9 Apr, 2020
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
“Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for...
5 Apr, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic, Like Other Global Catastrophes, Reveals the Limitations of Nationalism
“We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food supply, and entertainment...
24 Mar, 2020
The World’s Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive
“Long before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic left people around the world desperate for survival, a popular assumption emerged...
15 Mar, 2020
Trump’s Budget Proposal Reveals His Values
“It is often said that government budgets are “an expression of values.” Those values are clear in the Trump administration’s...
23 Feb, 2020
Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers
“ampaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a...
26 Jan, 2020
Could the climate crisis be “The Good News of Damnation”?
“On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb,...
6 Jan, 2020
A Historian Reflects on the Return of Fascism
“Back in 1941, the year of my birth, fascism stood on the brink of conquering the world. During the preceding...
23 Dec, 2019
Americans are ready for a different approach to nuclear weapons
“Although today’s public protests against nuclear weapons can’t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear...
18 Nov, 2019
Which would you prefer?nuclear war or climate catastrophe?
“The world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Boris Johnson, and...
2 Nov, 2019
The widening gap between the super-rich and other Americans
“Despite the upbeat words from America’s billionaire president about the “economic miracle” he has produced, economic inequality in the United...
6 Oct, 2019
Why are Americans so confused about the meaning of “Democratic Socialism”?
“The meaning of democratic socialism?a mixture of political and economic democracy?should be no mystery to Americans. After all, socialist programs...
22 Sep, 2019
The two internationalisms
“In recent years, internationalism—cooperation among nations for promotion of the common good—has acquired a bad reputation.” Author: Lawrence Wittner Published...
26 Aug, 2019
Trump has blocked wage gains for American workers
“On June 19, 2019, President Donald Trump bragged at his re-election kickoff rally in Orlando that,…” Author: Lawrence Wittner Published...
15 Jul, 2019
Billionaires and American politics
“Is the United States becoming a plutocracy?…” Author: Lawrence Wittner Published in: Daily Kos, LA Progressive, ZBlogs, War Is a...
10 Jun, 2019
Whatever happened to an affordable college education?
“As U.S. college students?and their families?know all too well, the cost of a higher education in the United States has...