(2021-11-24). "The War Party": Jeremy Scahill on How U.S. Militarism Unifies Democrats & Republicans. democracynow.org 
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined. "Democrats have to engage in theater about human rights and international law and due process, but they ultimately, at the end of the day, are just as aggressive as Republicans," says investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of the Intercept. His most recent p…
(2021-11-24). US stokes tensions with Russia over claims of an impending invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org On Monday, Russia's foreign intelligence agency compared the current tensions in the Black Sea to the build-up to the 2008 war between Russia and Washington-backed Georgia in the Caucasus.
(2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…
(2021-11-23). Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism. mronline.org 
In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.
(2021-11-23). How sports can achieve diplomacy. america.cgtn.com 
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy — when table tennis broke through the U.S.-China Cold War divide, at a time when high-level diplomacy was just an aspiration. CGTN's Toni Waterman takes a look at how sports can be a great icebreaker in culture and politics.
(2021-11-23). Is There Much Point in Putin or Xi Talking With Biden? dissidentvoice.org 
© Mandel Ngan If a dialogue produces positive results then of course such dialogue should be pursued earnestly. That's a general rule. But what about in the case of dialogue between the US president Joe Biden and his Russian or Chinese counterparts? Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, is due to hold a virtual face-to-face meeting …
(2021-11-23). US stance on Ukraine, Taiwan uniting China, Russia. asiatimes.com 
The "feel-good" from the virtual meeting on November 16 between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping is declining like that after the US-Russian summit in Geneva in June. Biden's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently sought to create a "stable and predictable" relationship with Russia, but there is talk of war now. On …
(2021-11-23). Atlantic Council fellow offers plan for war with Russia, with nuclear weapons at core. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From an article in Defense News by Hans Binnendijk, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and former National Security Council Senior Director for Defense Policy, and Julian Lindley-French, chairman of The Alphen Group. Summary is abbreviated for reasons explained yesterday. ==== Prioritize NATO's core task: collective defense …Since the 2016 Warsaw Summit, NATO has deployed …
(2021-11-23). All'armi, il nemico è alle porte. globalresearch.ca Il segretario generale della Nato Stoltenberg ha incontrato il presidente Draghi, il 17 novembre a Roma, per affrontare ´le attuali sfide alla sicurezza ª, provenienti dal ´rafforzamento militare della Russia in Ucraina e attorno ad essa ª. Stoltenberg ha ringraziato l'Italia perché …
(2021-11-23). The U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. strategic-culture.org 
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director's recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes. | By Medea BENJAMIN and Nicolas J. S. DAVIES | A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine
(2021-11-23). Sino-Russian collusion over Taiwan, Ukraine seems improbable but isn't. mronline.org 
U.S. has whipped up war hysteria over satellite image of Russian military camp in Yelnya, over 500 kms from Ukraine border, to allege Moscow's invasion plans and to justify NATO involvement.
(2021-11-23). Israel Not Bound By Possible New Nuclear Deal With Iran: Bennet. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, a few days before the resumption of the nuclear talks to reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that his country will not be bound by any new nuclear deal with Iran. | RELATED: | "Israel obviously is not a party to the agreement and is not obligated by it," he said during a conference at the Reichman University north of Tel Aviv, where Bennett not…
(2021-11-23). Before resumption of Vienna talks on Iran nuclear deal, Israel threatens to continue disruptive acts. peoplesdispatch.org Israel reportedly refused to adhere to the advise of its closest ally, the US, to not attack Iran's nuclear sites or scientists in the future and give diplomatic channels a chance…
(2021-11-23). Israel threatens Iran again as nuclear deal talks set to resume and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at Israel's recent threats against Iran as JCPOA talks resume, a report on Egypt's use of French intelligence to kill civilians, and more…