Dr. Strangelove is No Longer Satire appeared in Covert Action Magazine March 1, 2023. A leader of Germany’s Left Party explains how the escalations in Ukraine “entail the greatest security threat to face the German population since the Second World War.”
Writings on war by author Dee Knight
‘With Us or Against Us’ Fails in Munich & Bangalore as US Tries ‘Offer They Can’t Refuse’
‘With Us or Against Us’ Fails appeared March 6 in Covert Action Magazine. It tells the story of intense, Mafia-style US pressure tactics at the recent Munich Security Conference and the G20 meetings in India. In both places leaders of the Global South held their...
Opposition Grows to US Bases Poised Against China
Okinawans and US organizations urged members of Congress to support their demands to close these dangerous and destructive US military bases, which only serve the interests of war profiteers.
Anti-Russian Propaganda Limits Peace Prospects
Ukraine’s current leadership and its U.S./NATO backers would like to avoid a settlement that reflects the demographic and historical reality of the country. But this is precisely one key issue that should guide negotiations for a peace agreement. A peace agreement reflecting Russia’s legitimate concerns (voiced for many months and years) would establish a viable basis of cooperation by Russia with Ukraine and with Europe.
Showdown At ‘Credibility Gulch’ In Ukraine & Washington
Newsletter: Setting the record straight on the proxy war in Ukraine seems crucial to me now.
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.”
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.”
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.
The Socialist Anti-War Tradition: Leading the Fight Against War and Imperialism
We are challenged not merely to avoid falling for official lies, but to actively organize our class to stop the war machine.
Crash Course & Turn the Guns Around
I may write about many different books here, but the top two for now are Crash Course: from the Good War to the Forever War, by H. Bruce Franklin, and Turn the Guns Around: Mutinies, Soldier Revolts and Revolutions,?by my friend John Catalinotto, an organizer of the...
Courage to Resist podcast interview with Dee Knight
The world changed and I changed forever in 1968. It was really like a tidal wave. I was swept up in a torrent of change.
The canonization of Bush Sr.
The recent fawning canonization of George HW Bush (senior) on the occasion of his death was really too much for me. So I appreciate the comments of Glen Ford of Blackagendareport.com. He said, in part:? The daily whitewashing of imperial crimes that masquerades as...
Turn the Guns Around!
Turn the Guns Around: Mutinies, Soldier Revolts and Revolutions,?by my friend John Catalinotto, an organizer of the American Servicemen's Union (ASU). I'll post my review (below) of this hugely important book, and am likely to refer to it from time to time. In some...