By Haley Britzky Task and Purpose One of the simplest explanations for Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine can be found in a large unassuming warehouse full of tanks. The U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning, Georgia, houses tanks from the Army’s first M1 Abrams, all […]
Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A US official said the White House has “almost zero” ability to track the weapons it is sending to Ukraine. So far, President Joe Biden has approved over $3 billion in arms shipments to Kiev. Speaking with CNN about the weapons, one source […]
As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media’s veneration of Zelensky; the European Union’s self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on dissent in both Ukraine and Russia. Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian […]
The US Red Tribe is divided between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian factions. Most of the Blue Tribe is pro-Ukrainian, except for the margins. Fragment, fragment, fragment… Western Europeans are (generally) the Blue Tribe of Europe and Eastern Europeans are the Red Tribe. The Red Tribe is divided into pro-Ukrainian […]
Brexit was a victory for the English Red Tribe and their Blue Tribe-dominated elites. A victory by Le Pen in France would have a somewhat similar effect. A Red Tribe victory in a Blue Zone, and in a way that strikes a blow against not only the EU […]
Economist Richard Wolff talks about the U.S. media’s “grotesque misrepresentation of not on the French election but French and European politics in general. Find the full chat at Patreon.
Vijay Prashad discusses the possibility of a PanAsian movement and outlines the way the United States’s “pressure campaign” against China and Russia has only strengthened ties between Russia and China as well as greater Asia.
By Blair Taylor Taylor examines how political transformations within left social movements have helped to construct a “new spirit of capitalism” that addresses widespread demand for an ethical lifeworld, simultaneously innovating and modernizing while neutralizing critique. Today ideas and practices pioneered by oppositional movements have become mainstream political […]
By Jon Schwarz The Intercept From 1915 through today, politicians have made lots of great-sounding speeches. But human suffering is never part of the equation. If there’s one thing we can say for sure about the governments of the U.S. and Europe, it’s that they sound upset about […]
By Ken Klippenstein The Intercept Affinity Partners boasts of “accelerating transformation through connectivity” in a slide deck obtained by The Intercept. Jared Kushner’s new investment fund, Affinity Partners, nakedly touts the former Trump adviser’s work with Saudi Arabia and his links to several Trump-era deals in the hope of raising […]
By Peter Zeihan Globalization peaked at some point in the 2010s, a decade when global populations were in balance, security for transport was a non-concern, and there was sufficient capital to finance anything and everything. But between COVID and a trio of populist American presidents and the Ukraine […]
The Ukrainian Army’s Azov Battalion is controversial due to its use of symbols associated with the Waffen-SS. In this video, we will examine the unit’s history and what those symbols mean.
Imagine if Putin tried this with NATO countries. You would hear about it on Mars.
By W. James Antle III The Week President Biden has tried to walk a careful line on Ukraine: keeping Kyiv in the fight against its Russian invaders while also keeping the U.S. and NATO out of it. His policies are aimed at making the invasion as costly as […]
The small country of Lithuania near Belarus and Ukraine is incredibly important to NATO and Europe. It’s key to global security. How can Lithuania hope to defend themselves against a possible invasion?
By Grayson Quay The Week Some Kremlin insiders have begun surreptitiously expressing concerns about the mounting costs of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could order the use of nuclear weapons to achieve his war goals, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Bloomberg based its […]
Renowned political scientist John J Mearsheimer blamed NATO’s expansionist agenda as the main reason for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. In an exclusive interview with Zakka Jacob, the Chicago University professor said that the US has been trying to turn Ukraine into a de facto member of NATO […]
“Intentionally harming a civilian population is a war crime and I strongly condemn it.”, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Russia.
Russia: takes down last standing Azov militia in Mariupol The west: ”Ukrainians are holding it down, Russia is losing.lets not poke Russia more, its clearly not a threat🙃”
Kim Iversen criticizes Pro-Ukraine activists’ silence on brutalities committed against Palestinians.
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis breaks down the risks and rewards at play should Sweden and Finland join NATO.
