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The peace movement is needed more than ever
As the EU becomes increasingly militaristic, ARTHUR WEST highlights the importance of voices for peace and analysis of how we can bring conflicts to an end
Nina Bilyk (left) wipes away tears Saturday, August 13, 2022, while standing where her partner, Ivan Fartukh (right), the cousin of Andrii Fartukh who was killed in a Russian rocket attack last night at their home in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine
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THE peace movement is facing a number of important challenges at the present time.
Two of these challenges are represented by the increasing moves towards a military role for the EU and the continued support of banks and public-sector pension funds for nuclear weapons production.
This column is a modest attempt to highlight why these two developments represent threats to a peaceful world and make some suggestions about how they can effectively be responded to.
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