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How we can meet the challenges of authoritarianism

This is not our first rodeo with authoritarianism. Americans have collectively risen to seemingly impossible challenges in the past, and we can do so again. By Maria J. Stephan As analyses of the 2024 election results continue to pour in,…

The Failure of “Project Ukraine” and the Biden Administration’s Psychotic Final Hail Mary Pass

One Thing To Be Clear About Before You Read On This article is in no way intended to be a criticism of Ukraine or the people of Ukraine. On the contrary, this article intends to show that the US has…

US Military, Green Lighted by Biden Admin. to Attack Russia in Coming Weeks

Introduction The following article is written in the form of a short letter to members of the US Democratic Party. Hey Fellow Democrats, The current US president, the one we voted for, is openly attempting to start a World War…

Military Contractors Are in Nearly Every Small Town in the United States

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed advertisements offering FREE CNC (Computer Numerical Control) Precision Manufacturing Training at local community colleges such as the Nashua Community College in Nashua, New Hampshire, and the Center for Manufacturing Technology, in Woburn,…

Discrimination: Humanity’s Greatest Threat

Analyses of Kamala Harris’s defeat often lack depth and fail to address the broader societal undercurrents at play. Her loss was primarily driven by the dual challenges of being a woman and a person of color—two identities that amplified the…

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State

Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in Washington, and the most certain to provide continuity with all that is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, from Cuba to…

Where the MAGA Movement and the Progressive Left Coincide

Too Far Left To Be Part of the Left In 2020 I wrote articles and did a lot of social media promotion for the Bernie Sanders campaign. As I recall it was in July of that year that a group…

Statement from Javad Zarif, Former Foreign Minister, now Vice President of Iran.

You probably won’t find this statement sent today, in normal media. Some will call it propaganda. I just urge folks to listen and move toward ending the horrid slaughter, and wars. I had the honor to interview Fmr. UN Ambassador…

The Moment Of Truth: How Will Russia Respond To Ukraine’s Use Of Western Long-Range Missiles?

It remains unclear what Putin will ultimately do, but whichever of these two choices he makes will determine the trajectory of this conflict from now on, either more escalation or a possible compromise. Reports emerged on Sunday that the US…

The 2024 US Peace Prize has been awarded to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)

The US Peace Memorial Foundation awards the US Peace Prize to recognize and honor the most outstanding and prominent American antiwar leaders. These courageous people and organizations have publicly championed peaceful solutions to international conflicts involving the U.S. and/or opposed U.S. war(s), militarism,…

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