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.
The UN & War in Ukraine
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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.
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.
When Zelensky Brought a Nazi to the Greek Parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brought along an Azov Nazi of Greek heritage to his speech to the Greek Parliament on April 7, 2022 and all hell broke loose, reported Joe Lauria.
Honored Nazi Exposes Canada’s Longstanding Ukraine Policy
By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada has highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war Nazi SS veterans, writes Max Blumenthal.
Apologies in Canada for Honoring Ukrainian Nazi
The speaker of Ottawa’s House of Commons drew backlash for his Zelensky-backed tribute to Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian who fought for a notorious Nazi military unit during World War II.
Caitlin Johnstone: Bravado on the Nuclear Brink
Sean Penn — who is now plugging his new Zelensky movie — says it’s cowardly not to risk the life of every terrestrial organism on earth to achieve U.S. military objectives.
Get Ready for ‘Ukraine War into the 2030s’
Demanding Russia end its aggressions without the west agreeing to end its own aggressions that led to this conflict is demanding Russia submit to being ruled and dominated by the western empire, says Caitlin Johnstone.