International

Beware of Long Wars

Ukrainian Attacks on Russia Are Dangerously Escalatory

by William J. Astore,* USA

(16 December 2022) Reports that Ukraine is launching modified drones to strike airbases deep in Russia1 highlight the unpredictability and escalatory nature of wars. Ukraine is no longer content at defending itself against Russian aggression; Russia itself must be made a target, which will likely provoke harsher Russian counterattacks. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress continues to authorize billions in military aid to Ukraine, which is pitched as defending democracy and freedom.

Palestine and International Law

From occupation to de facto annexation?

Statement of “International Progress Organization” at United Nations meeting on Palestine

United Nations Office at Vienna, 29 November 2022 – RE/28630c-is

(6 December 2022) In a statement delivered at a special United Nations meeting convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the President [Hans Köchler*] of the International Progress Organization (I.P.O.) welcomed the decision of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee of the UN General Assembly to request an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the legal consequences from the ongoing violation of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

U.N. General Assembly, 3 November 2022

Near-Unanimous UN Call to End Cuba Blockade

by Brett Wilkins,* USA

(6 December 2022) Thursday’s vote was 185-2. The only two “no” votes were those of the United States and Israel, with Ukraine and Brazil abstaining.

Russia’s Kherson withdrawal is tactical

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(29 November 2022) General Mark Milley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States assessed that it would take several weeks for Moscow to complete the evacuation of some 30,000 Russian troops deployed in Kherson city in southern Ukraine. But Russians have announced that the evacuation was successfully completed in 2 days — both soldiers and over 5000 pieces of heavy equipment.

A False Flag over Poland?

by Scott Ritter,* USA

(29 November 2022) Apparent conspiracy to drag NATO into the Ukraine conflict is a direct threat against every human being on the planet

The Bottomless Pit of War Spending

by Manlio Dinucci,* Italy

(17. November 2022) The European Union is giving Ukraine €5 billion in exceptional macro financial assistance. Another 9 billion has been provided by the EU-sponsored fundraising campaign. However, this is not enough to cover the budget hole; Zelensky is immediately asking for another 55 billion euros. The US and EU have already donated 100 billion euros in military supplies to Kiev.