Revulsion to war is inconsistent for some. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought critics of this particular war to the antiwar movement, though they likely will return to their pro-war instincts when current headlines fade. For now, in the West, Vladimir Putin...
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By Enforcing Sanctions on Russia, SWIFT May Commit Suicide
by Michael Maharrey | Mar 8, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The government of the United States has intervened militarily in other countries for decades, against the council of founders like George Washington who advised America should “observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.”...
Dangerous Parallels: Russia, Ukraine, and Afghanistan
by Bas Spliet | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Russian rationale behind invading Ukraine closely resembles the reasoning behind the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan in 1979. Both then and now, many in the West read an unprovoked expansionary move into the Kremlin’s actions. That view, in both instances, is...
What Does a Capitol Fence Say to the World?
by Jim Bovard | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
Spooked by the threat of anti-Biden trucker convoys heading to Washington, high fences will reportedly return around the US Capitol in the coming days. When President Biden gives his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, he will have no fears of hearing any...
TGIF: When History Begins – Russia, Ukraine & the US
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Contrary to what hypocritical U.S. rulers and their loyal mass media suggest, two propositions can both be -- and indeed are -- true: that Russia has grossly, brutally, and criminally mishandled the situation it has faced with respect to Ukraine, and that the U.S....
Provoked: How America Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Mar 4, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Scott Horton
The following is adapted from a speech Scott gave to the Libertarian Party of Utah on February 26, 2022. Just to get this out of the way first real quick: Whenever someone dares to differ with the common government and TV narrative about Russia and their role in the...
The Inflationary Attack on America’s Poor
by Thomas Eddlem | Mar 3, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
The ramp-up of money-printing by the Federal Reserve Bank since the COVID pandemic began has meant, like clockwork, an increase in CPI price inflation exceeding a seven percent annual rate. Though price inflation as measured by the CPI was temporarily delayed by the...
Cops Shoot and Kill 12 Year Old Boy in Back, Claim He Was a ‘Threat’ While Fleeing
by Matt Agorist | Mar 3, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A tragedy unfolded on Tuesday in Philadelphia after a 12-year-old boy was shot in the back and killed. The boy was running from several police officers when two of them opened fire. Police have since claimed that even though 12-year-old Thomas Siderio was running...