Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

The provocations behind the ‘unprovoked’ War

by Phil Wilayto, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 23, 2022 A simple explanation.  You should try it out on your local newspaper if they have a Speakout section or a place for a longer oped piece open to public submission.  [jb] Back in 1949, the United States, Canada and 10 Western European countries formed a military alliance called the[…]

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G7, NATO and BRICS Summits Confirm a Global Divide

by Sara Flounders, published on International Action Center, July 8, 2022 Three very different international meetings were held during the week of June 23-30. The three “summits” confirm a growing global divide. It is worth examining these meetings; who attended, and especially what they projected. Two focused on confrontation and military escalation — in sharp contrast to the first –[…]

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The Fantasy of Fanaticism

by Scott Ritter, published on Consortium News, June 25, 2022 The overwhelming hypocrisy of NATO laid bare.  [jb] For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated Western media coverage of Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine. In a stunning admission, Oleksandr[…]

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NATO and Africa: A Relationship of Colonial Violence and Structural White Supremacy

by Djibo Sobukwe, published on Black Agenda Report,  February 27, 2022 Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO’s bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism. In[…]

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Turkey Retracts Veto on Sweden, Finland Joining NATO

by Ulaş Ateşçi, published on World Socialist Website,  June 30, 2022 On the eve of the NATO summit focusing on war against Russia in Ukraine as well as confronting China, top officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland agreed on Tuesday in Madrid to a trilateral memorandum of understanding allowing Stockholm’s and Helsinki’s entry into the military alliance. After a meeting[…]

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Protests at the NATO Summit

by Joe Lombardo, June 28, 2022 During the weekend before the NATO meeting in Madrid, Spain, on June 28 – 30, thousands rallied in the streets and meeting halls of the city in opposition to the NATO summit.  Protesters include people from the United States including Joe Lombardo, coordinator of UNAC and other UNAC members along with Ann Wright, Paki[…]

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Democratizing the United Nations to Save the World

by Professor Sofia M. Clark, published on Global Research, June 13, 2022 “Those of us who do understand the nefariousness of the empire, and the ever-increasing danger it represents, must be clear that the effective defense of life on planet Earth, including that of the human species itself, inexorably demands the existence of an independent and democratic world forum for[…]

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