The Beam in the White House and Fatal Triumph by Horst Schaefer and George Rammer, June 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/06/19/18815787.php Iran is the “greatest supporter of terror,” declared president Donald Trump. With that, he justified his peace-endangering cancellation of the nuclear agreement … Continue reading →

Why has the US gone mad? by Alexander Unzicker and Olivier Zajee, 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/29/18815311.php Donald Trump blames scapegoats. Why does the US permanently seek new conflicts, send terrorists to Syria, organize the Ukraine coup, escalate with North Korea and threaten … Continue reading →

The Endless War by Jacob Reimann, May 7, 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/14/18809181.php According to the ACLU, the Corker-Kaine bill is “broader and more dangerous than the current law.” Article 1 of the US Constitution grants Congress the exclusive right to declare war. … Continue reading →

Systematic Lies Disinformation From Above by Mathias Brockers and Gotz Aly, April 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/04/18808955.php “In October 1962, John F. Kennedy, a level-headed president, sat in the White House and spoke with the Soviet leader Khrushchev through a “back channel” behind … Continue reading →

Detente Policy and Media Hysteria by Antje Vollmer, April 24, 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/05/01/18808878.php Antje Vollmer is a Green politician who was vice-president of the German Bundestag from 1994 to 2005. She urges a robust public debate over the new hard-line German … Continue reading →

Ultimatums instead of Diplomacy by Albrecht Mueller and Joachim Kleppe, April 19, 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/29/18808857.php In what phase is NATO’s confrontation with Russia? Contrary to a promise to Gorbachev, NATO expanded eastward from 16 to 28 states. A military system is … Continue reading →

Book Review : “The New Bonapartists” by Martin Beck & Ingo Stutzle (ed), 2018, freitag.de https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/16/18808502.php In the figure of Bonaparte, the state made itself independent over society at a time when the bourgeoisie lost the capacity to rule the … Continue reading →

The US, the Dollar, IS and Saudi Arabia by Ernst Wolff, February 2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/05/18808247.php Like his predecessor Obama, President Trump did not say a single word against the ruling house in Saudi Arabia either in the election campaign or since … Continue reading →

End Russophobia! Time for a New Detente Policy Interview with Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, 2/8/2018 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2018/02/435504.shtml NATO’s eastern expansion (from 16 to 28 states) was and is a serious strain on relations with Russia. This is also true for the missile defense … Continue reading →