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?
Hedges Report: On Mutual Aid & ‘Palaces of the Crow’
Category: World War II
JOE LAURIA: Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance?
Imperial Dreams Sink in the Persian Gulf
As U.S. leaders realize the limits of their imperial reach, the American people are realizing their power to insist on making peace, writes Nicolas J.S. Davies.
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.
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.
Hedges Report: The Future of the ‘New World Order’
Donald Trump believes U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to achieve unilateral control over America’s allies, but he’s a “one-man wrecking crew.” John Mearsheimer speaks to Chris Hedges.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: All Unquiet on the Ukrainian Front
The Europeans have run out of postures and gestures in the way of performative statecraft, and the Russians see no point in indulging them any further.
Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later.
Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance? asks Joe Lauria.
Europa Ante Novum Bellum (Europe Before the New War)
Whose interests are served by predictions of a third general European war in little more than a century? The answer is clear: politicians who have led Europe into this nearly hopeless situation, says Uros Lipuscek.