This would make a good TV thriller: a few years in the future, with the world in economic turmoil and the whole planet in a tense, uncertain mess, French-speaking Quebec finally breaks away from Canada in a dramatic, overwhelming referendum.

The US continues to fan the flames of conflict with massive investments in the war industry

I have already described the war in Ukraine as “mad”. I used the term in its normal sense (insane) because the Kiev regime was fighting for the Independence and Democracy which only Putin – together with neutrality – wanted; while NATO would remove Ukraine’s independence and EU entry would remove its democracy and constitution. But now it is time to use the term in its military context – Mutually Assured Destruction – as the dangerous rhetoric of nuclear threats gets out of control.

On the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden said the U.S. should never be the first to use nuclear weapons. “There is no first use doctrine we should be pushing,” he said. But a new administration review has reiterated the long-term policy that the U.S. will launch nuclear weapons in response to non-nuclear attacks. It once again underscores the power of the military-industrial-congressional complex to maintain the status quo, even when it poses civilization-ending dangers.

On October 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would not use nuclear weapons; on the same day, US President Joe Biden said he would.

Military force without diplomacy cannot deliver lasting results and can lead to an unparalleled catastrophe with consequences beyond comprehension.

Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg says canceling the games would send the “wrong signal”

The U.S. and Russia are playing “nuclear chicken.” Washington should swerve.

Following the joint US-Polish military attack on the Nord Stream pipelines off Bornholm Island in the Baltic, Poland has announced it is escalating the war in Europe with an announcement by President Andrzej Duda.

The Biden administration is spewing ridiculous fear mongering propaganda.