Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
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A prolonged war of attrition – or worse – must be averted
Throwing further weapons into the cauldron of war is no solution to the Ukraine conflict, and nor is talk of ‘regime change’ in Russia – we must strive for an urgent peace and a restart of negotiations, argues LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War
A woman collects wood for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.
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VLADIMIR PUTIN’S dangerous escalation of the war in Ukraine with his talk of using nuclear weapons threatens much greater conflict and is totally against the interests of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples and those of the rest of Europe.
This is already a proxy war between Russia and the Nato powers, three of which also possess nuclear weapons. The urgent need is for a ceasefire and peace talks now — but all the rhetoric is going in the other direction.
This is clear from the words of Liz Truss, on her first trip overseas as prime minister at the UN general assembly in New York.
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