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…
I led talks on Donbas and Crimea in the 90s. Here’s How the War Should End.
After the USSR’s breakup, the OSCE knew that the large number of Russian speakers in Ukraine would become an issue.
Michael Brenner on the High Risks of Cultivated Ignorance
Micheal Brenner challenges the mainstream narrative of Putin and appends four of his public speeches.
Biden Answers Zelenskyy’s Plea to ‘Arm Ukraine Now’ With $800 Million in Weapons
Peace advocates have expressed concerns that weapons transfers from the West will draw out Russia's war while enriching arms-makers.
Glenn Greenwald: The Censorship Campaign Against Western Criticism of NATO’s Ukraine Policy Is Extreme
Preventing populations from asking who benefits from a protracted proxy war, and who pays the price, is paramount. A closed propaganda system achieves that.
Questions Abound About Bucha Massacre
The West has made a snap judgment about who is responsible for the massacre at the Ukrainian town of Bucha with calls for more stringent sanctions on Russia, but the…
Paul Street: Who Are the ‘Good Guys’ in the Ukraine War?
By Paul Street / CounterPunch US Americans, as products of television and Hollywood, want good guys and bad guys. So who have been the good guys in the Ukraine War…
Biden Slips: Calls Openly for Removal of Putin
This weekend in Poland, Biden said Putin cannot remain in power.
From Moscow to Washington, the Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don’t Justify Each Other
U.S. hypocrisy in no way excuses the murderous rampage of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but hopping on a bandwagon of the U.S. government as a force for peace is a…
Chris Hedges: Worthy and Unworthy Victims
Dividing the world into worthy and unworthy victims is a tactic used to justify our crimes and demonize our enemies. Conflicts will not be solved until all nations abide by…
Another Casualty of the Ukraine Conflict: The Truth
The Ukraine conflict has engendered a dangerous frenzy in the West. Does it say more about us than it does about Russia or Ukraine?
On Humiliation and the Ukraine War
Russia’s actions in the Ukraine are, to a great extent, the culmination of the numerous humiliations that the West, under American instigation, has inflicted on Russia’s rulers and the country…
The Strategic Blunder That Set the Stage for Today’s Ukrainian Crisis
We’re acting as if the Ukraine situation came out of nowhere thanks to the Vlad, when it’s actually a post-Cold War train wreck long in the making.
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Oliver Stone: American Exceptionalism Is on Deadly Display in Ukraine
The creator of the Showtime documentary series “The Putin Diaries” speaks to Robert Scheer about the escalating crisis in Ukraine.