Russia, Ukraine & the Law of War: Crime of Aggression
Scott Ritter, in part one of a two-part series, lays out international law regarding the crime of aggression and how it relates to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Costs of (Another) War
By Andrea Mazzarino / TomDispatch What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common besides being on opposite sides of a war? They’re…
Some Likely Long-term Effects of the War in Ukraine
Game-changers of the Ukraine war could be the freezing of Russia's central bank assets, China and India's rapprochement, the cementation of the EU's vassalage, and more.
Ukraine: War and the Challenge of Human Rights in the U.S. and Beyond
The U.S. justifies wars of aggression in the name of human rights. The term has no meaning domestically either, as the people's needs are subordinated to those of the ruling…
Hedges: On Being Disappeared
The entire archive of six years of my show On Contact has been removed by YouTube.
Matt Taibbi: John Podhoretz, You Suck
Neoconservatives think they've been vindicated by Ukraine, and their new Democratic allies agree. On America's most improbable and undeserved political comeback
Why Beijing Should Help Mediate to End the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Analysts scoffed when the EU’s Josep Borrell said ‘it must be China.’ But he’s onto something — and Biden should take notice.
The New Cold War Is Here to Stay, Until It Isn’t
While you may be horrified by events in Ukraine, the question is, why aren’t you more horrified by the way your tax dollars continue to create an ever-more militarized American…
Stop This Imperialist Russian War
We must press the war masters on both/all sides of the Ukrainian conflict to negotiate for peace since there’s no social justice, no democracy, and no livable ecology for the…
Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War
Russia was baited into war but that does not absolve its criminal act of aggression.
‘Not One Inch Eastward:’ How the War in Ukraine Could Have Been Prevented Decades Ago
America broke its promises about Eastern Europe. Now Ukraine is paying the price.
MintPress Study: NY Times, Washington Post Driving U.S. to War with Russia Over Ukraine
This MintPress study reveals that ninety percent of recent opinion articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal have taken a hawkish view on…
The Warmongers Miscalculated
The people inside the White House believe they can sell us what we don’t want to buy, but sometimes they miscalculate.
Biden Considering Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing a Pentagon proposal to deploy thousands of American troops to the Baltics and Eastern Europe as progressive…
The Epic Struggle over the Epicenter of U.S. Global Power
Geopolitical hot spots have been erupting across Eurasia over the last year, each one suffused with significance for the future of U.S. global power.