President Joe Biden’s words about China at the Geneva summit shows him to be woefully misinformed about the "world correlation of forces" (to borrow from an old Soviet term). He appears to be stuck in a decades-old paradigm of Sino-Russian hostility, which...
The Inhumanity of Israeli Settler-Colonialism
On June 15, 2021, Israeli far-right nationalists took part in a flag-waving march through occupied East Jerusalem. The so-called March of the Flags beats the drums of colonialism – it is an open celebration of the anniversary of Israel’s 1967 occupation of the city’s...
US Should Close the Door to Ukrainian Membership in NATO
Last week President Joe Biden attended the latest NATO summit but achieved nothing of note, other than reaffirming America’s promise to defend Europe even if the Europeans won’t do so themselves. However, he did reject the attempt by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed
Will the MICIMATT Douse ‘Lightening Flashes of Trust’?
At President Putin’s press conference right after yesterday’s summit meeting with President Biden, Euronews journalist Galina Polonskaya asked Putin if he had reached "a new level of trust with the U.S. president." In response, Putin quoted Leo Tolstoy:...
Nuclear Arms Reduction: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
On June 16, US president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin issued a Joint Statement on Strategic Stability, in which they “reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” and “seek to lay the groundwork...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed
Students Fight the War Machine on College Campuses
It’s no secret that college campuses have always been one of the most steadfast bastions of antiwar sentiment throughout America. Indeed, student resistance to illegal, imperialist wars from Vietnam to Iraq has been well documented. Countless students participated in...
The NATO Summit: Front for Democracy or Return to the Cold War?
Last Monday, NATO held its yearly summit in Brussels, where heads of state and Foreign and Defense Ministers gathered to discuss the general outlines of the alliance’s common policy. Precisely on that morning, I crossed a digital poster in the metro station of...
On ‘Conflict,’ ‘Peace, and Genocide”: Time for New Language on Palestine and Israel
On May 25, famous American actor, Mark Ruffalo, tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza. "I have reflected and wanted to apologize for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is...


