The imperial spinmeisters for the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine are trying to get us to believe that de-escalation is dangerous.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Lunatic Argument That Nuclear Brinkmanship Makes Us Safe
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
60 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis
With the conflict in Ukraine putting the world back on the brink, Robert Dodge confronts the false narrative that nuclear weapons make us safe.
Turning the Tables on Right-Wing Jurists
Marjorie Cohn describes how Ketanji Brown Jackson crafted her own originalist argument to defend taking race into account when drawing voting district maps.
Blood in the Archives
Newly declassified files from the National Archives of Australia show how the Department of Foreign Affairs provided PR cover for Indonesia’s genocidal scorched-earth campaign in East Timor, Peter Job reports.
Britain’s Covert War in Yemen
The U.K.’s current war in Yemen is not the first time Britain has contributed to devastating the country, writes Mark Curtis.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Putin & the Arabs
The Arab public’s antipathy toward the U.S. determines their stance toward the Russian-Ukrainian war, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
British Intelligence Predicted Ukraine War 30 Years Ago
The U.K. anticipated a “serious confrontation between Russia and Ukraine” as far back as 1992, declassified files show, Phil Miller reports. One senior official even questioned whether Ukraine was “a real country.”
Without Culture, Freedom is Impossible
Vijay Prashad writes of the need for cultures that offer an emancipation from the flashy world of unaffordable commodities.
Decolonizing the Mind
It requires a rejection of what passes for news and conventional wisdom, writes Margaret Kimberly.
Conditioned for War with Russia
Ray McGovern reviews key pieces of background that — thanks to the media — few Americans know about the widest war in 77 years that is now on our doorstep.