By Zosia Brom, Freedom News Editor Earlier this week, the Polish parliamentary progressive left party, Razem, issued a statement in which they announce that they are cutting ties with two European organisations: Progressive International and DiEM25. “The Russian aggression in Ukraine demands a lot of work from us […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s super hip to give a fuck about Ukraine right now. Everybody’s doing it! All the cool kids anyway. Everywhere you look it’s blue and yellow, blue and yellow, blue and yellow. There seems to be a Ukrainian […]
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press, ABC News BAGHDAD — As many as 12 missiles struck Iraq’s northern city of Irbil on Sunday near the U.S. consulate, Iraqi security officials said. A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran. No injuries were […]
The bottom line: Russia sucks. Far too many Western radicals, left and right, have jumped on the “I <3 Russia!” bandwagon. What is happening now is an intramural conflict within the global ruling class/power elite that was identified by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. “A futile war between […]
This week, we’re joined by Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. With Dr. Parsi, we discuss why this moment demands that the U.S. disentangle itself from hawkish, war-bent alliances, how the situation relates to Middle Eastern politics, Dr. Parsi’s strong case against […]
By Peter Weber The Week Russian forces continue to make inroads in southern Ukraine, but few military experts seem to think the war is going very well for Russia. The invading army has suffered “very, very significant casualties,” a U.S. official told CBS News on Wednesday, putting the U.S. […]
“Only making the situation worse” perfectly describes Hillary’s entire career
It is good to remember that while USA now needs Venezuela on its side because it needs to replace Russian oil, Venezuela is also going to need new allies (or at least less enemies), because Russia has always been a close friend to many South American countries, and […]
I think it might also depend on your relationship to your country, its history etc. It’s not straightforward; let’s keep it real. A more interesting question worth asking is “What would you die for?” I think you might find that for some people their nation would be lower […]
Pollster Nancy Zdunkewicz breaks down the American public’s views towards sanctions imposed on Russia.
Host of the Bad Faith Podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, weighs in reports that the Pentagon Defense Budget for FY 2023 could surpass $770 Billion.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the $1.5T spending package passed by the House last night.
Krystal and Saagar cover the decision by Marjorie Taylor Greene to buy the surging defense company stocks while she publicly decries the profits being made off war in Ukraine
By Razib Khan, City-Journal For many of us Cold War kids, the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and the battle between capitalism and global Communism were just background conditions of our youth. But in the United States, what we really talked about wasn’t the Soviets or the Communists […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Reuters reports that Facebook and Instagram are now allowing calls for the death of Russians and Russian leaders in exemption from the platforms’ hate speech terms of service due to the war in Ukraine: “Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries […]
The Signal How is propaganda from Russia shaping the global context of the war in Ukraine? Mike Smeltzer on the Kremlin’s program for manipulating the media at home and abroad. Western leaders are fighting an information war, as Russia continues to press its invasion of Ukraine. The European […]
By Rachel Wilson It is always a challenge to get accurate information during wartime. You can also be sure that an avalanche of propaganda and disinformation are coming in the wake of such events in the world. It is said that propaganda is the most important front in […]
By Mikhaila Peterson In this episode, I spoke with two members of the government, one in Ukraine and one in Russia. I don’t believe these guys necessarily have the view of an average Russian or Ukrainian. However, they do represent people in their countries. First I spoke with […]
By Harold James, Quillette February 24th, 2022, constituted a shock to the European psyche. The invasion of Ukraine, without any plausible casus belli, the massive use of military force against civilians, the attempted hunting down of a legitimately elected government, all came as a complete surprise. But so […]
By Sam Soko, Haaretz Just before Israeli President Herzog arrives for Turkey visit, Erdogan’s adviser says in an antisemitic tweet that Ukraine and its people ‘are being used up and thrown away’ A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy of leading his […]
By Peter R. Quiñones I know, it’s anathema to ask. Even people I respect, when they say they’re not taking sides, always qualify with a “well, we know Putin’s a bad guy!” Do you? How? “Well, we just do. You know he’s a trillionaire, right?” No, I don’t […]
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar responds to reports that the Biden Administration is considering a visit to Saudi Arabia to help repair relations and convince the Kingdom to pump more oil.
For day three of The Realignment’s near-daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with Dr. David Kilcullen, a theorist and practitioner of guerilla and unconventional warfare. They cover the present state of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and whether the conflict could transition into a drawn-out war of resistance/insurgency. Dr. Kilcullen’s […]
Krystal defends Congresswoman’s Ilhan Omar’s Russia-Ukraine decisions as she gets dragged in the media for not being sufficiently hawkish
For day six of The Realignment’s near-daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with Hal Brands, author of The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches About Great-Power Rivalry Today, John Hopkins University professor, AEI Resident Fellow, and Bloomberg columnist. They discussed America’s successes and failures during the Cold War, […]
Krystal and Saagar respond to the failed diplomatic efforts by President Biden to get more oil drilling by Saudi Arabia in response to surging oil prices after the Russian ban
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss Rising YouTube’s suspension.
