In St. Petersburg this week, the Russian president spoke frankly about Ukraine, NATO and the course of the war: there’s no end in sight. With Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Watch the replay.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘The War: Putin’s View’
Category: Germany
Hedges Report: On Mutual Aid & ‘Palaces of the Crow’
Against the violent landscape of World War II, author Ray Nayler poses fundamental questions about human existence. Is our natural state war against all, or is it grounded in mutual aid?
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Luring Russia into War’
NATO’s Ukraine proxy war seeks to weaken Russia and topple Putin. To launch an economic, information and ground war, NATO needed Russia to invade. Now it needs Russia to attack a NATO nation to justify direct war. Watch the replay.
‘Show Trial’ of UK Palestine Action Activists in Germany
Two Britons are among the five activists being held in detention and tried in Germany after targeting an Israeli weapons factory last year, report John McEvoy and Karsen Trull.
Jeffrey Sachs: Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
In a second open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that diplomacy with Russia is urgent to avoid a wider war in Europe.
LISTEN: The Rise of the New German Militarism
TRANSCRIPT ADDED: In an interview in Berlin, German journalist Patrik Babb explains the rise of the new German militarism and why Germany is so obedient to the U.S.
Michael Brenner: Hegemony?
WATCH: Russia Debate — Ritter vs. McGovern
Scott Ritter says Russia will strike command centers in Kiev and German and English factories after Ukrainian attacks cut Russia’s oil exports 20 percent. Ray McGovern says Russia will continue to avoid hitting Europe to prevent a NATO-Russia war.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Playing With Fire’
Donald Trump continues to play with fire, not only in the Persian Gulf, but also in Ukraine, and we may all get burnt. Former U.S. intelligence analysts Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter on The World This Week. Watch the replay.
DAYS 53-65: World on the Brink in the Hands of a Madman
One crazed man holds the fate of the world in his hands and his name is Donald Trump. Can his administration, the Deep State, the War Powers Act, Russia or anybody else stop him? asks Joe Lauria.