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Nuclear Extortion? Abolish Nuclear Weapons
USA

Nuclear Extortion? Abolish Nuclear Weapons

BY MEDEA BENJAMIN - MARCY WINOGRAD Image by Pablo Stanic. In a moment of candor, President Biden told Democratic Party contributors the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is the highest since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from Florida. Referring to Russian President Putin’s veiled threats to use short-range nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the President added it was the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis such a “direct threat” had been issued. Not true. The US has a history of nuclear extortion. In 1950, during the Korean War, President Truman said launching nuclear weapons was under “active consideration” against Chinese troops in North Korea. In 1953, President Eisenhower–who later denounced ...
Back From the Brink: Preventing Nuclear War in Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine

Back From the Brink: Preventing Nuclear War in Ukraine

BY ROBERT MOORE Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair As Russian President Putin faces continuing military losses in Ukraine, he has ratcheted up his nuclear saber rattling. His efforts to call up 300,000 more Russian soldiers are facing major resistance, and he is encountering increasing criticism from Russian elites for his disastrous leadership of a war based on catastrophic miscalculations. Russia has a policy that if they appear to be on the verge of losing a military conflict—and they have just lost a vast area previously occupied by the Russian army—they are willing to use so-called tactical (“smaller”) nuclear weapons to intimidate an opponent to back off and make concessions. Experts are warning that we may be closer to nuclear weapons use than we’ve been since the Cu...
Our Human Irony: Fire People on a Fire Planet
Environment

Our Human Irony: Fire People on a Fire Planet

BY PATRICK MAZZA Photo by Adam Wilson Upon our mastery of fire has humanity risen to global dominance. It is the most powerful tool employed by our toolmaking species, and the energy with which we make our tools and run them, from chainsaws to computers.  The fires we have unlocked are also the greatest threat to our existence, from the fossil fuel combustion that is changing the climate to nuclear weapons that hold the potential for world-ending immolation “We are uniquely fire creatures on a fire planet,” the great historian of fire, Stephen J. Pyne, begins his global history of flame, World Fire.  In the solar system, he explains, only Earth has the oxygen atmosphere and carbon fuels that can support fire. “More disturbing, the planet possesses a creatu...
Bad Leaders, Declining Nations: UK, Italy and Russia
Italy, Russia, Ukraine

Bad Leaders, Declining Nations: UK, Italy and Russia

BY PATRICK COCKBURN Photograph Source: Photo by Don Fontijn Countries in decline are dangerous and unpredictable beasts. They may produce leaders who attempt to reverse the process by some adventurous action that has not been tried before. This usually turns out to be far riskier than they imagined, but they cannot retreat as their own political existence is now at stake. The anti-declinist political syndrome is now at its most lethal in Russia, Britain and Italy – with predictably self-destructive results. By far the most calamitous attempt at national revival was that by Vladimir Putin, when he invaded Ukraine on 24 February, in the fixed belief that his armies would face no resistance. In a more minor key, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng claimed to be jump-starting a ...
Nazi Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Ramallah, Jenin, And Hebron
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Nazi Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Ramallah, Jenin, And Hebron

Nazi soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the occupied West Bank in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron, confiscated surveillance recordings, and abducted five Palestinians. In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Edrees Al-Abed from his home in Kobar town, Salahuddin Ibrahim Zobeidi from the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, and Tha’er Yousef Hamadan from his home in Beit Sira village. In Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the Nazi soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of the city, searched and ransacked many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians before abducting a young man, Mohammad Saho. The Nazi soldiers also invaded Rommana village near Jenin, searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians before confiscating surveillance equipment and reco...
Jerusalem: Nazi Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Jerusalem: Nazi Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians

Nazi soldiers abducted eleven Palestinians, including one woman, from their homes in Nazi occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media sources said many Nazi army jeeps invaded the Shu’fat refugee camp before the soldiers stormed, ransacked many homes, and abducted seven Palestinians. Five of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as Bilal Jahalin and his sister, Fadi Sa’ad, Ahmad Taha, and Atef Tamimi. The Nazi soldiers also invaded Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, searched homes, and abducted Fadi Sa’ad, Amhad Abu Rajab, and Nader Abu Rajab. In Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem, the Nazi soldiers assaulted a teenage boy, Shadi Soheil Khouri, 16, causing various wounds before abducting him. It is worth mentioning that the army continued the strict siege on the S...
65 Organisations Send a Letter to the New High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

65 Organisations Send a Letter to the New High Commissioner for Human Rights

Al-Haq: “65 Organisations Send a Letter to the New High Commissioner for Human Rights, Urging for Concrete Measures to Ensure Justice and Accountability for the Palestinian People” Al-Haq: On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, welcoming him in his new position and highlighting some of the recent alarming Israeli policies and practices imposed against Palestinians. Specifically, the letter underscored Israel’s 15-year-old closure and blockade of the Gaza Strip; Israel’s escalation in its invasive military incursions into Palestinian cities in recent months; and its closure as acts of collective punishment of Shu’fat Refugee Camp and ‘Anata; as well as an...
Palestine: Foreign Ministry Welcomes Australia’s Decision On Jerusalem, Calls For Recognition Of State Of Palestine
Australia, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Palestine: Foreign Ministry Welcomes Australia’s Decision On Jerusalem, Calls For Recognition Of State Of Palestine

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a statement issued today, the ministry considered “this decision a positive correction to Australia’s position that falls in line with international law and United Nations resolutions.” It also appreciated Australia’s call for implementing and adhering to the two-state solution and considering Jerusalem the basis of the negotiated final-status issues in accordance with international legitimacy. It stressed that this Australian decision supports international and regional efforts aimed at reviving the peace process and negotiations between the Palestinian ...
Gaza: Nazi Army Attacks Farmers And Fishermen
Gaza, Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Gaza: Nazi Army Attacks Farmers And Fishermen

Nazi soldiers attacked, Tuesday morning, Palestinian farmers and fishermen east of Khan Younis and northeast of Gaza city in the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the Nazi soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fired many gas bombs and live rounds at Palestinian farmers on their lands in the Najjar neighborhood east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region. They added that Nazi navy ships fired live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian fishing boats west of the Sudaniyya area, north of Gaza city. The attacks did not lead to casualties but caused damage and forced the fishermen and the farmers to leave, fearing further Nazi escalation. On Monday, Nazi navy ships fired many live rounds and gas bombs at Palestinian fishing...
Ramallah: Nazi soldiers, Colonizers, Detain And Assault Seven Palestinians
Human Rights, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Ramallah: Nazi soldiers, Colonizers, Detain And Assault Seven Palestinians

Nazi soldiers and colonizers detained seven young Palestinian men northwest of the central West Bank of Ramallah and repeatedly assaulted them. Media sources said the soldiers and the paramilitary colonizers stopped the seven young men near the Nazi JEWISH illegal Halamish colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands northwest of Ramallah, and repeatedly assaulted them. They added that the seven young men suffered various lacerations and bruises after the Nazi soldiers and the paramilitary colonizers attacked them. In related news, many illegal Nazi JEWISH colonizers hurled stones at Palestinian cars near Taybeh village, northeast of Ramallah, causing damage. In addition, Nazi soldiers installed a roadblock on the main street leading to Ein Siniya town, north of Ramallah, bef...