Thursday, September 28, 2023

Tag: Russia

US follows Germany’s lead to send battle tanks to Ukraine

The U.S. agreed to send 31 tanks, and Germany agreed to 14.

Can NATO and the Pentagon find a diplomatic off-ramp from the...

The precarious fine line the United States and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war that it may lead to.

The Ukraine crisis is a classic ‘security dilemma’

Looking at the conflict and its underlying causes may help to suggest a path to a mutually-acceptable diplomatic solution.

Russia’s Ukraine war and energy crisis have scared the world into...

By 2025, only about two years from now, renewable energy will surpass coal as a power source globally.

Eight reasons why now is a good time for a Ukraine...

People all over the world are calling for a Christmas truce, harkening back to the inspirational Christmas Truce of 1914.

Congressional amendment opens floodgates for war profiteers and a major ground...

After the catastrophic wars and ballooning U.S. military budgets of the past 25 years, we should be wise by now to the escalatory nature of the vicious spiral in which we are caught.

The growing chorus for peace in Ukraine

There is an alternative. We can and must resolve this conflict through peaceful diplomacy and negotiation, to end the killing and destruction and let the people of Ukraine live in peace.

Thirty progressive Democrats break rank, calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine

The letter reads “.... we urge you to pair the military and economic support the United States has provided to Ukraine with a proactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire.”

Rehearsal for ‘Armageddon’ underway as NATO and Russia hold nuclear exercises

"All nuclear exercises imply willingness to mass murder civilians, wipe out entire cities, and risk all-out nuclear war," said ICAN. "They also risk accidents and escalation, and will legitimize Russia's dangerous nuclear rhetoric."

So, what about those other wars?

Here's why Ukraine dominates media coverage.

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Global leaders plead for peace in Ukraine at UN

Altogether, leaders from at least 50 countries spoke up for peace in Ukraine at the 2023 UN General Assembly.

Supreme Court could trigger hundreds of billions in corporate tax cuts ‘with the stroke...

"The Roberts Court could decide with the stroke of a pen to simultaneously forgive big business decades of tax dues."

Elected Democrats are conformist enablers of Biden for 2024

Alarm bells among pro-Biden pundits have finally begun to break the political sound barrier. So why is it quiet on Capitol Hill on the Democratic front?

Climate campaigners decry ‘absolutely horrendous’ brutality against protesters at fed summit

"We have no choice but to take direct action to put our bodies on the line because petitions, sign-waving, and chanting—we tried that for the past 50 years and it hasn't worked, and we're out of time," said one arrested activist.

Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again

Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”