Category Archives: foreign policy

BPR Editor Talks Ukraine on Videocast

Hal Ginsberg, former head honcho at Monterey’s KRXA Progressive talk radio show, has invited me on his new YouTube broadcast, Halitics, tomorrow (Friday) starting at 11am ET/8amPT. We will discuss my recent letter to the editor in the Monterey Herald … Continue reading

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We Can’t Underestimate Putin

By Arlen Grossman/ Letters, Monterey Herald, March 22, 2023 A confused letter writer recently wrote that since the U.S. won its independence from England without asking for help from other countries (not true, by the way), Ukraine shouldn’t be asking … Continue reading

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A Confession… Just 40+ Years Late

 Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff This week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal with the Iranian government to hold … Continue reading

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Creeping Authoritarianism

Creeping authoritarianism….Russia, Hungary, Poland and other authoritarian-type governments are taking control of media, the judiciary, and other institutions that threaten their autocracy. Could it happen here? Think of Gov. DeSantis of Florida trying to take over the educational system in … Continue reading

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SCOTT RITTER: DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE. UKRAINE CAN’T WIN THIS WAR

Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter explains why a Russian victory is inevitable, and what it costs the West to refuse to accept this **A very different point of view……. BY DIMITRI LASCARIS/ TheReal News.com/ NOVEMBER 15, 2022 Reports … Continue reading

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As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Technology is Speeding Up the Process

By Thomas Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ August 19, 2022 These hinge points of history are never painless, but they always leave enlightenment and true change in their wake. As Russian President Putin tries his version of Hitler’s September 1939 “defensive” attack on … Continue reading

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Chris Hedges Interviews Cornel West

April 15, 2022 In this premiere episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Dr. West joins Chris Hedges to discuss the decay of the American empire, the struggle to show international solidarity in the face of escalating militarism, and what it … Continue reading

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Putin Won. We Lost.

By Arlen Grossman/ OpEdNews.com/ November 26, 2021 (Top Headlined Story At OpEd News, November 26-27) As democracy struggles on life support in the United States and with authoritarianism gaining popularity here and abroad. Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, must … Continue reading

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The Laughing Stock of the World

(Michael Moore recounts how a once-proud advancing nation is moving downward too quickly. Why do we not care about our poor and working class citizens? Our priorities are apparently helping the wealthy. Many countries make a point of helping their … Continue reading

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In The End, Bin Laden Won He couldn’t have done it without us By  Michael Moore/ MichaelMoore.com/ September 7, 2021 I decided to go and meet the Taliban in the spring of 1999, two years before the 9/11 attacks. Most … Continue reading

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