Mainstream pundits calling for a military escalation that could set off nuclear war and end humankind should get on a plane and go fight Russia directly themselves.
Caitlin Johnstone: Unhinged Responses to Bucha
Category: U.S.
Biden’s Punishment of Desperate Afghanistan
As aid groups try to rally donors for a country in dire straits, the U.S. president is blocking reserves and continuing to impose crippling sanctions.
Ukraine: Transfer of Power Balance from West to East
Own goal: Cameron Leckie says the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is rapidly accelerating what had been a more drawn-out process.
On Anniversary of US-Brazilian Coup, Military Is Again a Threat
With an eye on Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, Vijay Prashad considers the historical context for the slide toward militarization under Bolsonaro, 58 years ago today since the C.I.A.-organized military coup.
WATCH: CN Live! — Ukraine: The Economic Fallout
UPDATED WITH TRANSCRIPT: Economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff join CN Live! to discuss the economic war against Russia, its boomerang effect on the West. Is globalization over? Watch the replay.
Poll: Majority of Americans Fear Nuclear War
Nearly three-quarters of polled respondents thought the Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased the likelihood that nuclear weapons will be used anywhere in the world.
Chris Hedges: On Being Disappeared
YouTube has removed the entire six-year archive of the author’s show “On Contact.” This censorship, he says, is about supporting what I.F Stone reminded us is what governments always do — lie.
Devastation in Postwar Afghanistan
What the U.S. left behind: Baher Kamal reports on the widespread misery left in the wake of the 20-year brutal war by the U.S.-led military coalition.
Warnings for Washington About Cold War 2.0
The authors raise the brutal U.S. military misadventures committed during the first Cold War in the name of defending “the free world,” a term Biden ominously revived in his State of the Union address.
THE ANGRY ARAB: What Arab Media Is Saying About Ukraine
Perceptions of the conflict are being shaped by the agendas of the Arab governments that own the media, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.