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by Tom H. Hastings
Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 19, 2022
Many attempts have been made to stop war.
Many fail.
How to Convert a War to Peace, by Tom H. Hastings
Russia
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai: Russia Leaves Neoliberal West To Join World Majority
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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 17, 2023
Geopolitical Economy Report on Apr 13, 2023
In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the “World Majority” in the Global South.
Sanctions as Siege Warfare, by Derek Royden
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by Derek Royden
Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 11, 2023
In the distant past, the one place that people could escape a marauding army was behind the walls of a castle. Though this usually protected them from any immediate danger, it created problems of its own. While under siege and waiting for outside help or for the attackers to leave in frustration, those behind the walls could ultimately run out of food and even potable water, which would lead either to surrender or a slow, terrible death.
Peter Carter: There’s No Incentive To Use Warfare If You Have A Renewable Energized Planet
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theAnalysis-news on Mar 10, 2023
Why net zero commitments are empty and dangerously misleading if we continue to burn fossil fuels. Talia Baroncelli speaks to retired physician and IPCC climate expert Peter Carter about how ongoing wars, illegal mineral wealth extraction in active conflict zones, and the plunder of resources by transnational corporations are literally killing the planet.
Ralph Nader, Dahr Jamail and Matthew Hoh: Iraq War—Twenty Years Later + Peace in Ukraine – Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars
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Dandelion Salad
March 19, 2023
with Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader Radio Hour on Mar 18, 2023
In a lively and insightful roundtable discussion, Ralph hosts former Marine company commander, Matthew Hoh, who when not deployed also worked in the Pentagon and the State Department, and independent and unembedded Iraq war correspondent, Dahr Jamail. They mark the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and discuss the consequences of that misbegotten and illegal war. Plus, we hear a clip from Ralph’s and Patti Smith’s antiwar concert tour conducted in 2005. Continue reading
Chris Hedges and Seymour Hersh: How America Destroyed the Nord Stream II Pipeline
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Dandelion Salad
March 17, 2023
with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Mar 17, 2023
Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? In February, veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell report detailing how President Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines.
Behind California’s Extreme Weather Emergency, by Scott Scheffer
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by Scott Scheffer
Struggle ★ La Lucha, Mar. 6, 2023
March 7, 2023
March 3 — While the giant U.S. energy corporations and banks seek out every way to profit from the climate change emergency that they inflicted on the world, extreme weather events are becoming the new normal.
Christian Sorensen: America’s Militarization of Eastern Europe
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by Christian Sorensen
Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 6, 2023
“Conflict is the inevitable result of a rapacious US war industry coupled with a Pentagon that behaves like it owns the world.” — Christian Sorensen
One Year of Ukraine War: The World Demands Peace + Vijay Prashad: How Far Will it Go?
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Dandelion Salad
March 1, 2023
Peoples Dispatch on Mar 1, 2023
To mark one year of the war in Ukraine, people across Europe took to the streets demanding an end to the conflict and NATO’s destructive and expansionist policies. While attempts at negotiations have been made, with the latest being China’s peace proposal, the West has regularly dismissed them.
Ralph Nader, Seymour Hersh and Mickey Huff: The Nord Stream Pipeline + Censorship in the Press
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with Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader Radio Hour on Feb 25, 2023
Legendary investigative reporter, Seymour Hersh, tells us all about the story he broke that describes in great detail how the U.S. blew up the Nordstream pipelines in a covert “act of war” against Russia. Plus, Mickey Huff, of Project Censored joins us to speak to Ralph about the state of the so-called “free press.”
Seymour Hersh: How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline + Transcript
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Dandelion Salad
February 17, 2023
Democracy Now! on Feb 15, 2023
When the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany were damaged last September, U.S. officials were quick to suggest Russia had bombed its own pipelines.
Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai and Danny Haiphong: The Economics of the Ukraine Proxy War
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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
February 13, 2023
The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong on Feb 2, 2023
Economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai join Danny Haiphong to break down the economics of the Ukraine proxy war between NATO and Russia as the one-year anniversary of the military operation approaches.
Roger Waters Calls for Peace in Ukraine at UN Security Council
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Consortium News on Feb 8, 2023
Roger Waters spoke to the Security Council via video link. He spoke for the “voiceless” masses around the world who wanted peace and a secure life and blasted arms manufacturers for profiting from war.
David Swanson and Lee Camp: Can The March To WW3 Be Stopped?
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Feb. 7, 2023
February 8, 2023
“It’s incredible the extent to which people still fantasize about a nuclear war in one part of the globe as if the scientists haven’t told us it impacts the entire Earth and the cloud of dust renders agriculture impossible and everybody starves and the living envy the dead.” — David Swanson.
Finian Cunningham and Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Bid by US to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World
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by Finian Cunningham
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Ireland
February 1, 2023
Finian Cunningham on Jan 28, 2023
The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the US and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray.
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