by Kathy Kelly,* USA
(8 April 2022) The United Nations’ goal was to raise1 more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in.
by Jacques Baud,* Brussels
(4 April 2022) You do not win a war with prejudices: you lose it. Unfortunately, the picture we have of the conflict in Ukraine tends to lead us in the wrong direction. In order to understand its latest developments and to have a clearer vision of the potential options for a political resolution, we need a more objective analysis of the situation.
by Joe Lauria,* Special to Consortium News
(4 April 2022) Two leaked stories from the Pentagon have exposed the lies of mainstream media about how Russia is conducting the Ukraine war in a bid to counter propaganda intended to get NATO into the conflict, writes Joe Lauria.
by Greg Mello,* Los Alamos Study Group, March 7, 2022
(28 March 2022) «One of the most respected and best informed anti-nuclear war groups in the world is the Los Alamos Study Group. Founded at the end of the Cold War in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the first nuclear bombs were designed and built, the LASG’s aim of taking nuclear weapons out of foreign policy. I
by Manlio Dinucci, Italy*
(28 March 2022) If one takes a little distance from very disturbing events, the war in Ukraine is not a Russian initiative, even if Russia has taken the initiative of fighting by bypassing the Ukrainian forces that were preparing to attack Crimea and the Donbass. It was already planned in 2019, as shown by the Rand Corporation plan submitted to the House of Representatives on 5 September 2019.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar*
(28 March 2022) Traditionally, the Chinese foreign minister holds press conferences on the margins of the sessions of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The press conference by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi1 on Sunday marking the fifth session of the 13th NPC had added significance due to the confrontation between the US and Russia, an epochal event.