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.
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.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Exit From the Ukraine Crisis That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
The crisis over Ukraine grows simultaneously more dangerous and more absurd. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Ilhan Omar Warns Democrats’ Ukraine Proposal Only ‘Escalates the Conflict’
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday delivered a detailed rebuke of congressional Democrats’ proposed legislative response to the escalating crisis involving Ukraine and Russia, declaring…
Lee Camp and Legendary Journalist John Pilger on Assange, Ukraine, & More
Lee Camp and John Pilger dive into the Assange trial, Russia and Ukraine, and the U.S. empire
The Neocons’ Primary War Tactic: Branding Opponents of U.S. Intervention as Traitors
By rehabilitating neocons and elevating them as thought leaders, liberals live in their framework. Thus are opponents of U.S. involvement in Ukraine deemed treasonous.
Matt Taibbi: Let’s Not Have a War
The American foreign policy establishment, chasing decades of failures, appears to be seriously considering the unthinkable in Ukraine.
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…
Matt Taibbi: Thomas Friedman Roars Back to Form
"Two amputee British actors, sitting in a tree, something, something, C-O-W!" Plus, a contest with prizes!
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.
Hey, Hey, USA! How Many Bombs Did You Drop Today?
Over the past 20 years, U.S. and allied air forces have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries.
NBC News Uses Ex-FBI Official Frank Figliuzzi to Urge Assange’s Extradition, Hiding His Key Role
The most dangerous, and under-discussed, development in corporate media is the spate of ex-security state agents now employed to deliver the "news."
First ‘Summit for Democracy’ Should be the Last
Like in the Cold War, the US is trying to divide the world.
An Open Letter to Strobe Talbott About RussiaGate
In a public letter, Tom Couser criticizes the foreign policy that Strobe Talbott advocated and his involvement in the genesis of the Russiagate narrative.