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by Daniel Kovalik,* USA
(30 May 2022) In the case of Russia's military intervention in its neighbouring country, the argument can be made that Moscow exercised its right to self-defence – because the conflict with Ukraine did not just break out on 24 February this year.
by Willy Wimmer,* Germany
(30 May 2022) The war rhetoric in Washington, Brussels and Berlin accepts escalation and denies its own responsibility. In the process, the impoverishment of the population and the end of Europe are threatened. Politicians act as if this is none of their business.
by Dieter Egli,* USA
(30 May 2022) As we mark the 77th anniversary of the victory of Allied troops over Nazi Germany, the United States still has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Europe. If the events of the past two decades are any indication, it seems clear that this holdover of WWII has had unwelcome consequences for both Europe and also the USA, and should raise additional considerations for all in ending the war in Ukraine.
By Bertold Brecht
at the Congress of the Peoples for Peace,
December 1952, Vienna
Source: «Das Gedächtnis der Menschheit», aus: Bertolt Brecht, Werke.
Grosse kommentierte Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe, Band 12: Gedichte 2.
© Bertolt-Brecht-Erben/Suhrkamp Verlag 1988.
(Translation “Swiss Standpoint”)
by William J. Astore,* USA
(22 May 2022) Thirty years ago, I co-taught a course on the making and use of the atomic bomb at the U.S. Air Force Academy. We took cadets to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the first nuclear weapons were designed and built during World War II, and we also visited the Trinity test site, where the first atomic device exploded in a test conducted in July of 1945.
by Jakob Wehrli
(22 May 2022) How can we create peace with even more weapons? This question is currently being asked. If you look at the media, the answer is clear: the only way to force the enemy, i.e. Russia, to make peace is to deliver more weapons, more tanks and more warfare. Because this enemy is so evil that only the language of force and only a military victory will lead to peace. To put it bluntly, in these eyes anyone who even talks about or seeks negotiations is a friend of evil. Which also makes any further discussion of this futile.