October 25, 2022 by Vijay Prashad
Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure to ensure sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022, which could have prevented the invasion by Russia in the first place, and once the war started, could have led to the end of this war. All wars end in negotiations, but these negotiations to end wars should be permitted to restart.
The West must stop blocking negotiations between Ukraine and Russia (archived)
Tag: Peace Talks
Ethiopia Nears Victory in its Civil War, US Scrambles to Control the Outcome
War between Ethiopia and the TPLF may be coming to an end, but the US is using sanctions to have the final word despite the apparent defeat of its proxy.
Ethiopia Nears Victory in its Civil War, US Scrambles to Control the Outcome
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Kucinich Says Call for Diplomacy to End Ukraine-Russia War Must be Heard; Silencing of Congressional Progressive Caucus Casts Dems as the “War Party”
Dandelion Salad | Republished with permission from David Swanson at World Beyond War by Dennis Kucinich
CLEVELAND (Oct. 26) Weds — Dennis J. Kucinich, former Congressman and former Democratic Presidential candidate today called upon Congressional Democrats to “rethink their opposition to diplomacy” as a means to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kucinich Says Call for Diplomacy to End Ukraine-Russia War Must be Heard; Silencing of Congressional Progressive Caucus Casts Dems as the “War Party”
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Email Congress and White House: We Demand Restraint, Diplomacy, and Negotiations
Ukraine Peace Talks: Pathetic U-Turn by 30 Dems & Curious Case of Jeffrey Sachs
Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers call for the US to push for a diplomatic settlement to the war in Ukraine
Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
Nuclear War Political Science and Berkeley Springs
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No member of the Democratic Party in Congress would ever challenge the military industrial complex the way [Clare] Daly does.
Not one – not Bernie Sanders, not Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, not Rashida Tlaib. Not one voted against the tens of billions of dollars in arms we are sending to fuel the war in Ukraine. Not one.
Biden Admin Weighs Blocking Twitter Deal On “National Security” Grounds… Just As Musk Wanted
One month ago we joked that should the Delaware judge force Musk to buy Twitter, then none other than the US government would step in and prevent the South African from gaining control over the blue-checkmark echo chamber of record, the one social media network which congressional testimony after congressional testimony has argued it can manipulate the outcome of elections.
Biden Admin Weighs Blocking Twitter Deal On “National Security” Grounds… Just As Musk Wanted
H/T: Alex Christoforou
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Twitter Shares Tumble After US Weighs Reviews for Musk Deals
Who Stopped the War in Ukraine?
Up until now, the heated question has been about who is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine. Biden and the West call the war “unprovoked” and apportion all the blame to Russia; Putin and his partners say NATO expansion provoked the war and apportion all the blame to the US and NATO.
Who Stopped the War in Ukraine?
Westerners Live in Denial, Convinced They’re the Good Guys
Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call
Westerners Live in Denial, Convinced They’re the Good Guys
Residents of Donbass have the same right, as Palestinians do, to self-determination! Yet, even many independent journalists don’t see it that way!
Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab
Musk on Friday said that in asking the Pentagon to pick up the bill for Starlink in Ukraine, he was following the advice of a Ukrainian diplomat who responded to Musk’s Ukraine peace plan earlier this month, before the letter was sent to the Pentagon, with: “F*** off.”
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Ukrainian forces report Starlink outages during push against Russia (archived, as original is behind paywall)
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