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Europe’s left must unite to oppose NATO’s rearmament and austerity

As Europe approaches NATO’s 24–26 June summit in The Hague, its 750 million people face a decisive strategic choice that will affect their lives for years to come – and one with far wider global impact. By John Ross The…

A Superpower’s Self-Sabotage in the Multipolar Age

When historian Paul Kennedy published The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in 1987, his sweeping analysis of imperial decline—spanning 1500 to 1980—arrived at a moment of American triumphalism. The U.S. stood ascendant as its Cold War rival, the…

The US Is Once Again Trying To Subordinate India

India’s defiance might soon lead to trouble in its ties with the US unless one of them relents. There were high hopes late last year that “Trump Will Repair The Damage That Biden Dealt To Indo-US Ties” due to the…

A superhighway to nuclear hell

Trump’s reckless and accelerated nuclear orders would destroy safety oversight and endanger the public, writes Linda Pentz Gunter On May 23rd, with several strokes of his pen, President Trump issued orders that would roll back US energy policy about 50…

Empires Eat Themselves: Trump’s Absurd War on Education

The US is at war. It has always been at war. Whether a world war, a proxy conflict, an armed intervention, a psyop, or a regime change mission, the United States has not enjoyed a single moment of true, unadulterated…

Pride 2025 Washington DC: A Missed Opportunity for Nonviolence

A year ago, billboards and posters across the country announced what was to be a landmark event: World Pride 2025, marking the 50th anniversary of Pride in Washington, D.C. Expectations soared. Many imagined it would be the celebration of the…

Nightmare of Nightmares – New (Big) CO2 Emissions

Global warming just got a brand-new source for trapping heat as Arctic tundra turns up the dial on CO2 emissions. It’s now in the ranks of cars, trains, and planes as an official emitter of carbon dioxide, CO2. But it…

Diplomacy’s Graveyard: How the UN Lost Its Purpose

The League of Nations, established after the First World War, was created to improve international cooperation and prevent future wars. However, it failed, and soon World War II began. After WWII, the United Nations (UN) was established. The primary reasons…

The incredible war preparations of NATO in Europe

We have heard mister Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, in his press conference in Vilnius, the 2 of June and his incredibly belligerent words. For sure in preparation of the NATO summit in the Hague, Netherlands in some…

The Violence We Carry, The Future We Shape

We are living through a time of escalating crisis: a growing right-wing movement edging toward fascism, rising economic inequality, and expanding wars with no just resolution in sight—from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. How did…

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