
By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace

By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
Editor’s Note:
US would rather see the world end than lose its supremacy
The recent developments in East Asia, such as the détente between South Korea and Japan, South Korea’s increasing hostility toward China, and the talk of a liaison office of NATO in Tokyo, have raised alert of observers, as the US escalates confrontation with China. What are the obstacles for East Asia to maintain peace? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen discussed these issues with K.J. Noh (Noh), a US-based journalist, political analyst, writer and educator specializing in the geopolitics and political economy of the Asia-Pacific region. He is a member of Veterans for Peace and Pivot to Peace.

The following is the text of a full-page ad by the Eisenhower Media Network in the New York Times on May 16, 2023.
The US Should Be a Force for Peace in the World
Arming Taiwan to the teeth is not deterrence, it’s provocation
To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down
Fat chance with the psychopaths running things!
The arms would be provided directly from US military stockpiles using an authority that the US has primarily used to arm Ukraine
US, Taiwan in Talks on US Providing $500 Million in ‘Free’ Weapons
In this new essay, John Pilger recalls the ‘electric’ opposition of writers and journalists to the coming war in the 1930s and investigates why today there is ‘a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda’ as the two greatest powers draw closer to conflict.
THERE IS A WAR COMING SHROUDED IN PROPAGANDA. IT WILL INVOLVE US. SPEAK UP
What does China’s growing power and the shift towards a multipolar world mean for Palestine and its broader region?
What China’s growing power means for Palestine
Video clip via Danny Haiphong. Full Video, here.
There has been a recent flurry of proposals to have the U.S. military launch a full-scale war against Mexican drug cartels – primarily to stem the alleged fentanyl crisis. Former Attorney General William P. Barr initiated the latest campaign with an op-ed in the March 2, 2023, Wall Street Journal. “America can no longer tolerate narco-terrorist cartels,” Barr raged. “Operating from havens in Mexico, their production of deadly drugs on an industrial scale is flooding our country with this poison. The time is long past to deal with this outrage decisively.”
A Bad Idea Resurfaces: Using the US Military Against Mexico’s Drug Cartels
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