By suggesting that winning an “information war” with Russia should take priority over critical thinking and truth telling, McVeigh essentially admitted that she is a propagandist for the western war engine. By Caitlin Johnstone.

So it appears the British are our last best hope of stemming the blood-dimmed Putin-Nazi tide that has shaken the foundations of Western democracy since Hillary Clinton lost the election… By C. J. Hopkins.

Adrian Daub on growing up under and being transfixed by the German sky in the 1980s.

At a time when many in Moscow have again come to view the United States as an implacable foe, renewed examination of this period could yield important lessons for today. By Richard Purcell.

After World War II, Americans had hope for the Soviets. Powerful winds would change that, and quickly. By John Rossi.

The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government. London had attempted to provoke a major conflict, but lost to Russia, President Trump and Syria. By Thierry Meyssan. (Mar. 20, 2018)

The ‘Russia collusion’ narrative in the U.S. has rendered any diplomacy between the two countries impossible. By Varghese K. George.

Four United States senators are urging a new approach to U.S.-Russian relations based on renewed arms control efforts, but you probably haven't heard about it from the mainstream media, Gilbert Doctorow and Ray McGovern report.

"The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment." By Alexander Reid ["Tailgunner"] Ross.

A recent study revealed that MSNBC's coverage of 'Russiagate' vastly outweighs its coverage of other issues, such as the US-backed humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the network's refusal to correct the disparity could lead to dangerous conclusions, notes Norman Solomon.

A lack of skepticism has characterized much of the reporting on Russiagate, with undue credibility being given to questionable sources like the Steele dossier, and now progressives like Jane Mayer and Cenk Uygur are joining the bandwagon, Ray McGovern observes.

Jane Mayer is a great journalist. But in a 15,000 word profile on Christopher Steele and his dossier, she adds just two new bits of news, and along the way muddles the timeline as badly as all the Steele boosters who have gone before her. By Marcy Wheeler.

Closely observing the grammar of the Official Russiagate Narrative is revealing and instructive. It provides clues to the language-game being played. By Sheldon Richman.

Russiagate may have been aimed at Trump to start, but it’s become a way of targeting all dissent. By Matt Taibbi.

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are alleged to have died in U.S. airstrikes at the beginning of February. Reporting by Der Spiegel shows that events were likely very different. By Christoph Reuter.

W. D. Snodgrass remembers seeing Robert Frost during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when Frost was rejoicing at the prospect of devastating nuclear war.

German history is entering a new phase: the post-post-wall era

A new book says the conflict began in the late 19th century and subsumed even World War II as our defining event. By Leon Hadar.

It’s ironic, or perhaps just a reflection of the power of propaganda, that it is now just becoming apparent that while the attention of the people was mobilized and directed to fictitious external sources of electoral interference by the Russians, the real culprits working to undermine the limited democracy that does exist were always in the United States and in plain sight. By Ajamu Baraka.

Hostile acts against submerged Internet cables would put critical communications, trillions of dollars in transactions and the world economy at risk. By Doug Tsuruoka. (Jan. 6, 2018)