Harley Schlanger

The NATO summit opens today in Vilnius, amidst a whirl of fantasy-ridden bravado, covering for the defense of a collapsing "Rules-Based Order" (RBO).

As the Schiller Institute was meeting in France for an in-depth dialogue on how to build a new global peace based on development, Biden unleashed cluster bombs on Ukraine.

The new self-assertiveness of leaders from the Global South against Green, anti-growth policies

has been on display recently in multiple venues.  The "Western" oligarchs are not amused.

A real battle is underway, between the corporate oligarch versus the emerging Global Majority.  This is a fight we can win! 

The "Unipolar Order" is in reality a new version of a Global Empire, one which is doomed by the false axioms it defends by looting and war. 

Some important reflections on Daniel Ellsberg's contributions

Proclaiming that the Wagner revolt is the "beginning of the end" for Putin, western "analysts" demonstrate they intend to go for regime change in Russia.

Sixty years of Permanent Warfare is enough.  We must return to the principles in JFK's "Peace Speech" of June 10, 1963 to achieve a real, lasting peace. 

Will Biden and NATO escalate the war in Ukraine, or belatedly accept a negotiated settlement?  

Will Biden escalate NATO's war in Ukraine?  Peace depends on citizens in the West demanding an end to the war and a new development architecture.