Analysis, Frank Ledwidge* – Asia Times / The Conversation It is now official US and NATO policy to damage Russia’s armed forces to a degree that it will take a very long time to recover Nothing like a coherent strategy emerged from 20 years of NATO’s war in Afghanistan; at best…
Interview with Roberto Savio – by Cecilia Capanna The intrinsic limits and contradictions of the United Nations Peace to be pursued, war crimes to be persecuted: this was the main mission of the United Nations at its birth, this was the great illusion in 77 years of wars…
By Adam Tooze* – The Guardian The aim of the billions committed through the Lend-Lease plan could tip the geopolitical balance. History may be about to repeat itself In the spring of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Washington DC seems haunted by the ghosts of history.
By Richard Rubenstein – CounterPunch Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, it was fair to call the ensuing conflict “Putin’s war.” True, the U.S. and Europe could probably have avoided the invasion by calling a halt to NATO expansion and negotiating seriously…
By Anthony Feinstein* – Special to the Globe and Mail From Oslo, the co-founder of the Democratic Voice of Burma radio station tries to get the raw facts about a homeland he hasn’t seen in 24 years When Myanmarese journalist Aye Chan Naing was 22 years old, he did something…
Speedie* – Independent Media Institute As Americans ingest the constant feed of dire reports and heartbreaking photographs from the war in Ukraine, it behooves us to look at Europe’s views of a European conflict. First, these views are far from harmonious; there is, as the…
By Farhana Haque Rahman* The UN will be commemorating World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The following article is part of a series of IPS features and opinion pieces focused on media freedom globally.
Davies* – CODEPINK On April 21st, President Biden announced new shipments of weapons to Ukraine, at a cost of $800 million to U.S. taxpayers. On April 25th, Secretaries Blinken and Austin announced over $300 million more military aid.
By Frances Madeson* – Truthout The call came at 4 am. Emmanuel Tabili immediately leapt out of bed, jolted awake by the thought of trouble in his home country of Cameroon, 8,000 miles away in west Africa. He was relieved to recognize a work number.
Jeremy Corbyn*- Globetrotter/Morning Star With Russian shells raining down on Ukrainian cities, an uneasy ceasefire in Yemen, the attack on Palestinians at prayer in Jerusalem and many other conflicts around the world, it might seem to some to be inappropriate to talk…
