Economic Justice

Food Corporations Earn Billions While Millions Go Hungry

Davi Martins / Open Democracy Mar 6, 2023 Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

World

The Ukraine War Proves We Need to Ban Nuclear Weapons

Jonathan Power / InDepth News Jan 20, 2023 There is no rational argument for the possession of nuclear weapons apart from the outdated military philosophy about deterrence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Top White House Aides Call Trump ‘Improper,’ ‘Unusual’

LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK / The Associated Press Nov 19, 2019 Two advisers lead off a pivotal week featuring testimony from nine witnesses as the House’s impeachment inquiry accelerates. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ukraine Urges NATO to Deploy Ships Amid Standoff With Russia

YURAS KARMANAU and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV / The Associated Press Nov 29, 2018 The Ukrainian president's proposal is sharply criticized by Russia as a provocation that could further inflame tensions between the two countries. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Moscow and Kiev in ‘Positive Mood’ After Talks in Paris on Ending Ukraine Conflict

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 4, 2015 Russian and Ukrainian officials expressed cautious optimism following discussions in which Russia pushed for Ukraine to take back legal control of eastern territories. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Cold War Heats Up as the U.S. and Poland Discuss Weapons Deployment in Eastern Europe

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 14, 2015 Saber-rattling in response to alleged Russian expansionism is the latest in a series of dramatic breaks from the post-Cold War detente between Russia and the U.S.-led West. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Ukraine Is in Crisis. Here’s Why the West Can’t Save It.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 13, 2015 A video roundtable hosted by Truthdig Assistant Editor Alexander Reed Kelly explains why the IMF, Europe and Western corporations don’t have the country’s best interests at heart. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

VIDEO: The West Isn’t Out to Save Ukraine; It’s Out to Profit From a Growing Crisis

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 11, 2015 In a series of interviews for The Nation, Truthdig Assistant Editor Alexander Reed Kelly shows why, at a time when "Ukraine needs rescuing," the IMF, Europe and Western corporations have no interest in actually saving the country from disaster. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Declares All Military Deaths State Secrets

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 29, 2015 The Russian president has declared that all military deaths -- in peacetime as well as wartime -- will be classified as state secrets, with violations punishable by up to seven years in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The War Zone of Donetsk, Ukraine

By Halyna Mokrushyna, CounterPunch May 17, 2015 When the people of the Donetsk area protested imposed changes, Kyiv launched an “anti-terrorist” operation against them. I saw firsthand these “terrorists,” who had decided to build something different from the oligarchic regime. Theirs is an enormous and difficult task. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Killings in the Name of Ukrainian Land of Donbas

By Halyna Mokrushyna, CounterPunch Apr 15, 2015 In his Sunday sermon, the Patriarch Philaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv explained to his parishioners that Ukrainian soldiers who kill civilians and rebels in Donbas do not transgress God’s commandment “thou shalt not kill”. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

A Russian Soldier Talks of Fighting in Ukraine

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 25, 2015 Moscow denies its soldiers are crossing the border into Ukraine. But 20-year-old Russian conscript Dorji Batomunkuev told reporters how he was seriously injured near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )