Armed Conflicts

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

A Ukrainian mother and daughter talk about life under Russian rule in a town where war crimes are alleged to have taken place.

Apr 8, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos

ATROCITIES

ATROCITIES ATROCITIES

That’s terrible.

Apr 8, 2022 / Steve Brodner

People evacuating Irpin in Ukraine

Our Planet’s Long History of War Our Planet’s Long History of War

Whether we care to realize it or not, we’re now in a strange and threatening new world of war.

Apr 8, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

US Navy Pacific Ocean

What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget? What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget?

We have now reached the point in our collective history where we face three certainties: death, taxes, and ever-soaring spending on weaponry and war.

Apr 6, 2022 / William Astore

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

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