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As New Cold War ramps up, Cuba and Russia fortify historic geo-political alliance
Miguel Díaz-Canel’s recent visit to Moscow recalls Fidel Castro’s historic 1963 trip to Soviet capital in aftermath of Cuban Missile Crisis.
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A Lexicon for disaster
Russia seeks arms control agreements to prevent dangerous escalation. But the U.S. seeks only unilateral advantage. This risks all out conflict unless this changes.
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Sanders withdraws Yemen War Powers Resolution vote over Biden opposition
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Tuesday night withdrew his request to vote on the Yemen War Powers Resolution that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war and blockade on Yemen, citing White House opposition to the bill.
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‘Challenge the U.S. justifications for this war’
If you like horror stories, here’s one for you. It’s the 2022 National Defense Strategy document from the U.S. secretary of defense. This document was blessed by President Biden, who is quoted in the introduction.
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Aminata Dramane Traoré: “They want to lead us into war”
An interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré on the chaos caused by Western states in the Sahel and the interests of the international oligarchy.
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Cluster bombs: Biden considers sending banned weapons to Ukraine
CNN reports that the Biden administration is considering adding cluster bombs to the mass of weapons it is pouring into Ukraine. The production and use of cluster bombs is prohibited under international law.
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Taking ‘peace’ out of the Nobel Peace Prize
Despite the occasional polite nod to Alfred Nobel, the committee — which will name this year’s award on Saturday — has never made known his vision of peace through global demilitarization, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.
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The season finale of the hit show ‘Proxy War’
Promotional materials for the episode hint at a heartwarming season wrap-up that’s sure to make wholesome viewing for the whole family, with series star Volodymyr Zelensky being awarded 2022 Person of the Year by Time Magazine.
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The ADL issues statement declaring Ukraine’s Azov Battalion no longer ‘far-right’
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos.
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Staughton Lynd: Thinking history, doing politics, from below
It would be impossible to summarise the remarkable political and intellectual life of Staughton Lynd, who died this last November 17th at the age of 92.
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The United Nations promise of peace–also in Ukraine
The hybrid war in Ukraine has sadly revealed how ineffective the United Nations Organisation has been when it comes to preventing armed conflict or even negotiating a cease-fire when hostilities have broken out.
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Nothing good will come from the New Cold War with Australia as a frontline State: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2022)
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country ‘seeks a stable relationship with China’. This is because, as Albanese pointed out, China is ‘Australia’s largest trading partner. They are worth more […]
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Merkel reveals West’s duplicity
War, it seems, was the only option Russia’s opponents had ever considered.
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NATO Narratives and Corporate Media Are Leading to ‘Doorstep of Doom’
A popular cartoon aptly expresses the political angst provoked by media pundits today as they chatter on about nuclear war: Two people, both a little hunched over, burdened with the world, are walking down a city street. The woman says to the man, “My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”
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Palestinian executed at point-blank range by Israeli border police
The harrowing video capturing the Israeli border police officer shooting a Palestinian in Huwwara has circulated widely on social media and sparked outrage among Palestinians.
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“Russia has lost the war”
The intellectual laziness of many information professionals, who limit themselves to reproducing the propaganda reports of Zelensky’s government, if not submitting to the doxa dictated by the media management bodies, as well as the censorship imposed by the authorities and pressure groups, prevent a more impartial knowledge of the real situation of the conflict.
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NATO exists to solve the problems created by NATO’s existence
NATO has doubled down on its determination to eventually add Ukraine to its membership, renewing its 2008 commitment to that goal in a meeting between the foreign ministers of the alliance in Bucharest, Romania this past Tuesday.
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U.S. commits to reignite space race during new Cold War vs. China, Russia
Artemis I is a dry run for the return to the moon, a test of the new Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule that will bring astronauts into lunar orbit on Artemis II and onto the surface on Artemis III.
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‘Holy Land Foundation 5’ are victims of America’s unjust persecution of Palestinians
The case against the “Holy Land 5” led to the wrongful conviction and unjust long-term imprisonment of five highly respected Palestinian men. Three of them, Mufid Abdulqader, Ghassan Elashi, and Shukri Abu Baker, remain imprisoned today.
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The Russian Winter offensive
Russia is one or two more massive bombing attacks on Ukraine’s energy and transport infrastructure from permanently disabling Ukraine’s electricity, water, and railroad systems.