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Why Don’t the U.S. Mainstream Media Report Vladimir Putin’s Take on the Ukraine Crisis?

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Jun 14, 2017 In an interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone, Russia's president explains his own perspective—which contrasts with what the American people have been allowed to hear. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Hazards of Military Worship

By Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch May 13, 2017 An Army strategist notes that, while everyone loves the troops and their generals, history indicates that military advice isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

‘The Scream’ and the Cuban Missile Crisis Still Echo

By James G. Blight and janet M. Lang May 1, 2015 Edvard Munch’s painting has become trivialized and the 1962 crisis largely forgotten, but the possible Armageddon they both evoke remains a very real threat.By James G. Blight and janet M. Lang Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Missile Crisis That Never Went Away

By Steven Starr, David Krieger and Daniel Ellsberg Oct 16, 2012 Fifty years after the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and more than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the US and Russian nuclear confrontation continues Each nation still keeps a total of about 800 ICBMs at launch-ready status, ready to be fired on a few minutes' warningWith approximately 1,700 nukes at launch-ready status 50 years after the Cuban missile crisis, it is naive to assume that Russia and the U will never again be in a military confrontation. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Week the World Stood Still

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch Oct 16, 2012 In 1962, nuclear war with the Soviet Union was avoided by Khrushchev’s willingness to accept that the U.S. effectively owns the world by right and may deploy massive offensive force against those who even think of deterring the benign global hegemon. But we can hardly count on such sanity forever. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

What Hugo Chavez Is Up To

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2011 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy courting countries from Latin America to Eastern Europe to the Middle East to the Far East to assemble a political and economic bulwark against American imperialism. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Missile Defense Test a Direct Hit

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2007 On Friday night, not long after Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked the historical specter of the Cuban missile crisis in reference to President Bush's planned missile shield in Europe, the U.S. successfully carried out another missile defense test off the coast of Kauai. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )