GARLAND NIXON—A nuclear war will be truly a catastrophe for everyone, a no-winners contest, and the survivors—including those billionaires and their running dogs who precipitated this disaster, like the neocon lunatics— may envy the dead, notes Garland Nixon. The bunkers will not offer a tolerable life, and soon enough, in the postwar world, the people with weapons and skills will overthrow and quite possibly outright murder their former masters.
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Without the Development of All Nations, There Can Be No Lasting Peace for the Planet
22 minutes readSCHILLER INSTITUTE—A little bit more than one year after the war in Ukraine, which had in reality already started in 2014, escalated with the Russian military operation, it is very clear that the real issue is not Ukraine. It is a proxy war between the US, Great Britain and NATO, on the one side, and Russia on the other — with a conflict with China also looming. The real issue is that the nations of the Global South are trying to shed the colonial order, this time for good, and they have now become the Global Majority.
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Relevant Cinema: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
9 minutes readMASSIE TWINS—Writer Edmund H. North’s adaptation (of the short story “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates) proves that an intelligent, well-written script can easily make up for a lack in visual luster. A few visible wires, a crash of cymbals to replace onscreen intensity, and a clunky robot design (which is now famously iconic) are quickly forgiven as an engaging storyline and memorable characters fill the void of what would nowadays be computer-augmented special effects.
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Western Leaders Privately Say Ukraine Can’t Win the War
19 minutes readJOE LAURIA—At the Munich Security Conference last week, Gen. Petr Pavel, the Czech Republic’s president-elect and a formerNATO commander, said: “We may end up in a situation where liberating some parts of Ukrainian territory may deliver more loss of lives than will be bearable by society. … There might be a point when Ukrainians can start thinking about another outcome.”
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US Presidents Renege on Agreements with Russia
15 minutes readRENEE PARSONS—A week after Sy Hersh’s expose on the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, there is still no word that pretend President Biden who denies any knowledge or involvement in causing an Act of War in the Baltic Sea has yet to offer an explanation to the American public or reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin – but what possible explanation could be offered when the Biden co-conspirators, millions of Americans and Putin’s Security Council all know the truth.