The Clock Is Ticking for Taiwan
August 7, 2022
Taiwan’s days are numbered. Not in terms of their existence, but in terms of their energy reserves. The Chinese military exercises encircling Taiwan are essentially an economic blockade preventing vital energy supplies from arriving on time. On August 3, 2022, the Asia Times quoted Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs saying "the island had only 146 […]
Read More
Canada’s Actions, Inactions Leading Us Closer to Nuclear War
August 7, 2022
Humanity is a mistake away from "nuclear annihilation," according to the head of the United Nations. But the Canadian government refuses to support efforts to lessen that risk. In fact, they’ve pursued policies that increase the likelihood of nuclear war. At Monday’s opening of the review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear […]
Read More
Monday Online Event: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters in Support of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
August 6, 2022
On the 8th of August at 3:00 Eastern, Roger Waters will be joined by retired U.S. Army major Todd Pierce in an event to support Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and his resistance to being extradited to the U.S. on bogus espionage charges. RSVP here. The event is sponsored by: Project for the Study of American Militarism, […]
Read More
No Safe Place To Hide: A Response to NYC’s Nuclear War PSA
August 6, 2022
From The Nation: Have we forgotten there is no safe place to hide in a nuclear war? • Alliance for Science – What the science says: Could humans survive a nuclear war? • ICAN (The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) • PSR (Physicians for Social Responsibility) • Defuse Nuclear War • International Physicians for […]
Read More
Many Top Military Leaders Opposed Atomic Bombings
August 6, 2022
Every year the four-day period August 6–9 brings to mind the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. This year is marks the 77th anniversary of those horrific acts. Given recent U.S. withdrawal from 3 nuclear treaties and US boasting about spending a trillion dollars to upgrade our nuclear stockpile, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the […]
Read More
Justice in the Land of the Free™
August 5, 2022
I feel for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Did she break the law? Yes, she did, and she pled guilty at trial. But a sentence of nine years – to be spent in what the New York Times calls a "penal colony" – for bringing hashish into Russia for self-treatment (assuming this is true) seems […]
Read More
Nancy, Red Means Stop… Not Go
August 5, 2022
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wake up one morning and say to herself, "How can I provoke war with China? Bingo, I’ll schedule a trip to Taiwan crossing a red line for China that will provoke a strong response." How did that work out, Nancy? Let’s see. Firing missiles near their Taiwan’s border including greatly […]
Read More
Ray McGovern’s Likely Last (as in ‘Final’) Appearance on SKYNEWS/Australia
August 5, 2022
It was worth it. “Biden didn’t want to look ‘soft’ cancelling Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.”
Read More
Minneapolis Saturday Protest To Speak Out Against US Wars on Atomic Bombing Anniversary
August 5, 2022
Saturday, August 6, 2022, 1:00 PM Lake Street & Minnehaha Ave South Minneapolis MN 77 years after the atomic bombings of Japan: Say NO to Nuclear War! Say NO to U.S. Wars! Stop US/NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine! End endless US wars: Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Everywhere!
Read More
Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip: A Needless Provocation
August 4, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was intent on visiting Taiwan, and did so despite President Biden’s misgivings and criticisms from many China experts. The trip might not seem like a big deal to Americans, but these are not ordinary times in US-China relations. That makes a Taiwan trip by a senior person in the US government […]
Read More
