A New York Times’ reporter’s job this week is to persuade us that all those Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi insignia and marching through Kiev in Klan-like torch parades are not what you think.
Patrick Lawrence: Neo-Nazis in Ukraine? No, Yes, No–Yes
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Netanyahu Promoting Armed Intifada in West Bank
By satisfying an extremist religious constituency, Ramzy Baroud says the prime minister is turning Israel into a country with leaders determined to institute a religious war.
When Thatcher Met Mandela
As soon as Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years, in still apartheid South Africa, U.K. officials lobbied him for business interests, declassified files show, reports Mark Curtis.
A Move to Ban Weaponized Drones
As a result of imprecise data analysis by drone operators, thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Gaza, Ukraine and Russia have been slaughtered, writes Ann Wright.
For US Labor, Court Ruling Could Have Been Worse
Workers and unions are right to be furious at this Supreme Court ruling, writes Alexandra Bradbury. But as the Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien pointed out, the right to strike has not been taken away.
Caitlin Johnstone: 15 Reasons Why Media Don’t Do Journalism
There is a much less centralized network of factors which tips the scales of media coverage to the advantage of the U.S. empire and the forces which benefit from it.
John Kerry’s Blind Faith in AI
Andrew Kimbrell and Lisa Rayburn tackle John Kerry’s promotion of artificial intelligence to address agriculture and climate.
The One-Sentence Warning on Artificial Intelligence
Several AI boosters signed this week’s “mitigation extinction risks” statement, raising the possibility that insiders with billions of dollars at stake are attempting to showcase their capacity for self-regulation.
The Vassalage at Heart of the G7
Following the end of the Second World War, the United States built an international system that was premised on the subordination and integration of Japan and Europe, writes Vijay Prashad.
Patrick Lawrence: The War We’re Finally Allowed to See
After 15 months of conflict, The New Yorker’s reportage by Luke Mogelson and photographer Maxim Dondyuk shows us the war in Ukraine that the propaganda machine has been concealing.