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Cold, hot and nuclear war: a review
STEVE BELL reviews a new study released by the Tricontinental Institute which showcases views on the rapidly accelerating drive to outright warfare against China and Russia from the US and its Nato allies
A man rides his bike past flames and smoke rising from a fire following fighting in Kharkiv, March 2022
DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran
From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE
As tensions escalate over Iran, CAROL MOCHAN MSP argues that Britain must finally learn from the disastrous legacy of Iraq and choose diplomacy over another catastrophic conflict
While Wes Streeting claims Britain lacks a growth strategy, his own NHS plans reveal one – turning the health service’s vast troves of patient data into a commercial asset for tech giants, investors and private healthcare firms, says HELEN MERCER
The mass killing of Iranian schoolgirls should have dominated global headlines. Instead it became another example of how civilians — especially women and children — are targeted in war, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
WE HAVE witnessed a notable escalation in the new cold war pursued by Nato and its allies against Russia and China in 2022.
The US government has vetoed all attempts to secure a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Russia over Nato expansion, resulting in the war in Ukraine. Further, the Biden administration has increased the threat to China: on four occasions he has stated the US would come to Taiwan’s military aid against the Chinese government. The transition to a “hot war” against Russia has begun, at least by proxy in Ukraine.
An important new study, jointly produced by Monthly Review, No Cold War and the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, examines these issues. The US Is Waging a New Cold War: A Socialist Perspective, contains an introduction from Vijay Prashad, with essays from John Bellamy Foster, John Ross and Deborah Veneziale. It examines the long-term developments creating the current threatening climate of international politics.
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