Armed Conflicts

A tank on a road, with scattered soldiers walking alongside it.

How Kherson Was Occupied How Kherson Was Occupied

What Novaya Gazeta’s reporter Elena Kostyuchenko saw with her own eyes.

Apr 6, 2022 / Elena Kostyuchenko

Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US

If there’s one thing to be learned from the present moment, it’s just how fickle such calculations can be and how easily the global situation can turn.

Apr 4, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

“F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!”

“F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!” “F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!”

Listening to voices of the Central and East European left.

Apr 4, 2022 / Linda Mannheim

Greenhouse Gases

War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change

Don’t let the oil and gas companies fool you.

Apr 1, 2022 / Stan Cox

The Climate Crisis Doesn’t Acknowledge Borders

The Climate Crisis Doesn’t Acknowledge Borders The Climate Crisis Doesn’t Acknowledge Borders

Without collective action aimed at creating a carbon neutral world by 2050, we’ll all lose this fight.

Mar 31, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

A car sits in front of a burned apartment building and pile of rubble. A soldier stands in front of the car.

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Shattered the Old World Order Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Shattered the Old World Order

As a new Iron Curtain threatens to divide Europe, progressives must face the dangers of a resurgent militarism—and seize the opportunities to advance our priorities.

Mar 31, 2022 / Michael T. Klare for The Nation

Coal Trains and Climate Protest: It’s Spring in New England

Coal Trains and Climate Protest: It’s Spring in New England Coal Trains and Climate Protest: It’s Spring in New England

What connects anti-war demonstrations in Russia with climate activists in the US? An opposition to fossil capital.

Mar 30, 2022 / Wen Stephenson

A woman stands in front of a building holding a sign

The Ongoing Russian Resistance to Putin’s War The Ongoing Russian Resistance to Putin’s War

Reports on the opposition to war inside Russia: What’s happened since February 27, 2022.

Mar 28, 2022 / Finley Muratova

Exclusive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Warns of “Real Hell” for Russians

Exclusive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Warns of “Real Hell” for Russians Exclusive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Warns of “Real Hell” for Russians

Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov’s warning that Russia was about to invade his country was widely dismissed—until the war began. So his latest predictions about the course of what is turn...

Mar 25, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos

An aerial view of the Pentagon

We Don’t Need to Go Back to Cold War Spending—We’re Already There We Don’t Need to Go Back to Cold War Spending—We’re Already There

Before Washington embarks on a new Cold War, it’s time to remind ourselves of the global consequences of the last one.

Mar 25, 2022 / William D. Hartung, Nick Cleveland-Stout, and Taylor Giorno

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