Former weapons inspector and US Marine Scott Ritter recently tweeted that he believed that Ukrainian forces, and not Russians, were responsible for the civilian killings in Bucha, and by blaming Russia, American President Joe Biden was committing a war crime. Inexplicably, Twitter then suspended Ritter’s account, alleging that […]
Kim Iversen breaks down President Putin’s latest comments on the war in Ukraine.
Dr. Trita Parsi breaks down the North/South divide when it comes to perspective on the war in Ukraine.
By Amoz JY Hor, Washington Post The invasion of Ukraine has been horrifying to witness. Early on, some observers repeatedly expressed the idea that the invasion of Ukraine is especially horrifying because, as CBS reporter Charlie D’Agata, who was in Kyiv, put it, “This isn’t a place, with […]
The European countries are mostly small states. A defensive confederation of European, Caucasian, and Central Asia countries against the Russians and Chinese would be legitimate. But such an arrangement should actually be led and organized by the countries involved, and not the Atlantic powers, who should recede into […]
The policy of the West toward Russia/Ukraine needs to be to simply contain the fighting to those countries and prevent it from spreading to other countries in ways that might trigger a pan-European war. The “Iron Curtain” strategy during the Cold War worked just fine, only the West […]
Krystal and Saagar provide the news on NATO expansion as Finland and Sweden look to join the alliance as soon as possible despite new Russian warnings and their longtime opposition to expansion
Krystal and Saagar are joined by Middle East expert Dr. Annelle Sheline to better understand the catastrophe in Yemen waged by the Saudis with US support and the recent news surrounding it
In spite of the raging fight on the ground, the #Ukraine war is not really about Ukraine. It is about #Russia attempting to restore the #multipolar global order that was lost.
Krystal and Saagar cover UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit to Kyiv and his declarations to Zelensky as Ukrainian refugees flee the country en masse and war continues
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss the mainstream media’s coverage of the Azov battalion.
A very good speech.
By Samuel Goldman The Week Did you hear that the U.N. General Assembly voted last week to remove Russia from the Human Rights Council? You’d be forgiven if not. President Biden praised the decision as “historic” and a “meaningful step by the international community.” But it barely cracked […]
By Grayson Quay The Week Pakistan’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan with a vote of no confidence on Sunday, potentially bringing a peaceful and orderly end to a political standoff many feared would result in Khan’s arrest or a military coup, Al Jazeera reports. The vote was […]
Kim Iversen and Robby Soave discuss the latest NATO arms export to Ukraine.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave answer Rising viewers’ questions.
MSNBC host Ali Velshi claims to be a peacenik, but you wouldn’t know it from recent statements he’s made on the air and on Twitter. Velshi even got into something of a tiff with The Greyzone’s Aaron Maté on Twitter after demanding that he United States send armed […]
Katie Halper reacts to President Zelensky’s comments that he envisions post-war Ukraine that looks more like Israel than Switzerland.
US Government officials have revealed that, in an effort to counter Russian propaganda, the United States has been issuing propaganda of its own about Russia, Vladimir Putin and events in Ukraine. It’s a stunning admission from an administration that has consistently pushed the line that Russia is the […]
Krystal and Saagar look at the statistics on how much influence Tucker Carlson has over his audience when it comes to their views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley There are few places on this wretched ball of shit we call earth that could benefit more from the concept of neutrality than the territory currently classified as Ukraine. For centuries these fields and forests have been the […]
Another great piece from Mike Lind. “Cold War Two” amounts to West vs. East in the geopolitical realm, Wokeism vs. Traditionalism in the cultural realm, and digital capitalism vs industrial capitalism in the economic realm. Domestic political conflict amounts to the same thing: Urban cosmopolitan centers vs Main […]
Todd Lewis will be joined by Caleb Maupin for a revisiting of his predictions made about breadtube and imperialism especially in light of the current war with Russia and the Ukraine. I had Caleb as a quest 8 months ago to discuss his book Breadtube Serves Imperialism. Recent […]
By Keith Preston The Russian war in Ukraine has accelerated the rising trend toward multipolarity (or even a multi-order order) within international relations. The Western retaliatory sanctions against Russia have pushed the BRICS nations and their economic allies closer together. The conventional wisdom is that the 21st century […]
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half century before crashing against the forces of Trumpism on the right and a new progressivism on the left. The epochal shift toward neoliberalism-a web of related policies that, broadly speaking, reduced the […]
By David M. Herszenhorn and Paul McLeary Politico Meet Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who’s quietly leading the fight against Russia’s invaders. Washington, Moscow and most of the world expected Russia to demolish Ukraine’s military within days. But not Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the […]
By Shivshankar Menon Foreign Affairs Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked outrage and unleashed a barrage of economic sanctions from many Western governments. Some, such as Germany, have boosted their military spending after years of riding on American coattails. In these actions, certain analysts have found a silver […]
Krystal and Saagar are joined once again by veteran journalist Matt Taibbi who lays out the reasons why regime change has failed before and will fail again if America tries to topple Putin
Kim Iversen discusses the role of U.S. intelligence in manufacturing consent for intervention in the war in Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar review the verified footage showing war crimes being committed by Ukrainian and Russian forces on the ground as the war in Ukraine rages on
Independent journalist Manny Marotta breaks down the conditions on the ground in Ukraine and reacts to the Biden administration’s latest round of sanctions against Russia.
