A legally-acceptable peacekeeping force can only be set up through the auspices of the United Nations Security Council and that would mean both sides of the war agreeing, writes Joe Lauria.
Getting the UN Involved in Ukraine
Category: United Nations
Australian Zionist Federation Files Complaint in Federal Court Against Journalist for Her Reporting on Gaza
The Zionist Federation of Australia has filed a formal complaint against journalist Mary Kostakidis in Australian federal court after accusing her of anti-semitism for her reporting on X, writes Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: Freeing Women From Labor Inequality
In the month of International Working Women’s Day, a look at how debt-austerity regimes and climate change impact women farmworkers across the Global South.
Palestinian Rights Are Human Rights
The arbitrary arrests and due-process violations taking place in the U.S. are what Palestinians have known for eight decades under Israeli military occupation, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Israel’s Most Explicit Statement of Genocidal Intent
The Israeli defense minister is simply following Trump’s position and reiterating what everyone who isn’t a blinkered partisan hack knew Trump was saying two weeks ago, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Craig Murray: Genocidal Western ‘Democracy’
Israel’s U.S.-supported massacres of Palestinians, Trump’s seizure of Mahmoud Khalil and the C.I.A. spying on Julian Assange all tie together.
The Phony Ceasefire
Knowing well in advance that Russia would reject it, the U.S. and Ukraine announced with fanfare that its ceasefire deal was in “Russia’s court” in what was an exercise of pure public relations, writes Joe Lauria.
International Law’s Fight for Relevance
Ramzy Baroud on the possibility that West-centered legal institutions are capable of change.
Vijay Prashad: Washington’s IMF Stranglehold
In the deeply undemocratic institution, the U.S. effectively holds a veto over any major changes and molds policies according to its whims.
Jeffrey Sachs: Negotiating Lasting Peace in Ukraine
Ukraine will have to cede more territory than it would have in April 2022 — when the U.S. and U.K. talked it out of a peace deal — but it will gain sovereignty and international security arrangements.