Pamela McElwee describes the degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters that persist, 50 years later, after the U.S. ecocidal assault on Vietnam’s jungles and marshes.
Vietnam’s Environment a Warning for Gaza & Ukraine
Category: Russia
US Minerals Deal Resets Ukraine’s Geopolitics
The agreement, marking what must be the finest hour of Ukrainian nationalism, shatters the Russian dream of a neutral borderland, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
How Bob Parry Covered Odessa Fire That Sparked a War
This weekend marks the 11th anniversary of 48 ethnic Russians burnt alive by far-right thugs in Odessa, a massacre that spurred independence declarations in Donbass, leading to civil war in Ukraine and Russia’s eventual intervention.
Core Trump
Michael Brenner scrutinizes the effects of Trump’s behavior on foreign policy over the past 100-plus days, saying his ability to cast himself a winner owes more to the perversity of contemporary American society than to any genius on his part.
WATCH: Albanese’s Unlikely Challenger
AU ELECTION: Running against Anthony Albanese in the Australian prime minister’s Sydney district on Saturday is the unlikely figure of a two-time, Oscar-nominated film director who’s mad as hell and can’t take it anymore.
US Led Surge in Global Military Spending in 2024
For the second year in a row, military outlays rose in all five of the world’s geographical regions amid world-wide tensions, finds the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Losing & Learning Nothing
The delusions about Ukraine continue as from the start. Washington and its puppet regime in Kiev have lost the war they provoked but there is no speaking of a defeat.
Patrick Lawrence: Exploding Gas Pipelines
The Europeans successfully resisted the American imperium’s impositions during the late Cold War years. They would not dream of any such effort now.
Jeffrey Sachs: Close the US Military Bases in Asia
Trump is looking for ways to save money — an excellent idea given that the U.S. federal budget is hemorrhaging $2 trillion a year. Here’s where to start.
Secret Terror Blueprints for US to ‘Help Ukraine Resist’
Newly-leaked documents reveal four military academics pitching the U.S. National Security Council a series of extreme strategies for Ukraine, Kit Klarenberg reports.