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Annals of the Ukraine War: Year Two

by Eve Ottenberg, published on Counterpunch, June 9, 2023 From the human-caused climate catastrophe to a nuclear showdown between Washington and Moscow or Beijing, to fascism ascendant, three terrifying disasters loom over humanity like the shadow of death. These threats have lurked for some years, but the Ukraine war, facilitated by Joe Biden’s arrival in the white house in 2021[…]

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“A Timely Call for Peace in Ukraine by U.S. National Security Experts”

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, May 16, 2023 Most of those who signed have been in the antiwar camp since the beginning of the Iraq war, but not the anti-imperialism camp.  It is easy to end the Ukraine war; it is merely necessary to stop providing weapons to Ukraine.  The Russians won’t massacre an unarmed force.  They[…]

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The Worst Deal Ever – Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity

by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, March 15, 2023 Interesting analysis from Bernhard regarding the AUKUS Submarines deal.  It would appear that Europe isn’t the only place where the U.S. is actively undermining allies for short term gain. [jb] In the last week’s review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I[…]

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Incentivizing Russia To Hit NATO

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 27, 2023 The omnicidal war fiends won the debate over sending tanks to Ukraine, so now it’s time to start arguing for sending F-16s. In an article “Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after securing tank supplies,” Reuters reports the following: “Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such[…]

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What Can the United States Bring to the Peace Table for Ukraine?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has just issued its 2023 Doomsday Clock statement, calling this “a time of unprecedented danger.” It has advanced the hands of the clock to 90 seconds to midnight, meaning that the world is closer to global catastrophe than ever before, mainly because the conflict in Ukraine[…]

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Ukraine War Tolls Death Knell for NATO

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on The People’s Dispatch, December 26, 2022 Ho Ho Ho and A Merry Christmas to You Too  [jb] The defining moment in US President Joe Biden’s press conference at the White House last Wednesday, December 21, during President Zelensky’s visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European[…]

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Ukraine as Weapons Testing Site

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, A surprisingly frank article in The New York Times, “Western Allies Look to Ukraine as a Testing Ground for Weapons” describes how the imperial war machine is capitalising on the U.S. proxy war to test its weapons for future use. “Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and[…]

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What Germany’s Rearmament Means for World Peace

by Michael Makowski, published by The Progressive, April 27, 2022 Three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood before the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in an emergency gathering to announce the biggest change to German foreign policy since World War II. “Wir erleben eine Zeitenwende,” he said. “We are experiencing a Zeitenwende.” The Zeitenwende—a watershed moment, a[…]

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With Clenched Fists They Spend Money on Weapons as the Planet Burns

by Vijay Prashad, published on The Tricontinental Newsletter, May 5, 2022 Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations’ Secretary General António Guterres. The report, he said, ‘is a litany[…]

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