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by Karin Leukefeld,* Syria
(14 February 2023) (Red.) “Swiss Standpoint” asked Karin Leukefeld, a freelance journalist accredited in Syria, for a short statement on the severe earthquake of 6 February 2023. Next week we will publish her detailed report on the consequences of this catastrophe.
by Vijay Prashad,* Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
(14 February 2023) In 1996, the eight countries on the Arctic rim — Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States — formed the Arctic Council, a journey that began in 1989 when Finland approached the other countries to hold a discussion about the Arctic environment.
by Ben Norton,* Latin America
(14 February 2023) In a video address to a US corporate lobby group, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky thanked companies like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Starlink, insisting “everyone can become a big business” by investing in Ukraine, where “we are defending freedom and property”.
by Karin Leukefeld*
(14 February 2023) (Edit.) The tragic and historically outrageous unilateral decision by the Swiss government in February 2022 to endorse EU sanctions against Russia across the board, despite Switzerland’s neutrality, has seriously damaged Switzerland’s role as a neutral mediator. Moreover, it permanently devalued the position of Geneva as a proven venue for negotiations. This is having a noticeable impact already – and, as always with sanctions, primarily on the lower classes and the poor. The following article from Syria by Karin Leukefeld illustrates how this works. (cm)
by Christian Müller,* 27 January 2023
(7 February 2023) (Edit.) With its complete submission to the Anglo-American forces on the other side of the Atlantic, Germany can but lose: its freedoms, its prosperity, its standing in the world.
by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva
(7 February 2023) Oral statement of 28 January 2023 at the Opening Session of the “International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures”.