By Stephen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 18 September 2024 (IDN) —There is no other way to interpret it: Washington and its client NATO members are declaring war on Russia. That is the direct meaning of the forthcoming visit of Zelensky […]
US Nuclear Arsenal: Do Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Think Alike?
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 17 September 2024 (IDN) — So far in the US electoral contest there has not been a significant difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on nuclear armaments—unlike in the fight in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Indeed, many observers have considered that the right-winger, Nixon, […]
Undebatable: What Harris and Trump Could Not Say About Israel and Gaza
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 11 September 2024 (IDN) — Kamala Harris won the debate. People being bombed in Gaza did not. The banner headline across the top of the New York Times home page—“Harris Puts Trump on Defensive in Fierce Debate”— was accurate enough. But despite the good news for people understandably eager for […]
How US Foreign Policy Affected Relations with Russia
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 10 September 2024 (IDN) — Two mistakes, committed on President Barack Obama’s watch, were the triggers for the end of the long post-Cold War period of good relations with Russia. They were the attack on Libya by the US, France and the UK and the subsequent killing of its […]
How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace Beginning in the Early 1990s
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* The following text is from Racket News (plus online discussion) and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 5 September 2024 (IDN) — In 1989 I served as an advisor to the first post-communist government of Poland, and helped to devise a strategy of financial stabilization and economic […]
Who Wants to Kill and Die for the American Empire?
By Nicolas J. S Davies* NEW YORK | 5 September 2024 (IDN) — The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law lack the motivation and military indoctrination required to actually aim their weapons and fire at Russian soldiers. “Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the enemy in the […]
In CNN Interview, Harris Dodged Gaza Genocide and Damaged Her Election Prospects
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 30 August 2024 (IDN) — Time is running out for Kamala Harris to distance herself from U.S. policies that enable Israel to continue with mass murder and genocide in Gaza. Polling shows that a pivot toward moral decency would improve her chances of defeating Donald Trump. But during her CNN interview […]
Shining Stars: Remarkable Achievements of Sri Lankan-American Women
By Nandi Jasentuliyana The writer is a former Deputy Director, United Nations. LOS ANGELES, California | 28 August 2024 (IDN) — Despite Sri Lanka’s rich history of pioneering women who have broken barriers and reached the highest levels, many stories of successful women go untold. Stories of Queen Vihara Mahadevi’s heroic sacrifice to save the […]
Why Are Liberal Zionists Cheering as Harris Echoes Biden on Gaza?
By Abba A. Solomon* SEATTLE, Washington | 27 August 2024 (IDN) — Hours after Kamala Harris gave her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention, the president of the “pro-Israel, pro-peace” organization J Street took a victory lap in an effusive e-mail to supporters. “Wow,” Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote. “What a week! As J Streeters leave the […]
The US Democratic Convention Fiddles While the World Burns
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 22 August 2024 (IDN) — An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of the delegates seem to realize that their country is on the […]