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Helen Lackner: There’s Still No End in Sight to Yemen’s Catastrophic War
The brutal war that no one in the West wants to talk about, because it’s western allies dishing out the brutality. Read the article HERE.
War
Economics
Noam Chomsky and David Harvey discuss capitalism and war
Gregory Magarshak is joined by two giants of anti-capitalism. Listen HERE.
EU politics
Baher Kamal – US installs new nukes in Europe: As destructive as 83 Hiroshima bombs
Mainstream media has hardly even noticed that the United States has just installed more powerful nuclear weapons in Europe. Baher Kamal is an Egyptian-born, Spanish national, secular journalist, publisher and editor of Human Wrongs Watch with nearly five […]
EU politics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies: What Steps Can the US Take to Foster Peace Talks in Ukraine?
Some sensible proposals for what the United States could put on the table if it really wanted to support peace negotiations. But it doesn’t. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for […]
EU politics
Patrick Cockburn: Who were the Afghans Harry killed?
The disaster of the Afghanistan war is fading quickly from memory in the UK – Prince Harry’s remarks about his role as a helicopter pilot should force a reckoning with reality Patrick Cockburn is the author […]
Solutions
Melvin Goodman: Understanding Russian National Security
Former Soviet analyst at the CIA on how the Kremlin thinks about security Cross-posted from Counterpunch In the 1980s and 1990s, I was a member of the Russian studies group sponsored by the Brookings Institution. […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck: Getting Closer
On war-fever among Germany’s liberal left. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Melvin Goodman: Lessons from the Cuban missile crisis
Sixty years since the Cuban missile crisis, US elites have not learned the lessons for today’s nuclear threat Cross-posted from Counterpunch Sixty years ago, we survived a nuclear standoff between John F. Kennedy and Nikita […]
National Politics
Philip Gamaghelyan, Pinar Sayan: What next for Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Hundreds of Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers were reportedly killed in fighting that began on 13 September. Philip Gamaghelyan and Pinar Sayan assess what this latest escalation in hostilities means for the future of the two countries. Cross-posted from the […]
Climate Crisis
Marco D’Eramo: Odourless Utopia
Are we heading for a future of water wars in Eurasia? Read the article HERE