Trump’s determination to end the Ukraine war has forced the Europeans, at last, to go their own way. And they charge in precisely the wrong direction.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Chihuahuas, Not Dobermans
Tag: President Emmanuel Macron
Patrick Lawrence: The Center the Centrists Can’t Hold
What is unfolding now in France and Germany is happening one or another way across the Western powers that form the walls of the neoliberal fortress.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
What happened on Election Day in the U.S. is the denouement of a story that goes back nearly six decades.
Caitlin Johnstone: No Good News in Armageddon
Every species eventually hits a juncture where it must adapt to changing conditions or go extinct. Humanity is arriving at that point.
Colonialism as a Bulwark Against China
Mick Hall reports on the Pacific Islands Forum taking place this week against a backdrop of simmering violence between French security forces and protesters in New Caledonia.
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Brain Dead’ & Dangerous, NATO Proceeds
The trans–Atlantic alliance’s true purpose of global dominance is too objectionable to profess. Instead, it operates on the basis of fantastic conjurings, which no member questions.
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
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.
Patrick Lawrence: Europe’s Elections as US Mirror
Voters in last week’s European Parliament elections delivered a severe blow to mainstream parties and the Brussels technocrats from whom they are virtually inseparable.
France Losing Grip on Another Colonial Possession
Macron’s decision to send more troops to New Caledonia is a reflection of a serious breakdown of order in the island nation not seen since the 1980s, Mick Hall reports.