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Author Archives: John Walsh

John V Walsh, until recently a professor of physiology and neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, has written on issues of peace and health care for the San Francisco Chronicle, EastBayTimes/San Jose Mercury News, Asia Times, LA Progressive, Antiwar.com, CounterPunch and others.

Posted inOpinion

The first US onslaught to ‘weaken’ post-Cold War Russia

by John Walsh January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

The first post-Cold War assault on Russia by the West began in the early 1990s well before the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It took the form of a US-induced economic depression in Russia that was deeper and more disastrous than the Great Depression that devastated the US in the 1930s.  And it came […]

Posted inSatire

If Zelensky called Tsai after her electoral rout …

by John Walsh December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Democratic Party now the leading US party of war

by John Walsh September 28, 2022September 28, 2022
Posted inSatire

Biden postmortem on Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

by John Walsh August 25, 2022August 25, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Covid death toll vs China’s puts US to shame

by John Walsh June 27, 2022June 27, 2022
Posted inOpinion

NYT repudiates drive for ‘decisive military victory’ in Ukraine

by John Walsh May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
Posted inOpinion

NY Times shifts pro-war narrative

by John Walsh May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Posted inOpinion

On Ukraine, world majority sides with Russia over US

by John Walsh May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Posted inOpinion

An antidote to the ‘split’ in US peace movement

by John Walsh April 10, 2022April 8, 2022
Posted inSatire

If Zelensky phoned Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen …

by John Walsh March 21, 2022March 21, 2022
Posted inOpinion

WWII redux: The endpoint of US policy

by John Walsh February 21, 2022February 21, 2022
Posted inOpinion

NYT equates China’s health workers with Adolf Eichmann

by John Walsh January 19, 2022January 19, 2022
Posted inSatire

The Psecret Pspeech of Jen Psaki

by John Walsh November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Biden and Congress agree: Build Back Bombs Better

by John Walsh November 8, 2021November 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

US media oddly quiet on nuke sub collision in South China Sea

by John Walsh November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Biden exits Afghanistan, heads in the wrong direction

by John Walsh September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Biden’s quest for ‘intel’ on Covid origin a bad joke

by John Walsh August 23, 2021August 23, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Stark contradiction at root of US-China conflict

by John Walsh May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
Posted inOpinion

US record on Covid crisis will ‘live in infamy’

by John Walsh January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
Posted inOpinion

China’s Covid reporting truthful, contrary to US rhetoric

by John Walsh April 27, 2020April 28, 2020

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