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What’s Driving ‘Irregular’ Cuban Emigration to the United States?

6Feb

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Cuba, USA

What’s Driving ‘Irregular’ Cuban Emigration to the United States?

BY HELEN YAFFE Photo by Ricardo IV Tamayo In 2022, an unprecedented number of Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular, or ‘illegal’ channels. Historically the United States has encouraged and weaponised Cuban emigration. Cuban migrants fuel US propaganda about the failure of socialism and about political persecution and the lack of freedom and human rights on the island. However, it is an issue which can spiral out of control, forcing US administrations into dialogue with the Cuban government in the past. The current surge is creating political problems for President Biden as his opponents exploit the issue for electoral gain. As a result, in January 2023 the administration introduced legislation that it hopes will halt the wave of ‘illegal’ Cuban entrants and...

6Feb

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Germany, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Tank Problem

BY BINOY KAMPMARK Photograph Source: Fric.matej – CC BY-SA 4.0 It seems to be a case of little provision for so much supposed effect. The debates, the squabbles, the to-and-fro about supplying Ukraine with tanks from Western arsenals has served to confirm one thing: this is an ever-broadening war between the West against Russia with Ukraine an experimental proxy convinced it will win through. Efforts to limit the deepening conflict continue to be seen as the quailing sentiments of appeasers, the wobbly types who find democracy a less than lovable thing. So far, promises have been made to ship the US M1A2 Abrams, Germany’s Leopard 2 and the UK’s Challenger. Others have alluded to doing the same thing – including France regarding its Leclerc tanks – but tardiness fills the...

6Feb

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USA

The Pentagon’s Perpetual Crisis Machine

BY JACOB HORNBERGER Given President Biden’s decision to send 31 of its top-ranked M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, it is clear that the Pentagon has decided to escalate its war against Russia. Biden’s decision was followed by Germany’s decision to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine. I’ll guarantee you there isn’t a Russian alive who doesn’t know about the time in the 1940s when Germany sent its tanks deep into Russia, killed millions of Russians, and almost succeeded in conquering the country. If the increasing pressure that the Pentagon is putting on Russia does not result in a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, the advocates of this highly dangerous interventionist and escalatory strategy will later exclaim, “You see, we told you that there was never a ri...

Nazi regime Strange Ambivalence on Ukraine

6Feb

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Ukraine, ZIO-NAZI

Nazi regime Strange Ambivalence on Ukraine

Israel’s Strange Ambivalence on Ukraine BY JOHN FEFFER There are currently only two Jewish heads of state in the world. The first, not surprisingly, leads Israel. The second is Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. They don’t get along. Religious affiliation by itself does not determine political or military alliances. Plenty of wars have pitted Christians against Christians and Moslems against Moslems. But there are only about 15 million Jews in the world. Especially in the post-Holocaust era, Jewish communities have generally stuck up for one another. Think of American Jews rallying in support of Soviet refuseniks during the Cold War or the huge number of Ethiopian Jews welcomed in Israel (though not always with completely open arms). Zelensky ha...

How America’s Insurrectionists Crossed the Rubicon of History

6Feb

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USA

How America’s Insurrectionists Crossed the Rubicon of History

BY KAREN J. GREENBERG Photograph Source: Tyler Merbler – CC BY 2.0 Americans tuning into the television news on January 8th eyed a disturbingly recognizable scene. In an “eerily familiar” moment of “déjà vu,” just two years and two days after the January 6th Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C., a mob of thousands stormed government buildings in the capital city of another country — Brazil. In Brasilia, what New York Times columnist Ross Douthat ominously labelled “the first major international imitation of our Capitol riot” seemed to be taking place. As the optics suggested, there were parallels indeed, underscoring a previously underappreciated fragility in our democratic framework: the period of transition between presidencies. Wreaking Havo...

5Feb

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Ukraine

The Ukraine War and International Law

BY LAWRENCE WITTNER Photograph Source: Dsns.gov.ua – CC BY 4.0 The Ukraine War has provided a challenging time for the nations of the world and, particularly, for international law. Since antiquity, far-sighted thinkers have worked on developing rules of behavior among nations in connection with war, diplomacy, economic relations, human rights, international crime, global communications, and the environment. Defined as international law, this “law of nations” is based on treaties or, in some cases, international custom. Some of the best-known of these international legal norms are outlined in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Geneva Conventions. The UN Charter is particularly relevant to t...

Baiting the Russian Bear: How clever is that?

5Feb

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Europe, Russia, United Kingdom, USA

Baiting the Russian Bear: How clever is that?

An open letter to my MP, Rt Hon Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland By Stuart Littlewood Dear Mr Jack, Have I missed something, or is our government investing billions of pounds of our money in a belligerent campaign against the world’s largest country – and in the process putting us all in harm’s way – without even a vote in Parliament? “… Ukraine is a world-leading hotbed for arms smuggling, and the weapons the West supplies may well end up in the wrong hands…” Yes, the House of Commons “considered the situation in Ukraine” back in March when MPs were hot under the collar from the half-truths and one-sided reports they were fed. On that occasion the minister, James Cleverly, called Russia’s intervention an unprovoked attack and told the House: “We wil...

Urgent need for peace as interference in Ukraine turns into a nightmare for the West

5Feb

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Europe, Russia, Ukraine, USA

Urgent need for peace as interference in Ukraine turns into a nightmare for the West

By Stuart Littlewood The decision to slap mighty Russia with sanctions and effectively declare economic war on this key supplier of energy, foodstuffs and precious metals, among other things, then provide weapons and know-how to Russia’s enemy without a proper explanation or even a vote in Parliament, has spectacularly backfired as everyone with half a brain knew it would. The secretary of state for Scotland, who also happens to be my MP, ignored my earlier letter on the subject, so I’ve written to him again. To: Rt Hon Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland Dear Mr Jack, Baiting the Russian Bear I wrote to you three weeks ago asking why the government threw caution to the wind and backed Ukraine against Russia, knowing that doing so would seriously hurt...

Poking the Russian Bear: Crude British propaganda at play

5Feb

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Russia, Ukraine

Poking the Russian Bear: Crude British propaganda at play

UK government minister ducks straight questions, serves up propaganda swill instead Stuart Littlewood writes: After five weeks I’ve finally received a reply (of sorts) to a letter to my MP which began: “Have I missed something, or is our government investing billions of pounds of our money in a belligerent campaign against the world’s largest country – and in the process putting us all in harm’s way – without even a vote in Parliament?”FCDO-reply-to-Alister-Jack-re-Ukraine I say a reply “of sorts” because it ducks the questions and just regurgitates the Foreign Office’s pro forma propaganda. It comes from Graham Stuart (pictured above), who was minister of state for Europe when he signed it on 5 September. He’s now something else – climate supremo, I believe – ...

Letter to Alister Jack, MP: UK government cares more for Ukraine regime than the health and welfare of our own people

5Feb

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Ukraine, United Kingdom

Letter to Alister Jack, MP: UK government cares more for Ukraine regime than the health and welfare of our own people

By Stuart Littlewood Rt Hon Alister Jack, MP for Dumfries & Galloway and Secretary of State for Scotland Dear Mr Jack, With £2.5 trillions of debt how can we put foreign military adventures above priorities such as properly funding the NHS and treating our nurses decently? I wrote weeks ago asking if you would kindly explain why the UK has embroiled itself so enthusiastically in the Ukraine war. The Kremlin thinks its intervention is justified, given recent history and the increasing threat to Russia’s security. NATO allies, especially America, see it as a great opportunity to wage a proxy war against Russia and profit from exploiting the huge natural resources of a wrecked Ukraine afterwards; and they have spent years preparing the ground. No blood gets spilt ...