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During this war in Ukraine, much had been written about how Russia and President Vladimir Putin have “broken the nuclear taboo” or “could break the nuclear taboo” by threatening or actually using “small” tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The threats have indeed been made, and they could potentially be more than bluffs. But …
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The outlook for Democrats in Washington and in statehouses across the country in 2022 and in the next presidential election in 2024 range between dismal and disastrous. The party, infested by neo-liberals who want more military spending, more wars, less regulation, “market solutions” to problems like health care and a decent, secure retirement for all …
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Our own Ron Ridenour, along with a number of knowledgeable experts on the region, the war, the CIA and other related issues will be on hand to discuss the current crisis in Ukraine this April 1.
Are you a veteran activist or a veteran organizer of progressive organizations and are over age 55? If so, here’s some exciting news. We all know America is moving into a dangerous period of reaction, the world climate is careening out of control threatening human and perhaps all life on earth, wars and US military …
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Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base. In fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, …
Nobody is talking about the blame that must be shouldered by the German government for the crisis and humanitarian disaster in Ukraine. Sure Russia is guilty of a huge war crime in invading Ukraine, Surely too, the US must be blamed for creating the situation which led Russia and its autocratic leader Vladimir Putin …
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The sad state of what used to be the peace movement in the US is on display today in the nation’s capital and on highways leading to DC. As a bloody and dangerous war is raging in Ukraine between the armies of Russia and Ukraine, the latter backed by arms being supplied by the …
The Western nations and especially the United States awoke today to a new world. After decades of hearing US politicians boastingly describe the US as the “exceptional nation,” justifying its repeated violation of international law with invasions of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, Grenada, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, El Salvador, and …
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The latest events in Ukraine have demonstrated the ugly but effective operation of Mutual Assured Destruction — the frightening and incredibly costly state of affairs in this world that arrived in 1949. That was when the Soviet Union exploded its own nuclear bomb, just four years after the US exploded the first three in …
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Danish purchased F-16s. Soon to be replaced with 27 F-35s. Part II of a CAM series on Historic U.S.-Danish Military-Intelligence Cooperation. Part I: Danish Defense Intelligence Chief Is Jailed by Social Democratic Government—Possibly to Protect U.S. Spy Programs – This Can’t Be Happening! (thiscantbehappening.net) We were awakened to the roar of F-16s exercising overhead. …