Ryan Grim breaks down a group of pro-Israel Democrats’ efforts to sabotage the Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran.
Robby Soave criticizes journalist Judd Legum’s reporting on a leaked internal email from the Koch family’s Stand Together foundation.
Krystal and Saagar react to the media’s pressure on White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the recent press briefing to escalate with Russia and start WW3
LA Progressive More than 100 years after World War I, Europe’s leaders are sleepwalking toward a new all-out war. In 1914, the European governments believed that the war would last three weeks; it lasted four years and resulted in more than 20 million deaths. The same nonchalance is […]
By Peter Weber, The Week The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russian forces have completely withdrawn from near Kyiv and Chernihiv in northern Ukraine and are refitting in Belarus and Russia for probable eventual deployment to eastern Ukraine. “The withdrawal of Russian troops from the north around Kyiv wasn’t […]
Are the Russian’s retreating from Kyiv or was this the plan all along?
This is interesting. Taft Republicanism is definitely making a comeback, although some of these characters are more “neo-Know-Nothings” than Taftians. My take on NATO is that the European countries are collectively wealthier and more densely populated than the USA. It should be their responsibility to provide for their […]
By Caitlin Johnstone NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he expects NATO will be deepening its relationship with its “partners” in the Asia-Pacific because China has not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We see that China has been unwilling to condemn Russia’s aggression, and has joined […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 7, 2022 There has been a persistent argument made by Russia apologists – unwitting or otherwise – that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault of the West. Or NATO. Or some combination, but with the United States ultimately bearing the brunt of responsibility. […]
By Caitlin Johnstone NBC News has a new report out citing multiple anonymous US officials, humorously titled “In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn’t rock solid“. The officials say the Biden administration has […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Friendly reminder that it’s impossible to get a clear understanding of what’s going on in the world without accounting for the fact that very powerful people within your own society are actively working very hard to manipulate your understanding in their favor. Obviously believing unproven […]
By Caroline Vakil The Hill A whopping 70 percent of Americans view Russia as an enemy of the United States, a jump of roughly 30 percentage points from January, according to a new survey released on Wednesday. A Pew Research Center survey found that 7 in 10 Americans […]
From August, 2021. Interesting how the weenie class has little interest in this. “But muh Ukraine!” France 24 Bahrain, Russia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council pushed through a vote on Thursday to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging […]
So apparently no one at BSNBC noticed the hilarious irony of dressing their spokesmodel in an Elmer Fudd cosplay outfit. And who forgot to give him the bazooka?
Pakistan fits naturally into the alliance of Eurasia against Western imperialism.
Maybe he’s doing a reenactment of the crazed cadet that he played in “Taps.” The Sean Penn-Sean Hannity axis. How’s that for a “Red-Brown Alliance”? Ryan Grim and Robby Soave debate nuclear deterrence.
War is a double win for them: it gets ratings and makes their advertisers very rich. I guess they hadn’t considered the dying part.
Keep Joe on life support, folks! Krystal and Saagar bring Kyle Kulinski’s commentary on Kamala Harris’s long-winded, lack on an answer on a softball question about whether the US supports regime change in Russia to get rid of Putin
By Jason Fields, The Week The scenes in the Kyiv suburbs are devastating: masses of bodies piled in shallow graves; people found tortured and killed — their “crime” unclear — and reports of widespread rape. Russian President Vladimir Putin “is brutal, and what’s happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone’s […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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