Friday, July 26, 2024

Hundreds of peace activists are marching from Berlin to Aleppo

"For us, we took it as our sign, which symbolizes for us the struggle for peace, democracy and freedom. A community … united against the killing.”

Aleppo’s sobering lessons

Those who engage Syria with limited will and limited means must set limited goals if they are to accomplish even a limited amount of good.

The final Obama doctrine? Racking up the body count

Obama officials have repeatedly expressed a commitment to killing large numbers of ISIS fighters. Will Trump take it even further?

TrumPutin: Jobs, security, and buyer’s remorse

The Trump cabinet is defining itself as a military junta with predatory extractive capitalist cronies and climate change deniers a sort of General Goldman Sachs composite.

Too many generals spoil the democracy

Trump’s push to “win” with warriors is a loss for America.

Suspected terror attacks in Europe, Turkey leave at least a dozen dead, 50+ injured

The attacks came less than a month after the US officially warned that the Islamic State would target European “festivals” and “outdoor markets” during the Holiday season.
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A deadly day: Russian ambassador assassinated; 12 dead in Berlin truck crash; Zürich mosque...

Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara.

BREAKING: Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated, Russian politicians claim NATO planned attack

The attack comes just one day before Russia, Turkey, and Iran were due to hold talks over the ongoing conflict in Syria.

But I thought the Cold War was supposed to have been about ideology.

The Cold War should have ended in 1991 when communism and the Warsaw Pact did, but instead it continued on in the form of NATO.