By Khury Petersen-Smith* – Truthout Today, people around the world are demonstrating against the disastrous Russian invasion of Ukraine, and rallying against potential escalation and expansion of the war by other world powers. The current invasion is raising a dilemma…
By Michael Shank* – Newsweek Citizens around the world are setting a new and impressive precedent in engaging in international affairs. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised a level of interest that dwarfs that of other recent conflicts or wars.
BY LAURENZ GEHRKE – POLITICO Those close to the Russian leader who don’t distance themselves from his war are being sidelined. BERLIN — Russian artists are being asked to speak out against Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine or risk losing work across Europe. On Tuesday…
By Lorenzo Tondo – Emmanuel Akinwotu (*) – The Guardian Non-white refugees face violence and racist abuse in Przemyśl, as police warn of fake reports of ‘migrants committing crimes’ Women from South Africa and Zambia, who were studying medicine in Kyiv, at Medyka border crossing…
By Jonathan Ng * – Truthout In February, a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting hunched over a 13-foot table with French President Emmanuel Macron circulated the globe. News about their sprawling table and sumptuous seven-course dinner was…
Polychroniou* – Truthout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took much of the world by surprise. It is an unprovoked and unjustified attack that will go down in history as one of the major war crimes of the 21st century, argues Noam Chomsky in the exclusive interview…
By UN NEWS Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced mass displacement. “Between April and November 2021, we have received…
By Michael von der Schulenburg* – Wall Street International Magazine Are we facing a new undesirable European security architecture to emerge? Russia has attacked Ukraine on a broad front with overwhelming military power, and this without being directly provoked. It is a war of…
By Festus Iyorah – Al Jazeera A lack of infrastructure, not capacity, could hurt the continent’s plan to supply gas to Europe in Russia’s stead. Lagos, Nigeria, 1 Mar 2022 – On February 22, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced during a news conference that the…
By Michael Hudson* – Naked Capitalism The MIC, BARE and OGAM Conquer NATO My old boss Herman Kahn, with whom I worked at the Hudson Institute in the 1970s, had a set speech that he would give at public meetings. He said that back in high school in Los Angeles, his teachers would…
