The Arab public’s antipathy toward the U.S. determines their stance toward the Russian-Ukrainian war, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Putin & the Arabs
Author: corinna barnard
British Intelligence Predicted Ukraine War 30 Years Ago
The U.K. anticipated a “serious confrontation between Russia and Ukraine” as far back as 1992, declassified files show, Phil Miller reports. One senior official even questioned whether Ukraine was “a real country.”
Caitlin Johnstone: News & Conspiracies
Accuse the U.S. of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines and it’s called a conspiracy theory. Accuse Russia of doing the exact same thing and it’s called news.
Chris Hedges: ‘The Greatest Evil is War’
Tomas was crippled for a war that should never have been fought. He was crippled for the lies of politicians. He was crippled for war profiteers. He was crippled for the careers of generals.
The Limits of Change in Britain
The same “market discipline” currently giving Britain’s new prime minister a bloody nose would have crushed a Corbyn programme if he’d won power, writes Jonathan Cook.
Israel Blocks Award to Renowned Rights Leader
Publicly, the lobbying against Navi Pillay began with an article in the pro-Israeli German tabloid Bild, Barbara Crossette reports.
SCOTT RITTER: The Onus Is on Biden & Putin
We are, literally, on the eve of destruction. Now is the time for the kind of political maturity leaders rarely demonstrate.
The US Military’s Culture of Lies
William Astore says the U.S. is a nation being unmade by war, the very opposite of what most Americans are taught. If wars were won with lies, he argues, the U.S. would be undefeated.
‘Not a Sin to Vote for Lula’
Ahead of Sunday’s elections, Zoe Alexandra reports on Evangelicals as an important voting bloc in Brazil and the effort by Workers’ Party supporters to reach them.
66 Nations at UN Say ‘End War in Ukraine’
“Too much blood has been spilled” — Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies highlight a few of the many under-reported appeals made at the General Assembly for peaceful negotiations.