PATRICK LAWRENCE: Pedro Sánchez’s ‘No a la Guerra’
Patrick Lawrence for Consortium News I saw a video the other day that reminded me: Images often lie, which is why the propagandists favor them (and why I don’t usually…
Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
Posted by Joshua Scheer For decades, the Western Alliance has been treated as a permanent fixture of global politics — a transatlantic bond forged in the ashes of World War…
Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who…
Trump’s Peace With NATO Reinforces Its Purpose: US-Led Global Hegemony
Trump’s hardball tactics have extorted greater allied cooperation and reasserted US domination over the organization.
What Defeat Looks Like
By Stefan Moore Special to Consortium News European leaders are in panic mode. They are scrambling to ensure that Trump’s 28-point peace plan that they believe favours Russia can be…
Rubio Neo-Conned Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan
Lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas; lie down with neocons, you wake up with wars, says Daniel McAdams. So goes Trump’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine…
Trump’s Russia Deal Sparks Outrage in Kyiv as Zelenskyy Pushes Back Nato Update
By Joshua Scheer From The Guardian: Late last night, U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll briefed NATO representatives, saying, “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than…
Russia, China, Reject Attempt of E3 To Reimpose Sanctions on Iran Over Nuclear Program
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the actions of the three European countries in this regard as “unjustified, illegal and lacking in any legal basis.”
How ‘Human Rights’ Became Western Weapon
Under their terms, in return for recognition of the latter’s political influence over Central and Eastern Europe, Moscow and its Warsaw Pact satellites agreed to uphold a definition of “human…
US Backed Ethnic Cleansing of Serbs, Top Diplomat Secretly Told Croat Leader
The ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Serbs by a US-backed Croatian leader was premeditated, according to newly-uncovered files revealing the operation’s planning. After the bloodshed subsided, Richard Holbrooke,…
The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
NATO Invades the Classroom.
Trump Asked Zelensky If He Could Strike Moscow If the US Provided Longer-Range Weapons
Trump later denied that he was considering sending long-range weapons to Ukraine and said that Ukraine shouldn't target Moscow.
Trump Announces Weapons Plan for Ukraine, Gives Russia 50-Day Deadline for Tariffs
Under the plan, the US will sell more weapons to NATO countries that will be transferred to Ukraine.
Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding
Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.
Britain, France and Canada Threaten Israel With Concrete Sanctions if Gaza War Is Not Halted
The three NATO powers went further than a 22-nation petition to Israel to halt its food and aid blockade issued on Monday, which they also signed.