[ This interview originally appeared at Truthdig November 2, 2023. ] ‘What Does One Do When Both Options Are Catastrophic?’: An Interview With Cornel West Author, academic and public intellectual Dr. Cornel West has long been a fiery fixture of America’s political discourse. Proselytizing and pronouncing in the Biblical prophetic…
Whenever Joe Biden speaks, you have to make sure your bullshit detector is switched on, to borrow Hemingway’s pungent phrase. As is well-documented, our president has spent his public life making it up as he goes along. No surprise, there was a lot of boilerplate junk in the two much-noted…
[ What follows is the entire text of Vladimir Putin’s speech at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi. ] Participants in the plenary session, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to welcome you all in Sochi at the anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The moderator has already mentioned that this is…
[ This is an absolutely brilliant analysis by Patrick Lawrence of the short-lived and melodramatic farce, dubbed by the always lying Western press as an attempted “coup d’etat“, that occurred in Russia last week, reprinted courtesy of ScheerPost. ] After a few hours of high drama in southwestern Russia last…
Absolutely fascinating, incisive interview of Ray McGovern, a solid source of accurate information and profound insights into the machinations of the security agencies and pitfalls of our foreign policy.
Smedley Butler, a two-time recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and former US Marine Corps major general, famously observed that “war is a racket.” Speaking about his 33 years in the service of his nation, Butler noted that he “spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man…
People of Russia, veterans of Russia, comrades, soldiers, quartermasters, officers of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, admirals, generals, commanders in chief of the special military operations, I salute you all. I salute you all on today to mark the day of our great victory. Today is a day…
Vladimir Putin talks about Russia’s relationship with Ukraine in 2020. His affection for the Ukrainian people is evident. The hostility that the “nationalists” in Ukraine display toward Russia troubles him. He suspects that Zelensky is betraying Russia. Even so, it is doubtful that in 2020 he ever imagined Russia would…
Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Michael T. Klare for his current thoughts.
Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian Federation on Tuesday February 21, 2023. We are well-advised to know what he said.