Take Action Now If God forbid the administration fires it, the results will be to wound Moscow, but also to blow off America’s own toes. By Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft The Menendez bill on sanctions against Russia could be described as a hair trigger on a single-barrel sawed-off shotgun, with all that weapon’s combination of dreadful effect and lack of discrimination. If,…

Take Action Now The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill similarly notes that "the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war." By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Exiled American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Friday joined global critics who are decrying news outlets for encouraging war with their coverage of rising tensions…

Take Action Now "You just come out and say this and expect us just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true," said Associated Press reporter Matt Lee. By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Veteran Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled a State Department spokesperson Thursday over the U.S. government's refusal to provide direct evidence for…

Take Action Now As the president deploys 3,000 US troops to Eastern Europe, anti-war groups and progressive leaders warn that the United States must avoid getting entangled in another war. By John Nichols, The Nation One hundred religious, social justice, and veterans’ groups have urged President Joe Biden to reject military escalation and refocus US attention on serious…

Take Action Now With so many options available, the U.S. has a habit of choosing military escalation, like they're doing in Ukraine. By W.J. Astore, Bracing Views On that proverbial table in Washington D.C. where all options are allegedly kept, the one option that’s always used is military escalation. First, the U.S. sent more weaponry to Ukraine. Now, America’s…

Take Action Now Biden’s campaign donors don’t want him to end U.S. support for the Yemen war. By Danaka Katovich, Truthout In late January, the Saudi-United Arab Emirates (UAE) coalition carried out an airstrike on a prison in Yemen, killing more than 90 detainees and injuring many more. Among the rubble was a fragment of the weapon used to do it. On it was a Raytheon…

Take Action Now The U.S. peace movement is united and mobilized. Given the thousands of nuclear weapons the U.S. and Russia possess, said one organizer, "the emergency that we now face is literally putting humanity's survival at risk." By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams More than 100 advocacy organizations representing millions of people across the U.S. demanded Tuesday that the Biden…

Take Action Now With candor you don’t hear in official circles, top arms contractors say recent violence and tension works in their shareholders’ favor. By Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft According to chief executives of the top taxpayer-funded weapons firms, their balance sheets will benefit from the U.S. engaging in great power competition with Russia and China, the recent escalations…