From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media's veneration of Zelensky; the European Union's self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on...
US Fighting Russia ‘to the Last Ukrainian’: Veteran US Diplomat Chas Freeman
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté Chas Freeman, a retired senior US diplomat, analyzes Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US role, and the geopolitical fallout. "Everything we are doing, rather than accelerate an end to the fighting and some compromise, seems...
Aaron Maté and Richard Sakwa on Putin Recognizing Donbas
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté After weeks of US claims that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, Vladimir Putin instead recognized the breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. The decision has triggered a new round of US-led sanctions while...
Aaron Maté and Andrew Cockburn: From Ukraine to Yemen, US Arms Industry Reaps the Spoils of War
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté The US is pouring more weapons into Ukraine amid bellicose threats against Russia and the US-backed Saudi war on Yemen continues to massacre civilians. But not everyone sees a downside: “I fully expect we’re going to see...
Aaron Maté: US and UK Escalate Russia War Fever, but NATO Splits Over Ukraine Emerge
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté The US and UK are ramping up threats to Russia over Ukraine by sending more weapons, vowing more sanctions, and lodging evidence-free claims of a Russian plot to install a pro-Kremlin leader. But comments by Germany's navy...
US War Lobby Fuels Conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Syria: Aaron Maté interviews Col. Douglas Macgregor
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté Douglas Macgregor, a retired US Army Colonel and former Pentagon senior advisor, analyzes the US-Russia standoff in Ukraine; the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trump's failure to act on 2016 campaign...
How the OPCW’s Syria Probe Censored Science (video)
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté New reports explore how the OPCW suppressed findings that undermined US-led allegations of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. Dr. Piers Robinson and Aaron Maté discuss the latest revelations on how the...
Biden Keeps Trump’s Crushing Sanctions Yet Blames Iran for Nuclear Impasse
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté At the Vienna talks on restoring the Iran nuclear deal, the US and EU are accusing Iran of refusing to compromise. Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor advising the Iran delegation in Vienna, says that the...
War in Ukraine? NATO Expansion Drives Conflict With Russia
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté Russia is seeking a legally binding pledge that NATO will stop expanding east, including to Ukraine. If the US refuses, is war next? Scholar and author Richard Sakwa analyzes the growing Russia-Ukraine conflict and how...
Crowdstrike One of Russiagate’s ‘Biggest Culprits’: Ex-House Investigator
From The Grayzone: As a top investigator on the House Intelligence Committee, Kash Patel helped uncover the Clinton campaign’s funding of the Steele dossier and the FBI’s extensive and deceptive reliance on it. Patel joins Aaron Maté to discuss Steele’s new attempt to...


