Bob Woodward’s book Fear has been a sensation in many respects. But one aspect has barely been mentioned. After two years of exhaustive research for his book, Woodward says that he has found no evidence of collusion between Putin’s government and Donald Trump’s...
John Walsh says Progressive Democrats Hate Trump More Than War or Nuclear Disaster
"It is rare that we praise Donald Trump, but meeting with both Kim Jung Un and Vladimir Putin was the right thing to do. If our goal is to build peace, then calm talks, rather than threats and military escalation, are always the better path to...
Tribute to Journalistic Giant, Robert Parry, Founder of Consortium News, May 19, Berkeley
On Saturday afternoon, May 19, at 2pm, a Tribute to Robert Parry, Founder and Editor of Consortium News will be held at Berkeley Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St. in Berkeley, CA. Open to the public. Tickets at Brownpapertickets.com or at the door ($10, $15, $20 –...
American Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’
"Public Troubled by Deep State" is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute tags to its recent poll. Polling about the term "Deep State" is problematical, because as the polling report says: "Few Americans (13%) are very...
Veterans for Peace 162 Supports Direct Talks between USA and North Korea
The East Bay Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Chapter #162 (which includes Oakland and Berkeley) has passed the following resolution in support of the Kim-Trump meeting: Veterans for Peace 162 Supports Direct Talks between USA and North Korea Veterans for Peace East Bay...
The Fog of Cold War
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.~ From Tom Lehrer’s ballad of Wernher von BraunFrom MAD to Madness: Inside Pentagon Nuclear War Planning is the enlightening memoir by Paul Johnstone, a man who...
Let All Opposed to War Praise Trump’s ‘Treasonous’ Tweet
When President Obama expelled Russian diplomats over the hysterical and unproven accusation of "hacking the election" on December 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to be drawn into a petty squabble, saying he would delay any response until Donald...
John Walsh: NATO Marches Toward Destruction
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s cry of distress is that of a man watching a tidal wave of destruction gathering force, similar to ones that have engulfed his country twice in the Twentieth Century.Commenting on NATO’s recent military exercises in...
Who Is the Arch Racist – Trump or Clinton?
Who is the arch racist, Hillary or Trump? To answer that, let us ask another question, a simple one. Which is worse: to denigrate some members of a group or religion or race – or to kill them by the millions? And maim more millions and displace even more millions?...
Obama on the TPP – Beckoning Us to the Graveyard
“We have to make sure America writes the rules of the global economy and we should do it today while our economy is in a position of global strength. If we don’t write the rules for trade around the world, guess what, China will. And they’ll write those rules in a way...
