British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss calls for the 鈥済lobalisation鈥 of NATO to pre-empt 鈥渢hreats in the Indo-Pacific鈥, namely China, William Briggs reports.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
As a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden are closer than ever to joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Duroyan Fertl spoke to Pinja Vuorinen, Chair of the Left Youth of Finland about the debate.
Swedish journalist Bella Frank聽discusses聽the debate in Sweden on NATO membership that was聽triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The issue that has generated most heat on the left is not whether Russia's聽invasion is justifiable, writes Steve Ellner, but whether raising NATO distracts from the atrocity of the invasion.
The UNISON National Executive Council, representing more than one million public service workers in Britain, is calling for an immediate ceasefire and for all Russian armed forces to immediately withdraw from Ukraine.
Sam Wainwright argues we can show solidarity with Ukrainian people's struggle for self-determination and the Russian peace movement, while also calling out the West's hypocrisy and militarism.
Backed聽by Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, the "defence and strategic policy think tank" ASPI is a key player in drumming up a pre-election China threat, writes聽Marcus Reubenstein.
The rules-based order so admired by the Morrison聽government has聽a certain confected aura about it, argues聽William Briggs.听
Vladimir Putin鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine has delivered many political presents to forces supporting the status quo of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reports Dick Nichols.
Given the potential for Putin鈥檚 horrific war on Ukraine聽to grow, an聽understandable impulse is to frame him聽as 鈥榚vil鈥 and a threat to us all. Aleks Wansbrough argues that this bolsters the narrative that West cannot accede to any of Putin鈥檚 demands, thereby dooming Ukraine to Putin鈥檚 violence.
Federico Fuentes spoke with Argentine Marxist economist Claudio Katz about the nature of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and what position anti-imperialists should take in the conflict.
The mass media plays a big role in reinforcing聽prejudices and limiting聽capacity for independent thought, argues William Briggs. It is happy to condemn Russia's聽war on Ukraine, as it should, but it downplays US and NATO's meddling and provocations.
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