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Germany and China: their future together v the sanctions regime
Here we reprint an abridged version of a speech by SEVIM DAGDELEN, a die Linke member of the German Bundestag
(L to R) Sevim Dagdelen, a die Linke member of the German Bundestag and The sleep of reason produces monsters from Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos/Caprices
[(L to R) DIE LINKE Nordrhein-Westfalen/CC - Public domain]
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
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The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
WE should begin by discussing a book which is important to understand the present-day situation: The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern Warfare by Nicolas Mulder, if we are to understand German-Chinese relations in an era of global South emancipation.
He explains the historic development of sanctions as a weapon of modern warfare, beginning with the first world war and described in 1919 by US president Woodrow Wilson as having an effect which was “something more tremendous than war.”
It must be noted that the US, Nato and their allies in Asia, Australia and Europe are not only conducting a proxy war against Russia by supplying weapons — increasingly heavy weapons — to Ukraine, but are also waging economic war with the aim, as stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, of “ruining Russia.”
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