Research institutes from around the world have come together to start an international discussion responding to the broad crises of our times, writes Vijay Prashad.
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Category: Analysis
Chris Hedges: America’s New Class War
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Scandal of US Prisons
The head of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons was forced to step down last week as scandals swept through the vast U.S. prison system.
Student Debt Cancellation a Racial Justice Issue
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent, the authors say.
The Case for Neutrality to Defuse Crisis With Russia
Faced with the certainty of the destruction of their country, most Ukrainians would settle for peace through neutrality, writes Scott Ritter.
Biden Tightens the Noose Around China
The term “containment” never comes up, writes Michael T. Klare. But nonetheless, here is the new 21st century Cold War on a planet desperately in need of something else.
Craig Murray: What Kazakhstan Isn’t
As in all systems without democratic accountability or effective legal impunity for the elite, frustration and resentment among the general population has built naturally.
ROBERT PARRY: America’s Staggering Hypocrisy
After the failure so far of U.S.-Russia talks on Monday, we revisit a 2014 article by Robert Parry that explores the U.S. attitude toward Russia over Ukraine that is still the obstacle in the current talks.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of Protest
If the Jan. 6 demonstrators defaced the Capitol in the name of one thing a year ago, Pelosi and all the other clowns rendering “commemorative” performances last week defaced it in the name of something else.
What War With Russia Would Look Like
Wendy Sherman thinks her aim in talks with Russian officials starting Monday is to lecture them on the cost of hubris. Instead she’s set to lead the U.S., NATO, and Europe down a path of ruin, warns Scott Ritter.