As Poland prepares for a possible escalation of the war in Ukraine, it has welcomed Ukrainian refugees with open arms. However, refugees from the Global South have been met with barbed wire and walls.
Bosnia did not get the support it needed 30 years ago to defend itself. Today it is barely a state, and that's the fate that Ukraine needs to avoid.
Thousands of Ukrainians have fled to European nations since the Russian invasion in February. Unlike African or Middle Eastern refugees, Ukrainian ones have received a warm reception, revealing a deeply racist orientation towards refugees in the West.
The US is funding and supporting Ukraine but not participating in its war against Russia. This has produced the conditions for a radical upsurge in propaganda.
The prevailing atmosphere in North American media of alignment with US and NATO policy on Ukraine has led to the exclusion, if not the suppression, of voices advocating restraint and counseling negotiations instead of indefinitely prolonged war. In the trio of possible positions — isolationism,...
A Christmas truce followed by peace talks would end the suffering of millions of Ukrainians, end a global economic crisis and save the world from the specter of nuclear war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far failed to weaken US and European support for Ukraine. Meanwhile, despite punishing Russian air strikes, Ukraine is successfully ejecting the invading army.
A missile strike on a Polish village near the Ukrainian border demonstrated how surrealism can unexpectedly upset the comfortable hyperreality of a proxy war.
Ballet stars who fled Russia after the invasion reunite on a stage in California to celebrate art and oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
Withdrawal by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad and War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless War by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies are two new books that provide essential background missing in most media commentary.
A peace deal between the government and rebels is a step forward. However, Eritrea has exported conflict to its neighbors, particularly to Ethiopia. Without Eritrean buy-in, prospects for a lasting peace are dim.
After the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan last year, a trivial case of withdrawal rocked the Beltway establishment last week.
Is Ukraine another forever war or will someone give peace a chance? The world has been divided on the issue for months, with the US and the UK taking the lead in insisting the war will last “as long as it takes,” despite no clarity about what “it” is. Now the debate has emerged even in the...
The US and the UK torpedoed peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in March. They have continued to adopt a hawkish policy against Russia but misgivings against the war are on the rise not only in Europe but also in the US. Negotiations are the only way forward.
The fact that Zelenskyy was open to negotiations in March has not just been forgotten. US media suppressed it as soon as it began to emerge.
