(2023-10-06). Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Jeffrey D. Sachs — Oct, 4, 2023 | Four Events Have Shattered NATO's Drive For Enlargement Eastward. | Now, decisions by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for the entire world's peace, security and wellbeing. | We are entering the end stage of the 30-year U.S. neoconservative debacle in Ukraine. The neocon plan to surround Russia in the Black Sea region by NATO has failed. Decisions now by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for peace, security, and wellbeing for the entire world. | Four events have shattered the neocon hopes for NATO enlargement eastward, to Ukraine, Georgia, and onward.
(2023-10-06). Why Veterans Are Calling For Peace In Ukraine. popularresistance.org In Ukraine right now, we have a stalemated war of attrition, where as Caitlin Johnstone writes, "soldiers are being killed and maimed in a battle for inches. At least tens of thousands have died in this war with hundreds of thousands wounded, all for those teeny, tiny little blips on the map. Ukraine is now freckled with more landmines than anywhere else on earth, which experts say will take decades to clear. This giant deathtrap is exacerbated by the cluster munitions that are covering the land with greater and greater frequency, which will go on to detonate and kill civilians (mostly children) for years to come…
(2023-10-06). US Sanctions Missing From Coverage of Russia's Cuban Soldiers. orinocotribune.com 
By Julie Hollar — Oct 4, 2023 | When Cubans began telling Reports emerged that Cuban recruits were promised citizenship and a monthly salary far higher than what most Cubans could ever hope…