Hedges: No Way Out but War
Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana.
Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana.
Michael Klare makes clear that the war in Ukraine is the last thing on Earth (so to speak) that we need right now.
Critics of the West’s role in the Ukraine war, such as CIA veterans Ray McGovern and John Kiriakou, are being ostracized from the American media landscape.
"Nothing will erase the memory of war criminal George W. Bush laughing—yes, laughing—about his grievously apt slip of the tongue."
The Ukraine crisis proves to be Europe’s crucible and Europe proves a profound disappointment.
This is not the time to make decisions in a moment of historical hysteria and panic, writes Jan Oberg.
Veteran award-winning journalists Patrick Cockburn and Robert Scheer, who met in Moscow in 1987 when Mikhail Gorbachev optimistically promised peace, now fear a descent into nuclear war hell.
What will be the consequences of the United States’s commitment to long-term conflict, and where will we be when the war finally ends?
Tens of billions, soon to be much more, are flying out of U.S. coffers to Ukraine as Americans suffer, showing who runs the U.S. Government, and for whose benefit.
Trump Derangement Syndrome still lives on in America's political debate as virulent as ever.
After the USSR’s breakup, the OSCE knew that the large number of Russian speakers in Ukraine would become an issue.
Micheal Brenner challenges the mainstream narrative of Putin and appends four of his public speeches.
Lifelong journalist Joe Lauria joins Robert Scheer to discuss how companies like PayPal, YouTube and Facebook are quashing non-mainstream reporting and opinions on Ukraine.
The conflict in Ukraine is a disaster for the poor of this planet.
The apparent failed attempt at resolving the fighting by the international body coincided with the testing of a new nuclear weapons system by the Russian military.