Patrick Lawrence: Why Are the Russians Retreating in Ukraine?
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The most opaque war in my lifetime and probably yours, the war we can hardly see because the reporting is so bad, just…
The West Must Stop Blocking Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia
Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure of ensuring sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022 – which could have prevented the invasion by Russia…
Dirty Bomb Accusations Fly Between Russia and Ukraine w/ Scott Ritter & Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté and former Marine intelligence officer and arms inspector Scott Ritter discuss just what a "dirty bomb" is, and what it means for the combatting nations of Russia and…
Scott Ritter: Russia’s ‘Dirty Bomb’ Scare
Russia appears to be legitimately concerned about the possibility of Ukraine building and using a “dirty bomb,” so much so that it has taken the unprecedented step of reaching out…
Democrats: Don’t Give Peace a Chance
By Katherine Gypson | VOA News Note from SP: This piece ran earlier today but since the time of publication, the letter from the Congressional Progressive Caucus has been rescinded.…
“America This Week” with Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi [Transcript]
On muzzling the new Citizen Kane, the lettuce-life of Liz Truss, occupying England, and more.
Is There an Off-Ramp From the Latest Forever War?
Consider what lessons — if either our leaders or the Russian president were rational creatures when it came to such endless wars — might be drawn from America’s Global War…
Joe Biden’s Broken Promise To Avoid War With Russia Could Lead To Armageddon
“We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine," Biden told us in March. But that war has already started.
How the West’s Sanctions on Russia Boomeranged
If the damage inflicted by sanctions on the regime in Moscow is less than expected, the self-harm to the rest of Europe and to a lesser degree the US, has…
Walter Kirn and Matt Taibbi on “America This Week”
On assassination, Armageddon, the first twenty minutes of a girlfriend’s call, the International WTF Summit, and the missing American peace movement.
Patrick Lawrence: The Strong, and the Merely Powerful
In the world order now emerging, it is genuinely strong nations that will prevail over those reliant on power alone, and force will have little to do with it.
US Ignores Growing Calls for Diplomacy and Sends More Weapons to Ukraine
"Are there still negotiation possibilities?" asked Noam Chomsky. "There's only one way to find out. That's to try. If you refuse to try, of course, there's no option, no possibilities."
Zelensky Signs Decree Ruling Out Peace Talks With Putin
Zelensky says talks could only be held with Russia when there's a new president.
Scott Ritter: The Onus Is on Biden & Putin
We are, literally, on the eve of destruction. Now is the time for the kind of political maturity leaders rarely demonstrate.
US and UK Sabotaged Ukrainian Peace Deal
The West's aim "is not the victory of Ukraine, It's the defeat of Russia," Baud says. "The problem is that nobody cares about Ukraine. We have just instrumentalized Ukraine for…