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Month: September 2023
Caitlin Johnstone: Dying for Inches in Ukraine
That weapons systems are being tested on human bodies to the immense benefit of war profiteers over a completely avoidable and provoked war is nightmarishly depraved.
Report: Mediterranean’s Migrant Death Toll Jumps
Over 2,500 migrants died or went missing trying to cross the sea to reach Europe so far this year, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reports, noting a striking increase from last year.
The UN & War in Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies highlight a few of the numerous speeches urging diplomatic resolution of the war at this year’s General Assembly.
IMPEACHMENT: Innuendo and Evidence
Consortium News‘ Patrick Lawrence will be daily covering the U.S. House inquiry into the impeachment of President Joe Biden. This is his first report.
US House Rejects Cluster-Bomb Ban
Democrats and Republicans turned down the chance to stop the export of weapons that harm and kill civilians long after military campaigns are over.
UN Reform? Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Thomas G. Weiss says the U.N.’s highest priority should be reinforcing the system’s crumbling foundations.
UK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats
Vijay Prashad challenges the right of two old colonial powers to lord over present-day geopolitics.
Cashing in Again on Russell Brand
The media corporations now publicly reviling the influential social critic are cashing in on him again, writes Jonathan Cook. This time by bringing down the very celeb they built up.
Caitlin Johnstone: Neocons Love the Ukraine War
Bill Kristol, the neoconservative who played a pivotal role in the U.S. invasion of Iraq, makes it obvious why neocons provoked the Ukraine war and why they are loving every minute of it.