Raul Diego (2021-03-24). US Gins Up a "Credible" Iranian Nuclear Menace Befitting Its Own Stockpile. mintpressnews.com With Western intelligence sources once again stoking the flames of a nuclear Iran and the secret movement of America's nuclear warheads across Europe, the war economy is up to its old tricks.

Martha Grevatt (2021-03-24). Courageous women of the Paris Commune. workers.org This month marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Paris Commune. The Commune was established during a bloody intercapitalist conflict called the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871, Parisian workers were in revolt against France's Government of National Defense, seated in Versailles, which planned to surrender part of France and . . . |

Aaron Maté (2021-03-24). Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat's attacks on OPCW whistleblower? thegrayzone.com After publishing fraudulent claims in a bid to smear OPCW whistleblowers, Bellingcat has been caught in another subterfuge that contradicts its stated allegiance to "transparency and accountability": a hidden, external author writing its material. The website Bellingcat promotes itself as a collective of digital sleuths who "pledge allegiance to truth and evidence and abide by the principles of transparency and accountability." Its self-described "groundbreaking investigations," especially those aimed at Russia and Syria, have led to fawning Western media endorsements of …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-03-24). American Encircling Strategy Forces Russia and China to Get Closer. globalresearch.ca The United States does not seem willing to change its policy …

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-24). The China-Russia "Peaceful Proposal". "Maintaining Global Stability" globalresearch.ca Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-03-24). Will Israel Use 'Bunker-Buster' Bombs Against Iran's Nuclear Program? globalresearch.ca Israel is extremely worried that Iran would develop a nuclear bomb …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-03-24). US Hypersonic Missiles in Europe Five Minutes from Moscow. globalresearch.ca About six years ago, when we titled "Are the missiles returning …

MEE staff (2021-03-24). US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system. middleeasteye.net US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system | Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells Turkish counterpart to scrap air defence system in first face-to-face meeting at Nato summit | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 04 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at the Nato headquarters on 23 March (AFP/File photo) | US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has t…

Lisa Torio (2021-03-24). 'Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon' and Other Evasions. thenation.com 'Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon' and Other Evasions…

Norman Solomon (2021-03-24). The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit. indybay.org The current reckless abandon of diplomacy…

Dan Cohen (2021-03-23). Video: US Escalates New Cold War as Diplomatic Gloves Come Off, with Carl Zha. mintpressnews.com The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen is joined by "Silk and Steel" podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing Russia, and the Quad Alliance's political contradictions. | Feature photo | Graphic by Antonio Cabrera | Dan Cohen is the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palest…

Norman Solomon (2021-03-23). The urgent need for a Biden-Putin summit. nationofchange.org If the leaders of the two countries with more than 90 percent of the world's nuclear warheads can't have a summit meeting and talk with each other, we're in trouble. Real trouble.

Philip Giraldi (2021-03-23). Is Joe Biden Enabling Russiagate 2? globalresearch.ca The old expression that "lightning never strikes the same place twice" …

Gregory D. Foster (2021-03-23). Can the Biden Administration Lead Us to a New Post-Post-Cold War Order? If Only… counterpunch.org The Biden administration is, strategically speaking, in much the same position today as the Clinton administration was when it entered office in January 1993. That was the end of the Cold War, and with it, the attendant opportunity to define and shape…

Cynthia Chung (2021-03-23). The U.S. Pivot to Asia: Cold War Lessons From Vietnam for Today. dissidentvoice.org There were Cold War preparations underway as early as August 1945 and the two regions selected, Korea and Vietnam, were pre-planned years in advance before the actual wars were to take place, Cynthia Chung writes. ***** In Part One of this series I discussed how a massive U.S. arms stockpile in Okinawa, Japan that was …

Eds. (2021-03-23). A Cold War re-education in 8 minutes. mronline.org Remarks at the Cold War Truth Commission | Newswire…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-23). Unnamed Western Officials Spread Dubious Claims About Iran. globalresearch.ca With a possible revival of the Iran nuclear deal on the …

Newsclick (2021-03-23). French colonial crimes continue to affect lives in Polynesia. peoplesdispatch.org NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent analysis of declassified documents from the nuclear testing done by France on the islands of Polynesia. He discusses how the French knowingly let the inhabitants of the islands to be exposed to the radioactive fallout from the tests, and how even today, the French are unwilling to compensate the victims.

Uriel Araujo (2021-03-23). Uneasy Russia-Turkey Relations Are at Risk of Deteriorating. globalresearch.ca Both Russia and Turkey have celebrated on March 16 the centennial …

teleSUR (2021-03-23). China and Russia Join Forces Against Western Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed Tuesday to join efforts to confront unilateral and "illegitimate" coercive measures imposed by the United States and its European allies. | RELATED: | In this regard, China and Russia call for more countries to join their firm rejection of so-called unilateral sanctions, such as the one imposed by the European Union on Beijing for what…

Norman Solomon (2021-03-23). The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit. indybay.org The current reckless abandon of diplomacy…

Norman Solomon (2021-03-23). The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit. zcomm.org Last week's outbreak of rhetorical hostilities between the White House and the Kremlin has heightened the urgent need for a summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin…