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No Exit: Two Ukraine Peace Proposals Going Nowhere

17Mar

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Russia, Ukraine

No Exit: Two Ukraine Peace Proposals Going Nowhere

BY MEL GURTOV Photo by Bekky Bekks Two Very Different Paths to Peace Two proposals for bringing peace in Russia’s war on Ukraine were issued on nearly the same day last month: a UN General Assembly resolution on February 23 and a Chinese plan on February 24. Neither proposal has a ghost of a chance of being implemented, even though one—the UN resolution—received overwhelming approval. The UN resolution passed the General Assembly by a vote of 141-7, with 32 abstentions. The resolution is based squarely on the UN Charter’s protection of national sovereignty and opposition to aggression. It was put before the General Assembly under the same procedure—the Uniting for Peace Resolution—that was used in 1950 to condemn North Korean aggression when the Security Cou...

17Mar

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Philippine, USA

U.S. Military Out of the Philippines

BY SEIJI YAMADA, ARCELITA IMASA, AND RICHARD ROTHSCHILLER Photograph Source: U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John Etheridge – Public Domain In January, the Philippine and US governments announced plans to allow U.S. military access to four additional bases in the Philippines. This agreement to base more U.S. military assets in the Philippines poses a threat to peace. Signaled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton writing in Foreign Policy in 2011, the Obama administration made a “pivot” from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific. Open markets in Asia provide the United States with unprecedented opportunities for investment, trade, and access to cutting-edge technology. Our economic recovery at home will depend on exports and the ability of American fir...

US Increases Dominance as World’s Top Arms Exporter

17Mar

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USA

US Increases Dominance as World’s Top Arms Exporter

U.S. Air Force members load 155 mm M777 towed howitzers onto a C-17 Globemaster III on March Air Reserve Base in California on April 27, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shawn White). "The impacts of the global arms trade aren't just about the volume of weapons delivered," said one expert, citing "a few examples of how U.S. arms deliveries can make the world a more dangerous place." BRETT WILKINS A Sweden-based research institute published a report Monday showing that the United States accounted for 40% of the world's weapons exports in the years 2018-22, selling armaments to more than 100 countries while increasing its dominance of the global arms trade. The report—entitled Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2022—was published by the Stockholm In...

60+ Faith Groups Urge Congress to ‘Dramatically’ Slash Pentagon Budget

17Mar

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USA

60+ Faith Groups Urge Congress to ‘Dramatically’ Slash Pentagon Budget

Posted by: John Phoenix Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley arrives at a news briefing at the Pentagon on May 23, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) "The country is sprinting towards a trillion-dollar budget for weapons and war," the groups wrote in a new letter. "We cannot continue down this morally bankrupt path." JAKE JOHNSON More than 60 faith-based organizations on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to impose major cuts on the bloated military budget as President Joe Biden pushes for a nearly $30 billion increase and Republicans demand even bigger spending hike. "The country is sprinting towards a trillion-dollar budget for weapons and war—propping up an expensive and harmful militarized foreign policy while people...

Nearly 400 Rights Groups Demand Biden Permanently End Family Detention

17Mar

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Human Rights, USA

Nearly 400 Rights Groups Demand Biden Permanently End Family Detention

Posted by: John Phoenix A migrant and her daughter have their biometric data entered at the intake area in a Department of Homeland Security holding facility on March 30, 2021 in Donna, Texas. (Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool/Getty Images) "No version of family detention, whether referred to as a detention facility, short-term processing center, emergency family staging center, or by any other name, is acceptable," the groups said. JULIA CONLEY Nearly 400 immigration justice and other advocacy groups on Wednesday added their voices to the call for President Joe Biden to reject family detention, amid reports that the White House is considering a revival of the practice that was used by the Trump and Obama administrations—despite the fact that it subjected thousands of fami...

Iraq War Costs Could Hit Nearly $3 Trillion by 2050

17Mar

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Iraq, USA

Iraq War Costs Could Hit Nearly $3 Trillion by 2050

U.S. troops pass in tanks through the Hands of Victory monument in Baghdad on November 13, 2003. (Photo: Technical Sgt. John L. Houghton Jr./United States Air Force) The Costs of War Project said the U.S.-led invasion and occupation "caused massive death, destruction, and political instability," killing hundreds of thousands of people while displacing millions more. BRETT WILKINS As the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq approaches, a leading research institute on Wednesday said that "the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion" by 2050. The Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs said that "this budgetary figure i...

Reparations Demanded 20 Years After US Launched ‘War-for-Profit’ in Iraq

16Mar

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Iraq, USA

Reparations Demanded 20 Years After US Launched ‘War-for-Profit’ in Iraq

Posted by: John Phoenix Detainees stand in the Abu Ghraib prison yard while waiting to be released on June 27, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: Ali Jasim-Pool/Getty Images) "We should not let the difficulty of securing justice deter us from seeking it—for Iraqis and for all others harmed by U.S. imperialism, exploitation, and genocide," said the Center for Constitutional Rights. JESSICA CORBETT Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the George W. Bush administration's illegal invasion of Iraq this weekend, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights on Wednesday renewed its call for reparations "for those harmed as a result of the U.S.'s unlawful act of aggression in its cruel, senseless, and baseless war-for-profit." "Ten years ago, we ...

For First Time, US Democratic Voters Sympathize More With Palestinians Than ‘Israelis’

16Mar

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Palestine Affairs, USA, ZIO-NAZI

For First Time, US Democratic Voters Sympathize More With Palestinians Than ‘Israelis’

Posted by: John Phoenix For First Time, US Democratic Voters Sympathize More With Palestinians Than Israelis: Poll (Photo: Joe Piette/flickr/cc) Demonstrators march in solidarity with Palestinians and against Israeli apartheid during a May 24, 2018 rally in Philadelphia. In a sign of a major shift in U.S. public perception that's largely generational, U.S. Democrats favor Palestinians by an 11-point margin. A decade ago, the gap was 36% in favor of Israelis. BRETT WILKINS www.commondreams.org Gallup poll results revealed Thursday that while, for the first time, more U.S. Democratic voters now sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis, left-leaning respondents also "want solutions that respect Israel's needs as well." According to the survey of ...

Rachel Corrie ‘Lives On in All of Us,’ Say Palestinians 20 Years After IDF Killed Activist

16Mar

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Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, USA, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Rachel Corrie ‘Lives On in All of Us,’ Say Palestinians 20 Years After IDF Killed Activist

Posted by: John Phoenix International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie faces down an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer just before it crushed her to death in Rafah, Gaza on March 16, 2003. (Photo: International Solidarity Movement/Getty Images) One Palestinian journalist said the slain American activist "became a worldwide symbol of freedom and a source of inspiration for everyone who dreams of a world of justice and peace." BRETT WILKINS Palestinian rights activists on Thursday remembered the life and legacy of Rachel Corrie, the American human rights defender who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer on March 16, 2003 while trying to shield a Palestinian home from demolition in occupied Gaza. "Rachel was 23 when she was killed. She co...

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin Over Alleged War Crimes in Ukraine

16Mar

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Russia, Ukraine

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin Over Alleged War Crimes in Ukraine

Posted by: John Phoenix Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova at the Kremlin on March 9, 2022. (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) "It is forbidden by international law for occupying powers to transfer civilians from the territory they live in to other territories," said the court's lead judge. "Children enjoy special protection under the Geneva Convention." BRETT WILKINS www.commondreams.org '' IT IS HAPPINING DAILY BY THE ISRAELI ILLEGAL OCCUPATION IN PALESTINEWILL YOU ISSUE SAME ORDER TO THE CRMINAL ZIONIST REGIME? ICC ARE JUST AMERICAN PUPPET '' John Phoenix SHOAH COMMENT The International Criminal Court on Friday issued international arrest warrants for Russian Presid...