Russian orthodoxy is effectively an arm of the Russian state. In fact, in 2019 the Ukrainian orthodoxy became separately ruled from Russian orthodoxy. This angered Putin greatly. Also, orthodoxy is a lot like Catholicism but specifically is different in being led federally instead of a unitarian model. So […]
Krystal and Saagar look at the rapid speed at which Congress has agreed to send billions of dollars in foreign aid to Ukraine as their country becomes a war zone due to Russia’s invasion
Krystal and Saagar deliver the most up to date coverage of the war in Ukraine as biological weapons are now being considered and Russia attacks Ukrainian nuclear plants as peace talks stall
By Caitlin Johnstone Western powers insisted that they were trying to prevent this war while doing everything possible to ensure that it happened. Now they say they are trying to end this war while doing everything possible to ensure it continues. Normally when western powers are involved in […]
By Keaton Mansfield, Center for Political Innovation Why does the liberal antiwar movement often side with NATO by default of their faux “neutrality”? The difference between antiwar and anti-imperialism may hold the answer. With the Russian Federation’s decision to recognize the independence of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s […]
By Keaton Mansfield, Center for Political Innovation The “New Left,” born out of the hippie era and social justice movements of the 1960’s, has been a disaster for the socialist cause. When the Communist Party USA was founded in 1919, it quickly became a political force to be […]
She’s not wrong. Building up the mujahideen as an anti-Soviet resistance force in Afghanistan in the 1980s had the effect of creating groups like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Dislodging the Baathist regime in Iraq had the effect of opening the gates for the ISIS insurgency. It’s called blowback […]
By Taras Bilous am writing these lines in Kyiv while it is under artillery attack. Until the last minute, I had hoped that Russian troops wouldn’t launch a full-scale invasion. Now, I can only thank those who leaked the information to the US intelligence services. Yesterday, I spent […]
“You have no rights, just temporary privileges,” George Carlin.
By Brigid Kennedy The Week As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, CIA Director William Burns predicted during a congressional hearing that onlookers can expect an “ugly next few weeks.” “I think [Russian President Vladimir Putin] is angry and frustrated right now,” Burns told the House […]
By Jason Fields The Week The Russian war against Ukraine has so far been fought largely between trained soldiers on both sides, and with tanks, planes, and artillery. But according to many experts, that’s not where this conflict is headed. Russia’s military is just too powerful, and Ukraine’s […]
By James Pethokoukis The Week It’s one thing for North Korea — a country that hasn’t fought a war since 1953 — to saber rattle with its small nuclear arsenal (the nation’s “treasured sword,” according to dictator Kim Jong-un). It’s quite another when Vladimir Putin does it. Russia […]
By Damon Linker The Week If the past two weeks of war in Eastern Europe have shown us anything, it’s that lots of Washington-based foreign-policy analysts and journalists love the idea of America imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine. The first calls for declaring one came just a […]
By Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger Quillette Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine will be remembered as one of the great crimes of the 21st century. The ensuing humanitarian crisis has already caused more than two million refugees to flee their homeland. With the imposition of sanctions, policymakers will […]
Right on schedule. By MAX TANI and ALEX THOMPSON Politico Starting a new job as a diplomat at the fault line of Russian territorial ambition just a few days before the outbreak of the biggest war in Europe since World War II is not ideal. But that’s the […]
She may be crazier than other politicians, but she’s just like the rest by saying war is bad while profiting off of it.
Looks like she studied “unintended consequences” and made a good argument based on rational logic.
If Western countries really wanted to scare war criminals around the World, perhaps even enough to make them stop their crimes, we could simply prosecute our own war criminals. Nothing would scare them more, than seeing such powerful proof that we really, truly mean business about international law […]
Krystal and Saagar offer their perspective on the UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell’s comments on the war in Ukraine that went viral last weekend
This is from the Gateson Institute, an international neocon think tank of which John Bolton was once the chairman. By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute [Putin] is now also demanding the nuclear disarming of Europe. Putin’s next targets could be Moldova or the Baltic states which, like Ukraine, he […]
Bryan Caplan, March 02, 2022 Ukraine is offering amnesty plus five million rubles to anyone who deserts from the Russian army and agrees to go to a Ukrainian prison. That’s about $48,000, probably several years’ pay for a young Russian worker. On the surface, this sounds like a […]
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