Having been forced to rely on exports and imports to live, what happens to people when that trade is cut off? Global capitalism has been history’s greatest bait-and-switch — join our system or else, then watch us tear it down. Continue reading
We’re sending Ukrainians to their deaths and calling it solidarity. Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman says, “The US is fighting Russia “to the last Ukrainian.” The world doesn’t have time for this crap. Continue reading
Invading Ukraine was wrong, but Putin is not a monster. He’s not crazy, and he’s not Hitler. The US-centered empire pushed Russia into a corner and they lashed out. We are not the good guys here. We have a long history of aggressive wars and genocidal crimes and can’t tell anybody else what to do. We must speak and act for peace, not send more weapons to a war zone. Continue reading
Child in front of her bombed house in Gaza Image: Samah Askar I’m sitting at my desktop wondering when my friends will be killed. Across 7,400 miles separation from Gaza, I can feel my friend Samah Askar’s terror and grief … Continue reading
