As President of the United States, Donald Trump sabotaged key nuclear arms control agreements including the INF Treaty, the Iran nuclear agreement, and the Open Skies Treaty…
Author: Lawrence Wittner
Lawrence Wittner is a prominent American historian who has combined intellectual life with activism for peace and social justice. He's the author of nine books; his book, 'One World or None' was awarded the 1995 Warren Kuehl Book Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
OPINION: Imperialist Wars
Ultimately, it took World War II to shatter the old colonial system. In its aftermath, the imperial powers gradually abandoned their colonial rule…
OPINION: Nationalism on the Decline
As the nationalist tide has receded, governments have turned to reviving the international institutions and agreements battered during the previous years…
OPINION: Trump’s Broken Promises to US Factory Workers
During a September 2020 campaign rally in Michigan, Trump crowed: “I got you so many damn car plants.” But, in fact, no new car plants had appeared in the state….
OPINION: Still Time to Rouse Ourselves
Thanks to very substantial advances in knowledge over the centuries, plus the efforts of creative thinkers and determined reform movements, human beings have shown a remarkable ability to confront challenges…
OPINION: Let Them Eat Weapons
Against a backdrop of economic and social collapse, plus potential global destruction, the obvious thing to do is to pull out of this immensely costly and bizarre arms race…
OPINION: The End of War
If human beings behaved rationally, they would certainly recognize their common enemy and back this proposal…
OPINION: Americans Support a Non-Nuclear Future
In February 2019, when the Chicago Council surveyed Americans about US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, 54 percent opposed the action…
OPINION: What Wage Gains?
Senator Patty Murray, alluding to the 10-year gap since the last minimum wage increase, asked: “If workers do not deserve [a raise] at this time, then when do they?”
OPINION: Billionaires and American Politics
Although big money has always played an important role in U.S. political campaigns, its influence has been growing over the past decade…
OPINION: How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race?
During the late 1950s, the spiraling nuclear arms race, poverty in economically underdeveloped nations, and underfunded public services in the United States inspired considerable thought among socially-conscious Americans…
OPINION: Most Americans Reject ‘America First’ Policy
By contrast, 77 percent said the government spent “too little” on education, 71 percent said it spent “too little” on assistance to the poor, and 70 percent said it spent “too little” on improving and protecting the nation’s health…
OPINION: What Democratic Socialism Is, and Is Not
In the advanced industrial democracies, where they were elected to office on numerous occasions and defeated on others, they fostered greater economic and social equality, substantial economic growth, and political freedom…