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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."
Biden’s broken promise to avoid war with Russia may kill us...
On March 11, 2022, President Biden reassured the American public and the world that the United States and its NATO allies were...
Russia bombs Kyiv and other major cities in massive attack on...
The assault was seen as retaliation for a deadly blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea, an explosion that Russian President Vladimir Putin called an "act of terrorism" by Ukraine.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.