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Nicolas J.S. Davies is an independent journalist, a researcher for CODEPINK and the author of "Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq."

A picture taken on July 9, 2017, shows smoke billowing following an airstrike by US-led international coalition forces targeting Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul. Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in the city. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine convince the U.S. to consider its recent past?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The 75th-anniversary marks the end of the Great Patriotic War when the Nazi's capitulated to the then Soviet Union. (Ramil Sitdikov - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)

As a new Cold War with Russia heats up, the danger of nuclear doomsday is real all over again

Nicolas J.S. Davies
Ukrainian veterans of the 'Azov' volunteer battalion attend a rally dedicated to the Volunteer Day in honor of volonteer fighters who joined Ukrainian Army at a war conflict at eastern the country regions, in downtown of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14 March, 2020. Several thousands Ukrainians including servicemen, volunteers and their supporters marched in central of Ukrainian capital despite the ban on holding mass events because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Are there really neo-Nazis fighting for Ukraine? Well, yes — but it’s a long story

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Armored personnel carrier (APC) of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. - The tanks have to restore their combat capability after completing a combat mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine. (SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)

What’s going to happen in Ukraine? Total war, nothing at all or somewhere in between?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hey, America: There’s already a diplomatic solution in Ukraine — the 2015 Minsk Protocol

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train in a forest on Jan. 22, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

In the rapidly worsening Ukraine fiasco, the U.S. is reaping exactly what it sowed

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Donad Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

After a year of Joe Biden, how come we still have Donald Trump’s foreign policy?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. drops an average of 46 bombs a day: Why should the world see us as a force for peace?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Joe Biden | Razor wire tops the fence of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s ironic “Summit for Democracy”: Sounds good, but plagued by contradictions

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
US Army helicopters are parked in the port of Alexandroupoli, Northern Greece, on December 3, 2021. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress loots the Treasury for U.S. war machine — while bickering over Build Back Better

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Participants of the war with Russia backed separatists on the east of Ukraine, activists of Right Sector, far-right movement hold flags as they march after their rally called "Stop the creeping occupation!" outside the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev on November 4, 2021. - Protesters warned the authorities about the danger of increasing separatism in the regions bordering Russia which might undermine the stability and territorial integrity of Ukraine. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S.-Russia confrontation over Ukraine threatens to become all-out war — but why?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Climate activists from 'Fridays for Future' take part in a protest against the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 between the Pyramid of Cestius and Circo Massimo in Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

As COP26 convenes in Glasgow, can a “climate action army” in the streets save the world?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Protesters march through Uptown, the Charlotte the business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) September 2, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Neoliberalism vs. the planet’s future: It’s a decisive moment — and there are signs of hope

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is parked on the tarmac at the Payerne Air Base as a Boeing McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet takes off in the background, during flight and ground tests, as Switzerland is looking for a new fighter jet to replace its aging fleet, on June 7, 2019 in Payerne. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress fights over money for child care — but never questions billions for war

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Toy soldier fighting on money (Getty Images)

American militarism is even worse than you think — it’s had a toxic effect on climate policy

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
A peace activist holds a peace sign (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

With the 9/11 anniversary behind us, can America wake up from its 20-year nightmare?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Recently-arrived refugees from Afghanistan seen at a temporary camp at the U.S. Army's Rhine Ordnance Barracks (ROB), where they are being temporarily housed, on August 30, 2021 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Several U.S. military facilities with the capacity to house up to several thousand evacuees are participating, in an operation called Operation Allied Refuge. (Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)

Will the Afghan crisis finally bring down the U.S. empire of war, corruption and poverty?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Anti-war protest at the Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday, October 6, 2002. Over 4,000 people gathered to voice their oppositon to a war against Iraq. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Some Americans were right all along on Afghanistan. Will their voices still be ignored?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
A B-52 drops an X-15 rocket plane after carrying it to launching altitude for a test flight (Dean Conger/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bombing Afghan cities with B-52s is pointless and brutal — Biden must end this

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

America’s war in Afghanistan is finally over — so what about Iraq and Iran?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Supporters of Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi cheer at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021. - On June 19 the 60-year-old was named the winner of the Islamic republic's presidential election, set to take over from moderate Hassan Rouhani in August. (MOHSEN ESMAEILZADEH/ISNA NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s foreign policy dithering helped elect a hard-liner in Iran. What happens now?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Students wearing face masks stand in a queue to get their temperatures checked at the Marie Curie school in Hanoi on May 4, 2020, as schools re-opened after a three-month closure to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

We need a people’s vaccine — not just to fight the virus but to fight for global economic justice

Nicolas J.S. Davies
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken | Destroyed residential buildings in Palestine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tony Blinken talks about a “rules-based order” — does he mean the U.S. gets to make the rules?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Smoke and flames rise after Israeli fighter jets conducted airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza on May 13, 2021. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How U.S. foreign policy helps kill Palestinians — as it’s doing right now

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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