My views on history & current events
Video: Dee Knight on the War Crisis
Half-hour talk on the war crisis, given to northern Minnesota DSA and Veterans For Peace, based on my Covert Action Magazine article series.
Biden: “This battle will not be won in days or months”
Joe Biden “sparked a global uproar” on March 26, declaring Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
Dee Knight Presents at Chicago’s College of Complexes
Presentation of "My Whirlwind Lives" author Dee Knight at Chicago’s College of Complexes gave Saturday, March 19, 2022.
My Whirlwind Lives now available to order online!
"My Whirlwind Lives: Navigating Decades of Storms," is now available at The People's Forum's 1804 Books in NYC, and online at 1804books.com
Shock & Awe, Then & Now
“Shock and awe” was George Bush’s name for his “Desert Storm” attack on Iraq in 1990-91. A UN report described it as “near apocalyptic.”
Messages From the Future
This is Chapter 14 of My Whirlwind Lives -- my favorite in some ways. I love the visionary graphics by illustrator Molly Crabapple.
Is It Too Late to Avert a War with Russia?
US and allied nations sought to isolate Russia at an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting over the Ukraine crisis.
Podcast: Bringing Light to Darkness – Ukraine Crisis Interview
Two-part interview on KOOP.org Radio, Austin, Texas. Pedro Gatos in conversation with Dee Knight on the crisis in Ukraine.
Podcast: What’s the Ukraine crisis really about?
Dee Knight spoke January 26, 2022, on Sputnik Radio about the war hysteria focused on Ukraine. What's it about?
Stripping away the lies: US & Russian Threats Over Ukraine
Threats and counter-threats flying between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine have caused a flurry of fear and confusion.
Excerpt from My Whirlwind Lives
I phoned home, in 1968 to tell my parents I had left college to try and end the war. My mother said she hoped I would not get in trouble.
Press Release: My Whirlwind Lives
Non fiction | Political Manifesto | Guernica World Editions | Canada: University of Toronto Press | US: Independent Publishers Group
“Democracy” as a Weapon
U.S. media and politicians use “democracy” as cover for non-stop efforts to discredit, disrupt and overthrow popular revolutions everywhere.
“Summit for Democracy:” The Peak of Hypocrisy
President Biden’s December 9-10 “Summit for Democracy” has already stirred up a storm, predictably enough.
Summit: “Low Expectations” and “Lower Temperature,” But “No Illusions”
“Our responsibility… is to ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended.”
Book Review: “Capitalism on a Ventilator: Impact of COVID-19, China & US”
"Capitalism on a Ventilator" compares the impact of COVID-19 in China and the U.S., discussing a global choice: cooperation vs. competition.
Does China’s Rise Really Threaten the U.S.?
President Biden is trying to harness the G7 and NATO to isolate China, and Congress is fast-tracking bills to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative and punish China for alleged human rights violations.
Responses to my forthcoming memoir and manifesto – My Whirlwind Lives
By Medea Benjamin, CodePink; Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist; Gerry Condon, Vietnam era GI resister and former pres. of Veterans For Peace.