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What Happens after Kiev’s Much-touted Counteroffensive Fails?
It’s hardly breaking news that Russia has been fighting off a crawling invasion by NATO (aided by America’s global vassals and satellite states) for well over a year now. The Neo-Nazi junta would’ve lasted mere days had it only been a Moscow vs. Kiev scenario and this fact is not Russia’s claim, but one by […]
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Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible Refutes Collusion with War Makers
Following a string of U.S. “forever wars,” a profusion of well-written, often riveting novels, memoirs, and analyses have been published. Talented authors have aimed to promote understanding about the human cost of war. In the same period, mainstream media sources have continually developed ways to make war appear normal –something necessary, justifiable, or in some […]
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Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action
Photo credit: Medea Benjamin During the weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. In a formal conference declaration, participants declared, “We are a broad and politically diverse […]
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How Does Technology Factor in for US Militarism toward China?
The United States is about militarism. Its economy is largely based on the military-industrial complex. It has hundreds upon hundreds of military bases in lands around the planet. Yet, despite a bloated military budget, the US fails to care for all its citizens, certainly not the millions of homeless, poor, and those unable to afford […]
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Anything Paul Revere Can Do, a 16-Year-Old Girl Can Do Better
Over the years, I’ve often been asked to categorize my work. I find this to be close to impossible but — when pressed — I see myself playing a Paul Revere-style role. In other words, I have important info to share. So, I call out the warning to all who have ears to hear. All […]
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D-Day = Disinformation Day
June 6, 2023 marks 79 years since the fabled Allied invasion known as “D-Day.” Lost amid the annual self-congratulatory orgy is the minor detail that by the time of the D-Day invasion, the Soviets were engaging 80 percent of the German Army on the Eastern Front. Author Alexander Cockburn explained that WWII had already been […]
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Why There Should Be a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones
Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will […]
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The US Spends More on Defense [sic] Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
I could go on for pages about the myriad myths of both U.S. military spending and U.S. military “glory.” In fact, I’ve written two books about it — plus hundreds of articles. For the sake of this post, I’ll share just one example of our [sic] beloved and expensive armed forces in action: During the […]
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Eye-witness Crimea
May of this year, we took the long, 27-hour train ride from Moscow to Crimea to see how life is there and what the sentiment of the people are as the US and Ukraine sharpen their threats to “recapture” this peninsula from Russia. And, while we were there, these threats were backed by a series […]
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