The U.S. economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade.
Hedges Report: Trump’s War on Cuba
Tag: Cuban Missile Crisis
What Defeat Looks Like
As in Potsdam at the end of the Second World War, the only path forward now is working out the terms of Ukraine’s defeat. And there is still time to save lives, writes Stefan Moore.
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
‘Peace For All Time’: JFK American U Speech at 62
Peter Kuznick delivers a talk at a Simone Weil Center symposium on John F. Kennedy’s momentous 1963 American University speech, marking the president’s transformation from Cold Warrior to peace seeker.
Harris, Trump & the Race to Oblivion
The next administration will be confronted with distinctly ominous decisions about the already monstrous U.S. nuclear arsenal, writes Michael Klare.
Scott Ritter: Voting Against Nuclear War
No matter who wins among the two major candidates in November, the United States is on track for a major existential crisis with Russia in Europe sometime in 2026.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War
A hostile military alliance, now including even Sweden and Finland, is at the very borders of Russia. Chris Wright asks how Russian leaders are supposed to react to this as the NATO summit kicked off in Washington.
Vijay Prashad: No Such Thing as a Small Nuclear War
The NATO escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the growing conflict around China are more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis.
US Presidents Who Gamble With Nuclear Armageddon
Talk of nuclear war is currently everywhere, writes Jeffrey Sachs. We desperately need leaders who can steer the nation, and the world, toward a more secure future.
Caitlin Johnstone: Marching into Oblivion
If the war machine is alone responsible for placing checks on its nuclear brinkmanship, then there are no real checks on the nuclear brinkmanship of the war machine.