Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international scale.
DIANA JOHNSTONE: US Foreign Policy Is a Cruel Sport
Category: Commentary
Ukraine Shrinks Again
Tony Kevin says Putin was desperate for something other than this lose-lose outcome for both East and West.
What Is the Difference Between Kosovo & Donbass?
The U.S. has declared that Donbass is different. How it is different, nobody will say, because you are not supposed to ask, writes Vladimir Golstein.
Craig Murray: Appealing Imprisonment for Journalism
On Wednesday Murray goes back to court to fight the potentially far-reaching legal distinction made in his case between “new media” and “mainstream media” and journalism’s liability to prosecution and imprisonment.
The Stunted Role of the OSCE
The world’s largest regional security organization is mired in crisis, but Mirco Günther underscores the work of its unarmed international observers along the contact line in Eastern Ukraine.
The Evidence for Invasion the US Could Produce
Rather than produce fake evidence to the U.N. Security Council, as Colin Powell had, Antony Blinken just produced nothing at all, though the U.S. has intelligence it can show, writes Scott Ritter.
Caitlin Johnstone: ‘Russian Propaganda’ Means Disputing US Propaganda
Managers of empire understand something that the general public does not; that human minds are very hackable, which can be used to advance the interests of power.
US Doubles Downs on Russian ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric at UN Amid Signs of Donbass Offensive
Blinken’s certainty about an “invasion” is suspicious. He may know more than he’s saying: such as the date of the Kiev offensive, perhaps designed to provoke the invasion he is so sure will happen, writes Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Russian Invasion Seers are Like Cult Leaders Predicting the Apocalypse
The Ukraine invasion that never arrives is showing us once again that when it comes to Russia you really can just completely ignore all the so-called experts in the mainstream media.
John Pilger: War in Europe & the Rise of Raw Propaganda
Russia’s security proposals ought to be welcomed in the West, writes John Pilger. But who understands their significance when all the people are told is that Putin is a pariah?