Dangerous Crossroads: Pending U.S. Congressional Resolution on War Against Russia

By Eric Zuesse, May 04, 2023

The Ukraine Victory Resolution, which was introduced in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on April 25th, now appears likely to become passed in both houses of the Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden.

From the History of International Relations (IR): War, National Interest, and the League of Nations

By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, May 05, 2023

In broad terms, the national interest refers to the goals of foreign politics, objectives, or policy preferences that benefit a nation or society as a whole. That is the foreign policy equivalent of the public interest. However, the concept of national interest is practically vague and contested.

Ten Strategies to Stop a War in the Asia-Pacific

By Dr. Reihana Mohideen, May 05, 2023

The Asia Pacific region has always been an important one for the US and the Global North imperialist bloc. It is where they have waged imperialist wars against liberation struggles in Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

More Troubled Banks in America

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 04, 2023

As I reported at the time, the banking crisis is not limited to Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Valley Bank’s failure was followed by the failures of New York Signature Bank and First Republic Bank of San Francisco. Now three more banks have had their stock prices collapse–Western Alliance, PacWest Bankcorp, and Metropolitan Bank.

Dimitri Shostakovich and His Leningrad Symphony Are Persona Non Grata to Americans

By Irwin Jerome, May 04, 2023

The latest unseemly chapter in the collective West’s ugly saga of military and cultural propaganda warfare in Ukraine, and the psychotic hysteria that continues to be waged upon the world’s populace against all things Russian has taken yet another ignorant, anti-intellectual, anti-humanist, cruel twist.

Can the U.S. Adjust Sensibly to a Multipolar World?

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, May 04, 2023

For decades, the U.S. dollar was the undisputed king of global currencies. But China, Russia, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other nations are taking steps to conduct more trade in their own currencies, or in Chinese yuan. 

Top Polish General Says ‘Situation Does Not Look Good’ for Kiev

By Drago Bosnic, May 04, 2023

Battlefield reports for May 1 indicate that the Russian military used long-range weapons to destroy at least two air defense divisions composed of S-300 SAM (surface-to-air missile) systems in a strike on depots in Pavlograd, a city in the Dnepropetrovsk oblast (region).

Turbo Cancer: Brain Cancer (Glioblastoma) in Young People on the Rise

By Dr. William Makis, May 04, 2023

In the post COVID-19 vaccine era, these brain cancer Glioblastomas seem much more aggressive and kill much more quickly. Usually patients would survive on average 1.5 to 2 years, but now they are dying in a matter of weeks or months. I see a strong signal of COVID-19 Vaccine induced Turbo brain cancers here. These brain tumors behave differently.

Club of Rome “Limits to Growth” Author Promotes Genocide of 86% of the World’s Population

By Rhoda Wilson, May 04, 2023

Dennis Meadows, one of the main authors of the Club of Rome’s The Limits to Growth, is an honorary member of the Club of Rome and a member of the World Economic Forum. If you thought his ideology had softened and become less anti-human since the publishing of his book, you’d be wrong. 

Russian and African Media Practitioners: Promoting Russia-Africa Relations

By Kester Kenn Klomegah, May 04, 2023

Russian and African media representatives and practitioners marked the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day and the 32nd anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration on Promoting the Development of an Independent and Pluralistic African Press by establishing a new association.