Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Tag: Russia

Who’s winning and losing the economic war over Ukraine?

The winners are the opportunists and war profiteers, and the losers are the people of Ukraine, working and poor people everywhere, but especially in the Global South, and our fading hopes of halting the climate crisis.

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."

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The richest Republicans in Congress push tax cuts for themselves while slashing food, healthcare,...

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The forgotten 10 billion lives: A tale of suffering, survival, and the fight to...

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Between April 2025 and March 2026, there will be 71,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children under five, including 14,100 severe cases.