War & Peace

Zelensky Calls Paying for Russian Oil 'Blood Money'—the Same Is True for All Oil Purchases

Purchasing gasoline or diesel is always blood money no matter whom you get it from.

Juan Cole · Apr 15, 2022

A woman walks on a hill leading down to the Azov Sea in the southern area of Mariupol, Ukraine on April 9, 2022.

Head of World Food Program Warns 'People Being Starved to Death' in Mariupol

Kenny Stancil · Apr 15, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Brussels

Don't Use Russia's War on Ukraine to Expand Fossil Fuels, Green Groups Tell US and EU

Jessica Corbett · Apr 14, 2022

Omar: US 'Hypocrisy' on ICC Hamstrings Justice for Putin's War Crimes

Brett Wilkins · Apr 14, 2022

Make Peace Possible With a United Nations Emergency Peace Service

Peter Langille · Apr 14, 2022

Make Peace Possible With a United Nations Emergency Peace Service

This dysfunctional, war-prone system does not need to be anarchic nor ruled and selectively enforced by the strongest or the Western military alliance, NATO.

Peter Langille · Apr 14, 2022

Invasion of Ukraine Is Exacerbating Food Insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa

The ongoing conflict is disrupting the supply chains of cereals and oilseeds, increasing food prices, and is expected to significantly raise domestic production costs in the agricultural sector.

Mohammed Tazrouti · Apr 14, 2022

Biden Answers Zelenskyy's Plea to 'Arm Ukraine Now' With $800 Million in Weapons

Peace advocates have expressed concerns that weapons transfers from the West will draw out Russia's war while enriching arms-makers.

Jessica Corbett · Apr 13, 2022

An F-15E Strike Eagle of the United States Air Force's 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, take off from RAF Coningsby in Linolnshire, supported by UK ground crews as part of a training exercise, using what USAF calls Agile Combat Employment concepts. (Photo: Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

Campaigners Warn Against Bringing Back US Nukes to UK Soil

The return of American nuclear weapons, said one critic, "will increase global tensions and put Britain on the front line in a NATO/Russia war."

Andrea Germanos · Apr 13, 2022

Ceasefire for Ukraine Now!

The U.S. should be publicly leading in a campaign to force both Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table.

Ted Glick · Apr 13, 2022

A Ukrainian servicemember hold an anti-tank weapon

Pentagon Convenes Top US Weapons Makers to Increase Supply for Ukraine War

The Pentagon meeting comes as the U.S. and other NATO countries faced criticism for potentially "hindering negotiations rather than encouraging and facilitating them."

Jake Johnson · Apr 13, 2022

Russian Sanctions, Corporate Profits, and the Globalized Economic Pain of the Ukraine War

While the Ukrainians are paying for their democracy with their blood and their lives, our financial system should not allow powerful elites to profit endlessly as working people pay the price.

Jan Toporowski · Apr 13, 2022

New Reporting Details Corporate Media's War Industry Pundits

"This type of revolving-door behavior should be prohibited for military officials to serve in a private capacity representing military contractors," said one consumer advocate.

Brett Wilkins · Apr 12, 2022