistan, should make excitable warmongers stop and reflect. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He […]
EU politics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – Is CIA Director Bill Burns a Biden Yes-Man, a Putin Apologist, or a Peacemaker?
Biden has appointed Bill Burns, who has consistently criticised NATO expansion in Eastern Europe throughout his career, as CIA Director. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Nicolas J. S. […]
Inequality
Richard Machin: Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless
The UK Government made a song and dance about helping Ukrainian refugees – now 7,300 Ukrainian households are homeless, and the real figure is likely to be higher. Richard Machin is a Senior Lecturer in […]
EU politics
Daniel Davis – The Hard Reality: Ukraine’s Last-Gasp Offensive Has Failed
A former Lieutenant Colonel in the US army explains why Ukraine’s ‘spring offensive’ was a suicide mission. Published in ‘1945’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Kyiv Independent: NATO Official retracts controversial suggestion about Ukraine exchanging territory for NATO membership
If this doesn’t open the dam to a bit more honesty in western media reporting about the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the need to consider diplomatic solutions, what will? Read the article […]
EU politics
Ralph Nader: Develop an Exit Strategy for the Endless War in Ukraine
Whether Ukraine becomes another forever war will to a large extent be dictated by US policy. Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer and author of Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
EU politics
Stephen Bryen: Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine peace talks agree on nothing
With Ukraine’s counter-offensive going nowhere fast, it may not be long before the cracks in the US-led NATO alliance begin to show. Cross-posted from Other News The Saudi Arabia-sponsored “peace talks” failed to accomplish anything. […]