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Chomsky: Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia’s War on Ukraine Escalates
There is still hope if the U.S. withdraws from its insistence on sustaining the war to weaken Russia and defeat Putin.
![Protesters demanding an end to fossil fuel dependence that enables wars, including Russia's current war in Ukraine, demonstrate during the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1440937294-400x300.jpg)
Ukraine War Is Driving “a Gold Rush to New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure”
The Ukraine war has also had direct effects on climate change that will continue even after the fighting ends.
![Lolja Nordic at a street protest action against gender-based violence. November 25, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/3-photo_2021-11-25-400x300.jpg)
Exiled Russian Activist Challenges Pacifist Approach to Ending War on Ukraine
Russian feminist and antiwar activist Lolja Nordic explains why she supports Ukrainian resistance.
![Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the House Progressive Caucus, speaks with reporters after a vote on Capitol Hill on Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-1244207940-400x300.jpg)
House Progressives Pushed Negotiations With Russia, Then Buckled Under Pressure
The Biden administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review allows the “first use” of nuclear weapons.
![People look at the damages after a rocket attack in Mykolaiv on October 23, 2022, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1025-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
House Progressives Call on Biden to Pursue Diplomatic Talks to End Ukraine War
The lawmakers said the U.S. needs “to seriously explore all possible avenues, including direct engagement with Russia.”
![Demonstrators hold anti-nuclear war signs as they gather in the viewing area at the Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath, England, on May 21, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1021-nuclear-weapons-protest-400x300.jpg)
Scientists Warn Nuclear War Would Make the World Colder, Darker and Hungrier
A “nuclear winter” caused by a nuclear war could cause 5.3 billion people to die of starvation within two years.
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Putin Formally Declares Martial Law in Illegally Annexed Ukrainian Regions
As the war intensifies, his decree orders the creation of territorial defense forces in the four annexed regions.
![60 Years After Cuban Missile Crisis, Activists Demand World Leaders “Defuse Nuclear War”](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/seg3-NoNukes-400x300.jpg)
Nuclear Threats Escalate as NATO and Russia Plan Nuclear War Games
Activists are calling for diplomacy and demanding that world leaders steer us away from a nuclear precipice.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1017-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s National Security Strategy Is a Defense of US Domination, Not Democracy
Biden’s new imperial plan is not in the interest of the world's people.
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66 Countries at the UN General Assembly Urge Ukraine-Russia Negotiations
As the war in Ukraine appears to be escalating, there are growing calls for the U.S. to push for diplomacy.