This happens all over the world, not just the US or the one corner of Europe, corporations, and oligarchs have this in the bag a long time ago. They are lucky enough that people today are still kind enough to protest instead of chopping their heads off. Over […]
Krystal and Saagar bring the latest from Kyle Kulinski’s show where he defends Noam Chomsky after a round of online attacks over his views on the Ukraine war
The Signal How is the war in Ukraine changing corporate calculations? Neil Malhotra on the new weight of moral issues in global commerce. Jannes Glas Multinational corporations are giving up billions of dollars in Russia, as they cut back operations there in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Of […]
By Matt Taibbi From left to right, from Chomsky to Carlson, war-skeptical voices are being denounced at levels not seen since Iraq. In a 1979 essay called, “My Speech to the Graduates,” Woody Allen wrote: More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path […]
The Berkley Center For the last 30 years, the American Christian right has been exporting the model of the American culture wars to other parts of the world. Only fairly recently has it found a new powerful ally in this cause: Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church. The […]
The Military Situation In The Ukraine Warning this weeks-long read… Contents hide 1 The Military Situation In The Ukraine 1.1 Part One: The Road To War 2 Part Two: The War 2.1 1. The Outbreak Of War 2.2 2. Demilitarization 2.3 3. Denazification 2.4 4. The Maternity Hospital […]
Actually, in Russian – “Siloviki” means “enforcers”. The true meaning behind it are the people who come from the security services such as FSB. It used to mean the law enforcer but now the “law” has been dropped and just “enforcer” remained to signify the only characteristics they […]
Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston debates former State Department diplomat Peter Van Buren
Briahna Joy Gray, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance’s joining of the Ukranian army.
I really hope he doesn’t get Effrey Jepsteined. Enemies of America often end up having tragic or mysterious “accidents”. 😬
News just in! Democrats feel exactly the same about it….. Now here’s the weather!!!!
Kim Iversen reviews the role of autonomists in the war in Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar break down the latest battle updates from Ukraine as Russia launches a new offensive in the eastern Donbass region where the contested provinces are located
Krystal and Saagar respond to the comments made by US Senator Chris Coons, a key Biden ally from Delaware, calling for the deployment of US troops in Ukraine as UK amps up training
Krystal and Saagar criticize President Biden for publicly calling the Russian war in Ukraine a genocide in another escalation in rhetoric towards Putin
There is a Persian expression: “the knife has reached the bone”. That’s when you can no longer tolerate the pain. In the US the 50% poor have still not experienced the pain in their bone. But I can’t imagine how much more they can borrow from Paul to […]
Sweden to Finland, “Hey we haven’t had a war for 2 centuries, you not for 75 years. This is boring how about we provoke Russia into invading us ?”
Can you imagine if you had titled this Russians Christians clash with ukranian’s ? Liz truss and Blinken, would have this on all the main news channel’s, within minutes and condemning Russia!
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss renewed tensions at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
Krystal and Saagar give a battle update on the war between Russia and Ukraine as a major Russian warship sinks and the Russian forces close in on Mariupol to fierce resistance
Kim Iversen breaks down backlash to recent comments by Noam Chomsky about Russia-Ukraine.
Henry Kissinger Quote: “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”
She needs to be a “non-Russian speaking” Ukrainian.
Krystal and Saagar review the back and forth between a top Twitter shareholder Saudi royal and Elon Musk after he Tweeted about rejecting the bid made by Musk to buy the company
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss gun violence and rising crime in light of multiple mass shootings over the weekend.
Chomsky has always been principled on this issue. Chomsky says “we are responsible for what we do.” Of course, his view on Iraq is going to be qualitatively different than what the US ought to do in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two wars aren’t comparable […]
On the latest Realignment Podcast, Saagar and Marshall Kosloff debate and discuss the future of NATO and geopolitics as the world has shifted due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Calling arms to Saudi Arabia “defensive weapons” is like calling starvation “low calorie food”
“They’re lizard people!” So @FlorenceGaub (an EU drone) on German TV explained that Russians simply don’t value human life the same way we do in the West.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
Recent Comments