Living on a War Planet

Originally posted at TomDispatch. A new war, a new alibi. When we think about our latest war – the one that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, just six months after our Afghan War ended so catastrophically – there is a hidden benefit. As long as American...

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Russia Hating

Reprinted from The Nation by permission of the author. Ukraine is a country we are just getting to know. What is more important is to hate Russia: an emotion in which Americans have been well trained. Media workers and the experts they interview, one notices,...

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Another War Won’t Save Us

Reprinted from The Nation with permission of the author. America has been involved in a crisis of conscience for some time. Most of our recent political controversies have ended in denunciations and upheavals that seem off the charts by the standard of all previous...

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Against World War III

Reprinted from The Nation with permission of the author. Russia invaded Ukraine in violation of international law, and now we stand on a precipice. Advocates of war are saying that World War III has already begun, and the United States should therefore plunge in. How...

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Russia, Ukraine, and The New York Times

Reprinted from The Nation with permission of the author. Ukraine shares a border with Russia the way Mexico and Canada do with the United States. Since 1823, we have claimed the right to defend our hemisphere in accordance with the Monroe Doctrine, and now Russia is...

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Trump, the New York Times, and John Bolton

The New York Times on September 10 ran six articles with the word Trump in the headlines. Two of the stories were clearly warranted – one on Trump's continuing resolve to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan, and one on the way the commerce department played...

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