Ray McGovern

June 17, 2022

On The Critical Hour, I draw wider implications from Dutch PM plea for lethal aid to defeat Russia, and elaborate further below: Does it make sense for NATO members to believe that they can make “Russia lose the war” in Ukraine by providing enough “lethal” aid, as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has argued? Snap […]

Rick Sterling

June 17, 2022

Last week (June 8-10) there were two summits in Los Angeles, California: the Summit of the Americas hosted by the US State Department and the Peoples Summit hosted by US and international activist organizations. The two summits were held in the same city at the same time but could not be otherwise more different. Summit […]

Brett Wilkins

June 17, 2022

No Israeli police officers will be punished, despite brutally assaulting mourners at last month’s funeral procession for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a leading newspaper in Israel reported Thursday. According toHaaretz, the decision to not hold any police commanders or officers accountable for their misconduct during Abu Akleh’s May 13 funeral was made in […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 16, 2022

The rhetoric at the NATO summit this week is predictable: we must send more weapons to Ukraine! But behind the rehearsed facade, there are increasing cracks in the alliance…and among the peoples of Europe. Even Blinken is changing his tune a bit. Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

Brett Wilkins

June 16, 2022

The United States is asking Israel to refrain from certain violations of international law in Palestine during President Joe Biden’s visit to the apartheid state next month, according to a report published Wednesday. Axios reports U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Barbara Leaf has asked the Israeli government to stop evicting Palestinians […]

Edward Alvarez

June 15, 2022

Today more than ever, hatred toward Russia has never had such dire implications for the world. The fears of yesterday have become the even greater fears of tomorrow. The idea of peace has been waved away as meaningless, and any chance for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine is not readily entertained, […]

Daniel Larison

June 14, 2022

William Neuman makes a compelling case for lifting broad sanctions on Venezuela: The oil embargo and other general sanctions targeting the economy are deeply unpopular in Venezuela. Many opposition politicians have come out against them, although Guaidó and some others still call for continued or even stronger sanctions. But advocating more suffering is not a […]

Conflicts of Interest

June 13, 2022

Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp returns to Conflicts of Interest to discuss the Biden administration escalating tensions with Russia, China, North Korea and any nation that doesn’t fall in line with the empire. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

Walt Zlotow

June 13, 2022

It was encouraging to see the Chicago Tribune publish The Rev. Martin Deppe’s letter "The error of NATO expansion." It was a baby step back from the Trib’s initial bellicose support for U.S., NATO military support to help Ukraine defeat Russia on the Ukraine battlefield after Russia’s criminal February 24 invasion. For the Trib, as […]

Yves Engler

June 12, 2022

A military funded academic, working at a school launched by Condoleezza Rice, claims leftist and antiwar journalists engage in Russian disinformation. His report doesn’t provide any evidence or refute anyone’s argument, but the mainstream media laps it up. On Thursday the University of Calgary School of Public Policy released "Disinformation and Russia-Ukrainian war on Canadian […]