Why nobody wants peace in Ukraine
by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist, Geneva
(9 May 2022) [2 May 2022] We guessed it since the beginning of the conflict but it is now proven, peace will not take place in Ukraine before long.
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World Press Freedom Day – Resolution
Release Julian Assange! No extradition to the USA!
Resolution of the IPPNW General Assembly in Hamburg on 30 April 2022
(15 May 2022) “As editor-in-chief of Wikileaks and through the publication of whistleblower information on serious war crimes, Julian Assange has the greatest peace policy significance. Already in 2019, Northern Ireland's Mairead Corrigan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. This year, further nominations have been added.
A negotiated peace is the only way to end Russia's war on Ukraine
by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA
(2 May 2022) The two-pronged US strategy, to help Ukraine overcome the Russian invasion by imposing tough sanctions and by supplying Ukraine's military with sophisticated armaments, is likely to fall short.
What is needed is a peace deal, which may be within reach. Yet to reach a deal, the United States will have to compromise on NATO, something Washington has so far rejected.
The sanctions are tearing the global economy apart
by Prof. Dr Eberhard Hamer*
(2 May 2022) Ukrainian President Selenski demanded of the Western allies that the sanctions imposed on Russia be tightened and “maintained for at least 15 years”. US sanctions against Iran have lasted longer, also against Venezuela and others.
The death of Europe and the birth of a new order
Ukraine – a geopolitical conflict
by Augusto Zamora Rodríguez,* Nicaragua
(2 May 2022) Editor: “Putin’s imperial delusions”: in the West, experts, journalists and politicians are unanimous when it comes to the causes of the conflict in Ukraine. But a cross-sectional view quickly shows that analysts from the global South come to a different conclusion. When looking at the Ukrainian crisis, it can be refreshing for the mind to follow the eyes and thoughts of a person who has his home in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Cognitive warfare
The war propaganda changes its shape
by Thierry Meyssan*
(25 April 2022) If the Russian army has won the war against the “Banderites” [term for Ukrainian extremists, named after Stepan Banderea] in Ukraine, NATO has won the cognitive war against its own citizens in the West. The Atlantic Alliance has developed a new form of propaganda based on what it denounced a short time ago: Fake News, that is to say not false information, but biased information. How to protect yourself from it?