U.S. Military Aggression And Imperial Ambitions Leave A Trail Of Natural Destruction.  All under the guise of national security. On Earth Day Monday, prepare for the annual spectacle of U.S. lawmakers donning their environmentalist hats, waxing poetic about their love for the planet while disregarding the devastation their actions wreak. The …

While the world’s most despotic criminals move freely around in their ivory towers, petty criminals and the righteous are firmly incarcerated behind bars. This is the way ‘the law’ functions in a world where injustice has taken the role of justice. Deals made between those who occupy the highest seats …

De-dollarization is urgent as an ethical and humanitarian imperative against the barbaric invasions of the West. On February 13, 2024, the United States Senate approved a U.S. $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. According to IMF Data, this package represents a higher value than the international reserves of 165 countries. …

Nearly three-quarters of Americans (74%) say it would be too risky to give presidents more power to deal directly with many of the nation’s problems. Americans’ views about expanding presidential power have been mostly unchanged from recent years, according to a January Pew Research Center survey of 5,140 adults Americans are generally skeptical about …

By bombing Israel, Iran showed the world that attacks on embassies remain a serious crime, subject to severe military responses. Iran’s military response against Israel was extremely important, both for the balance of forces in the Middle East and for the global stability of relations between states. The Iranian attack …

The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these wars, a clear anti-imperialist focus is emerging. Giving peace a chance has never been more plainly understood as opposition to what Martin Luther King, …

After Iran retaliates for an Israeli strike, the Biden administration shows little interest in de-escalating what it admits to be a historically dangerous moment. At a gathering sponsored by the neoconservative magazine The Atlantic on Sept. 29th, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan took the opportunity to brag about his administration’s …

Robert Kennedy Jr. is the strongest third-party presidential candidate in 32 years. Many of his supporters are vaccine skeptics, and the Democrats are panicking. In 1960, America elected its first Catholic president in John F. Kennedy. He broke new ground not only with his religion, but also through opening for …

To the victor goes the spoils, so it’s said, but a planet despoiled by thermonuclear war, cast into darkness, ravaged by radiation, disease, and death, would, of course, offer no victory to anyone. When I was in the U.S. military, I learned a saying (often wrongly attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato) …

We should seek to build societies in which aggression and dominance are not rewarded. The researchers claim to be surprised by their findings, but is it really so remarkable? A large and impressive study of children’s progress into adulthood found that those who display bullying and aggressive behaviour at school are more …